Sage Kotsenburg’s ‘Holy Crail’ 2014 Season Recap | TransWorld SNOWboarding

No one expected Sage Kotsenburg to win Gold at Sochi, least of all Sage himself. Yet he pulled it off while defying conventional tricks and sticking to his unique style of snowboarding.

What we’ve got here is a classic underdog tale of grit, uncompromising integrity, and the struggle to keep our sport true to its roots. The victory couldn’t have happened to a better ambassador for our sport— who has shown the world another side of competitive snowboarding and the importance of doing what you believe is right.

This is the story of Sage’s unlikely season, leading up to Sochi, and what went down after.

Fuente: Transworld Snowboarding

SOCHI 2014 Sarka Pancochova shatters helmet in violent crash

SOCHI 2014

Czech slopestyler walks away from first scary moment of Games.

One of the first scary moments at the Sochi Games occurred Sunday afternoon when Czech snowboarder Sarka Pancochova took a nasty spill during the women’s slopestyle competition.

Coming out of a big jump, the 23-year-old Pancochova failed to fully rotate, leading to a fall that saw her head slam into the snow-covered hill.

As emergency services personnel rushed to her aid, Pancochova’s body appeared to briefly go limp before she came to a stop at the bottom of the course.

The back of Pancochova’s helmet split in two as a result of the violent nature of her fall.

She was eventually helped to her feet and completed her final run, finishing fifth courtesy a first-run score of 86.25.

American Jamie Anderson won gold with a score of 92.25.

Finland’s Enni Rukajarvi and Britain’s Jenny Jones finished second and third, respectively.

http://www.torontosun.com/2014/02/09/sarka-pancochova-shatters-helmet-in-violent-crash

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Sage Kotsenburg HOLY CRAIL Ep 5 - X Games with Halldor Helgason - TransWorld SNOWboarding

After qualifying for the US Olympic Team at Mammoth, X Games is Sage Kotsenburg's last stop before heading to Sochi 2014. Sage is compete in Slope and Big Air, where he teams up with Halldor Helgason to keep things Spoicy. Check it out see what happens.

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