Posts Tagged ‘Athlete’

Meet Ryan Levinson, Outside’s 2011 Reader of the Year and JanSport’s newest contributor to Be Outdoors.

In 1996, when Ryan Levinson was 24 years old, the San Diego-based athlete was diagnosed with an incurable and progressive form of muscular dystrophy known as FSHD. Doctors told him strenuous exercise would worsen

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Keep Learning, Keep Training, and Keep Pushing

This mantra was the theme of the training course I recently attended in Rock Mountain National Park. Back home in Washington, now able to reflect on the Alpine Guides course I am thankful for the resources at our fingertips here in the Northwest. We have survived a rigorous ten

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JanSport athlete Crystal Wright shares a video of her recent ski trip to France:

JanSport will be at the 10th annual Teva Mountain Games, the country’s largest celebration of adventure sports, art, music and the mountain lifestyle , Friday, June 3 through Sunday, June 5 in Vail, Colorado. Professional and amateur outdoor adventure athletes from around the world will converge

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Crystal Wright just wrapped up her fifth season competing on the Freeskiing World Tour. She won the title back in 2009 and despite some bad luck with injuries, persevered to place second overall this year. Crystal recently sat down with ESPN.com to talk Freeskiing, injuries and what her future holds.

Read the full article on ESPN.com

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