Nor-Am Cup leader currently competing at FIS World Junior Championships
Decision to retire came after much rumination
First Aspen skier to win back-to-back gold at X Games
Teammate hopes Jarrell can become ‘hometown hero’
Torin Yater-Wallace finishes sixth in first competition since serious injury
Hunter Maytin follows in footsteps of Ferreira, Jarrell, Feinberg
Faulhaber ‘surprised’ to medal
Time spent coaching his team and Red Bull athletes
Knuckle Huck has jam-session format, takes place on Big Air ‘knuckle’
Editor’s note: This story originally appeared in the current edition of the Roaring Fork Weekly Journal, an Aspen Daily News sister publication serving the midvalley.
X Games winners didn’t make top 3 in men’s halfpipe
Cooper Cornelius, a 2017 graduate of Glenwood Springs High School was one of three locals nominated last week to the U.S. Ski Team’s alpine team.
The 28-year-old suffered a left leg tibia and fibula injury.
Athletes who accept the nomination to the U.S. Freeski Team will receive program support, coaching, sports medicine and education opportunities along with access to the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Center of Excellence.
Snowbike cross competitor Ryan Villopoto launches off a kicker during a warm-up run at the X Games venue in Aspen Friday afternoon. For more event coverage, see page 3.
As the opening of 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, ticks closer, five athletes with Aspen connections have emerged as bonafide medal contenders in multiple winter sports: skier half pipe, snowboard big air, cross country skiing and alpine skiing.
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