Scenes from Gorge Challenge, an annual windsports competition that takes place in Hood River.
HOOD RIVER — The Gorge Challenge is back.
HOOD RIVER — The Gorge Paddle Challenge is returning to the Hood River Waterfront with various events and races held from Aug. 15-17. The event has drawn professional athletes from across the world, but organizers were forced to postpone last year’s Gorge Challenge due to financial difficult…
HOOD RIVER — More than 1,000 participants signed up to compete in the annual Gorge Downwind Championships paddlesports festival, held July 14–19 at the Skamania County Fairgrounds in Stevenson, Washington.
HOOD RIVER — Emi Bursett, 11, has finished her second season competing on the Hood River Brimstone Climbing Team and recently competed at the USA Climbing National Training Center in Salt Lake City for the first time.
Kiteboard 4 Cancer (KB4C) hosted its 17th annual fundraising event the weekend of July 7-9 on the Columbia River. This is North America’s largest amateur kiteboarding event and benefits go to Project Koru, a nonprofit based in Hood River. Project Koru was founded with KB4C funding and “empow…
THE DALLES — Many of us view the new year as an opportunity to finally make those changes in our lives we’ve been putting off — to break those old habits, pick up new ones, to try something we’ve never done before or revisit that old hobby we’ve let life get in the way of. While many of us s…
On April 17, Underwood resident Riva Muehlbauer raced in the 127th Boston Marathon. This year’s 26.2 mile race hit close to home for Muehlbauer, her family and many other participants. Ten years ago, two bombs were detonated near the finish line. Muehlbauer’s brother, Taija Corso, had just f…
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The fresh lines of corduroy on the slopes of Mt. Hood Meadows don’t groom themselves. A dedicated staff of individuals operate snowcats to create those groomers every night while the rest of the mountain sleeps.
The 87th annual Glenwood Ketchum Kalf Rodeo was a great one. It was a bit windy, but we’ll take that over rain any day.
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UNDERWOOD — Underwood resident Karin Harjo has been hired as the head coach for the Canadian women’s alpine ski team. Her 22 years of coaching experience has helped her become the first woman alpine skiing head coach  for Canada.
Hood River resident Erika Vikander was vying for a spot in the 2014 Sochi Olympics when she tore her ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) in her knee in the slope style events, effectively ending her ambitions to compete for the U.S. Olympic Team. Knee injuries are common among skiers and snowbo…
WHITE SALMON — Snowboarder Vic Wild will race in the mens snowboard parallel giant slalom event representing Russia at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Wild, 35, will race in the qualifiers round on Feb. 7 with hopes of making the finals that same evening. These Olympics will be Wild’s last…
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HOOD RIVER — Fiona Wylde, swept the first place awards at the 2021 Gorge Paddle Challenge in August, but her work was not finished. In a year with so many uncertainties she continued to train and compete in the International Canoe Federation (ICF) European Tour of Italy. In the absence of a …
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Bella Sims and Team U.S.A. Swimming finished in second place for the 4x200 meter freestyle relay race at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Formatted as a tournament, the Olympics Games open competitions with preliminary races and events in order to narrow the playing field. Events that are typic…
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Watching from their home in Odell, James and Dodie Sims saw their 16-year-old granddaughter, Arabella Sims — who also goes by Bella — qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as a member of Team U.S.A. Swimming.
Hood River film director Manny Marquez held a movie showing Feb. 26 at Double Mountain. The event showcased films and documentaries featuring the 2009 Tour de France, Tour of California and Dirty Finger Bicycle Repair and Sellwood Cycle Repair’s Dirty Sellwood race.
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When baseball is mentioned, teams and players come to mind, like the Washington Nationals, Stephen Strasburg and Ken Griffey Jr.
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