Gretchen Bleiler’s On Our Cover!

Sorry, I couldn’t think of a more snappy headline. I wanted to get to the point. I’ve been covering action sports at the magazine now for almost three years. And in that time, I’ve had two very cool experiences/honors. In August 2005, my first cover story, on Mat Hoffman, was the first time ESPN The…

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Lessons at Vail

Yesterday, after arriving home on a flight from Milan, my friend Lindsay sent me an e-mail. “If you want to make yourself feel like a total moron,” she said, “sit next to an Oxford-educated combustion scientist for nine hours.” Well, if you want to make yourself feel like a slow Florida girl trying to pass…

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