Matt and the gang from Line skis always put on a great end of season called “The Ski shop Battles” The northern California and Nevada ski and snowboard shop battle over who has the best team riders. This years contest is going to be great! Join Matt and the rest of us at the 6th Annual Shop Battle, see if you shop has what it takes to be the best. This is a vid of some of the ski highlights

Shoreline of Tahoe Team rider Rose Marie Daiek will defend her Kirkwood North Face Masters of Snowboarding Title this weekend Friday & Saturday February 26 – 27th. The Master’s Series measures a riders freeriding talents by placing them up against anything the mountain has to throw at them. Cliffs, chutes, crud, ice, pow, rocks, and steeps; A master rider needs to ride it all in control and with style. Rose has come a long way, from early roots camping out in Kirkwood to ruling anything she sets her sights on. Always quick to flash a big smile as she flies past you to that next powder line.
Good Luck to Rose Marie and all the other competitors from the crew at Shoreline.

Elbows Up!

This was one of my favorite events last year, food, music, skiing, snowboarding, and friends. Stop on by for all the fun.

On December 31, Kevin Pearce sustained a severe brain injury while riding halfpipe at Park City, Utah. While Kevin has a long recovery ahead of him, he is a very strong and determined kid, and doctors have been very pleased with his progress thus far. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Kevin, his family, and friends during this difficult time.

Well-wishers are encouraged to send cards to Kevin or post a comment on facebook. The hospital will not accept flowers, gifts or other packages.

Please send all cards to:
Mosaic Sports Management c/o Kevin Pearce
829 Second Street Ste B
Encinitas, CA 92024

Join Shoreline of Tahoe in cheering on all of Tahoe’s X-game Athletes, Elena Hight, Elijah Teter, Hannah Teter, Shaun Palmer, and Jamie Anderson in this years winter X games.
WHEN: January 28 – January 31, 2010
WHERE: Aspen, Colorado
WHO: More than 200 of the best action sports athletes including past Olympians will compete in Skiing, Snowboard and Snowmobile. For Winter X Games 13, 51 Olympians participated in the event in Aspen.
DETAILS: The Winter X Games, the premier action sports event in the world, will be held January 28 through January 31, 2010 in Aspen, Colorado.
Winter X Games 14 will be covered live on ESPN’s family of networks, including ABC, as well as across ESPN’s many digital media assets including ESPN.com/Action and ESPN360.com. The event has been held in Aspen for six years, and it was announced in a press conference during Winter X Games 13 that the event will stay in Aspen/ Snowmass for another two years, through 2012.

Thursday, January 28
Time Event Network
12 p.m.- 3 p.m. Skiing Slopestyle Men’s Elimination, Snowmobile Freestyle Elimination ESPN 2
9 p.m.- 11 p.m. Snowboard SuperPipe Men’s Elimination, Snowmobile Freestyle Final ESPN
1 a.m.- 2 a.m. X Center ESPN 2
2 a.m.- 3 a.m. Day 1 Latenight ESPN 2

Friday, January 29
Time Event Network
12 p.m.- 3 p.m. Snowboarder X Seeding Men’s & Women’s, Snowboard Slopestyle Elimination Men’s, Skiing Slopestyle Women’s Final (tape), Skier X Seeding Men’s & Women’s ESPN 2
7 p.m.- 11 p.m. Skiing SuperPipe Women’s Final, Snowmobile Best Trick, Skiing Big Air, Snowboard SuperPipe Men’s Final ESPN
12 a.m.- 1 a.m. X Center ESPN 2
1 a.m.- 2 a.m. Day 2 Latenight ESPN 2
Saturday, January 30
Time Event Network
4 p.m.- 6 p.m. Snowboarder X Men’s & Women’s Finals, Skiing Slopestyle Men’s Final ESPN 2
9 pm- 11 pm Snowboard SuperPipe Women’s Final, Snowboard Big Air ESPN
12 a.m.- 1 a.m. X Center ESPN 2
1 a.m.- 2 a.m. Day 3 Latenight ESPN 2
Sunday, January 31
Time Event Network
12 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Skier X Men’s & Women’s Finals, Snowmobile SnoCross, Snowmobile SnoCross Adaptive, Mono Skier X Final, Snowboard Slopestyle Women’s Final, Snowboard Slopestyle Men’s Final ESPN
7 p.m.- 10 p.m. Skiing SuperPipe Men’s Final, Snowmobile Knock Out Final, Skiing SuperPipe High Air ESPN 2
10 p.m.- 11 p.m. X Center ESPN 2
1:30 a.m.- 2:30 a.m. Day 4 Latenight ESPN 2

POPULARITY OF WINTER X GAMES: Winter X Games 13 was ESPN’s highest-rated and most-viewed Winter X Games in history. The eight telecasts averaged 942,000 homes, up nine percent from 2008. Young male and people demos were up double digits from last year. Three of ESPN’s eight Winter X Games telecasts, delivered over a 1.0 rating this year – Friday prime time, Sunday afternoon and Sunday prime time. Sunday night’s 1.3 rating and 1,242,210 homes makes it the highest-rated and most-viewed Winter X Games telecast ever. ABC’s Winter X Games 13 telecast on Saturday averaged a 1.2 household rating and 1,376,481 households.

Local makers of the Ralston Snowskates put on a great event, well run, good course, and the biggest in prizes, ever for a snowskate event. Sierra at Tahoe once again creating a very good park for the snowskaters to show off their tricks. Mark your Calander Febuary 7th 2010, at Sierra at Tahoe for the 2010 Ralston Cup.

Please watch Vid clip for details

We awoke to snow, snow, snow and more snow. We got over two feet of snow at lake level. The next few days it is to continue. If you are planning a trip during the Christmas break, consider Tahoe, because we have the white stuff and then some.

67% Prefer Merry Christmas while 26% Opt for Happy Holidays
Thursday, November 22, 2007
As the holiday season begins, 67% of American adults like stores to use the phrase “Merry Christmas” in their seasonal advertising rather than “Happy Holidays.” A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that just 26% prefer the Happy Holidays line.

There is no gender gap on this question and few demographic differences. From a politically partisan perspective, 88% of Republicans prefer “Merry Christmas” while just 57% of Democrats favor the saying.

The poll says … Merry Christmas!
By Michelle Healy, USA TODAY November 30th 2009
If you think greetings such as “Happy Holidays” or “Season’s Greetings” are poor substitutes for “Merry Christmas,” you’ve got company.
A USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll taken Friday through Sunday finds that 69% of adults surveyed say “Merry Christmas” is the greeting they most likely would use this time of year when first meeting someone. That’s up from 56% in 2004. Only 29% would opt for “Happy Holidays,” down from 41% in 2004.