Mountain and Tourism Reporter ā The Denver Post
Jason Blevins
Reporter Jason Blevins left The Denver Post in 2018. He covered tourism, mountain business, skiing and outdoor adventure sports for both the business and sports sections.
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David Wise, Aspen’s Alex Ferreria win gold, silver in PyeongChang Olympic halfpipe, 16-year-old Kiwi Nico Porteous wins bronze
David Wise, Aspen's Alex Ferreira win gold, silver in PyeongChang Olympic halfpipe, with Kiwi Nico Porteous helped to end New Zealand's Winter Games medal drought with bronze.

Canada’s Brady Leman wins gold in first Olympic ski cross race without any Team USA skiers
Canadian Brady Leman wins gold, Switzerland's Marc Bischofberger silver and Russia's Sergey Ridzik bronze in PyeongChang ski cross race, the first Olympic ski cross contest without U.S. athletes.

Few have influenced the development of America’s ski halfpipe team more than Vail’s Elana Chase
Elana Chase is the secret weapon that has nourished the U.S. Ski Teamās halfpipe squad, a foursome of aeronautical warriors who have battled through personal and physical setbacks to reach...

Colorado’s Aaron Blunck, Alex Ferreira, Torin Yater-Wallace go 1-2-3 in Olympic halfpipe qualifying contest
Crested Butte's Aaron Blunck, Aspen's Alex Ferreira, Basalt's Torin Yater-Wallace lead qualifying into PyeongChang Olympic halfpipe, fueling hopes for a USA sweep.

Canada’s Cassie Sharpe wins Winter Olympics freeski halfpipe gold medal. Brita Sigourney takes bronze.
Canadaās Cassie Sharpe got her wish. The pipe-skiing phenom aced qualifying on Monday, saying she wanted to drop last so she could get a victory lap on her final of...

Vail’s Chris Del Bosco ski cross racing for Canada in PyeongChang Olympics
Vail-raised ski cross legend Chris Del Bosco is racing in his third Olympics for Team Canada, which enlisted him 12 years ago after he was dropped by the U.S. Ski...

Team USA skiers Sigourney, Drew, Bowman advance to halfpipe finals, Logan out with injured knee
Team USA's Brita Sigourney, Annalisa Drew, Maddie Bowman advance to Tuesday's halfpipe finals at the PyeongChang Olympics while Devin Logan falls short in push to medal in both halfpipe and...

Elizabeth Swaney, an American skiing for Hungary, delivers average-skier perspective to Olympic halfpipe contest
A popular internet memeĀ pines for average people in Olympic contests to provide a point of reference.

Colorado’s Toby Dawson, Peter Olenick grooming next generation of Korean freestyle skiers
They love their home-country skiers here. Every time a South Korean athlete takes to the snow, the Olympic crowds erupt.

Indiana slopestyle skier Nick Goepper lands clutch final run to win Olympic silver
Indiana's Nick Goepper wins silver in PyeongChang Olympic slopestyle contest, becoming the first U.S. man to win two Olympic medals in freestyle skiing.