Olympians Name Top Snowboarding Locations
January 21, 2009 by Gennaro
Filed under Travel News
Gold-medal winners, Hannah Teter and Kelly Clark, recently revealed their favorite snowboarding locations. Teter won the gold in the women’s halfpipe competition two years ago. Kelly Clark was among the top snowboarders Teter defeated. Clark, on the other hand, won her gold medal four years earlier in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Snow Park, New Zealand was the only place included on both lists. Snow Park, the country’s largest terrain park, caters to both snowboard freestylers and skiers. Snow Park has terrain for the novice, intermediate, or advanced snowboarder. It also provides for a variety of accommodations ranging from inexpensive bunkrooms to luxury apartments. Teter also named her top local hang out called Kai Whakapai Cafe.
Snowboarding © PincusVT
California (Sierra at Tahoe, Mammoth) and Vermont (Okemo, Mount Snow) were also represented by each of the gold medalists, but at separate sites. Check out the rest of their favorites on CNN Travel.
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I’ve been hoping to go to New Zealand for a couple of years. Would love to do some skiing there. I don’t snowboard, but perhaps I’d give it a shot. I hear it a very beautiful country. Even better than the photographs show.
I’ve been to Okemo and Mount Snow. I love them too. I wouldn’t mind going to New Zealand
@Steph
I’ve been to both spot in Vermont too. I agree that both are great. Sierra at Tahoe is pretty cool too in Cali
We have some nice hills and mountains for snowboarding here in Canada as well!
Out West or to the Far East you’ll always find a place to grin the snow!
If you watch the Olympics you will see the hills out west in 2010
They are so nice!
@Steph & Liz
Thanks for sharing about the Vermont locations. Love personal experience comments!
@bbrian017
I know lots of people who love to snowboard in Canada. Glad it will be showcased in 2010!
I love New Zealand. Didn’t snowboard there, but it was an amazing country. If I go back, I’ll try it out though.
I have only snowboarded in Big Bear. I am still an amateur and probably will never snowboard outside of there anytime soon. I am more into MMA instead. Nice blog though, there are a few places I would like to go someday and maybe I will find some useful info on them here.
@Jill T
New Zealand has been quite popular the last 2 years.
@Ben Moreno
Thanks. I hope you will find the info here. Enjoyed your blog too.
Thanks for the locations. I definately want to check a few out!
Wow, i should be there in Snow Park! Cool place! (literally
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Hey I came by to say thanks for dropping a comment on my blog. Oh, I’d love to go snowboarding someday. I’m really addicted to skateboarding so I hope this will be somehow not too different!
@Snow
Me too
@Abdulrehman
I think there is a connection between skating and snowboarding. Enjoyed your blog. Thanks for dropping over.
Never even seen the snow! I see some people talking about how much they love it, but doubt I’ll ever get to touch snow anytime soon. Sucks living in parts of the world where it doesn’t snow.