Michelle Brodeur News

"I used to ride halfpipe and it got really boring for me," he said. "So I saw Hagen and a couple other friends doing this and I thought, 'Aw, that looks so fun.'" Now, after just three career snowboardcross races, he's the U.S. national champion, finishing first in the U.S. Grand Prix at Canyons.

Big names in snowboarding and skiing, including one of Salt Lake's own, headed up to Canyons Resort for a weekend of competing.

Dominique Maltais, shown here competing last week, leads a contingent of six Canadian medal hopefuls into Saturday's elimination rounds at Blue Mountain.

Whistler's Will Routley finished third in the first stage of Spain's Vuelta a Andalucia cycling race on Monday , adding to what's been a great start to the season for his Team SpiderTech.