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World-famous snowboarder Luke “The Dingo” Trembath has tragically died suddenly, .. TMZ reported Friday that Trembath was just 38 years old when he passed away unexpectedly. Social media has been flooded with posts in response to the news of his sudden death. However, Trembath’s cause of death has not been revealed. ... He was traveling all around the world with Team Australia by age 13.

Professional snowboarder Sophie Hediger was killed in an avalanche while snowboarding in her native Switzerland on Monday. The 26-year-old competed as part of the Swiss national team in the 2022 Olympics in Beijing and was a known figure on the international snowboard racing circuit. "The tragic death of Sophie Hediger has cast a dark shadow over the Christmas holidays. We are immeasurably sad," Walter Reusser, CEO of Swiss-Ski, Switzerland's ski federation, said in an online statement posted Tuesday. The incident resulting in Hediger's death occurred when she and a companion had gone snowboarding in the town of Arosa, in the...

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BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. A nine-year-old girl was struck and injured by a man snowboarding at Big Bear Lake last Saturday and authorities are now looking for the suspect. The unknown snowboarder rammed into the girl on the slopes of Bear Mountain Ski Resort and then took off, the Big Bear Sheriff's Station reported. The incident occurred at approximately 1 p.m. on Jan. 2, 2010. The girl sustained non-life threatening injuries, including a compound fracture to her femur and several wounds to her face. She was treated at a local hospital. The suspect is described as a white male between...

Kevin Pearce of Norwich, Vt., considered a medal contender in snowboarding in the upcoming Vancouver Olympics, suffered a serious head injury during halfpipe training yesterday in Park City, Utah. Attempting a double cork twisting double backflip, the 22-year-old Pearce slammed his head against the edge of the halfpipe and was knocked unconscious. He was flown to the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City, where doctors planned to drain fluid that was building up in his brain. ... In an interview seven weeks ago, Pearce talked about the difficulty of the double cork and how landing it would affect...

WILMINGTON, N.Y. - Swedish snowboarder Jonatan Johansson died Sunday after falling during a snowboardcross run down Whiteface Mountain in the Adirondacks. The 26-year-old Turin Olympics competitor lost control on one of his jumps during training for an International Ski Federation World Cup competition, according to U.S. Ski and Snowboarding Association spokesman Tom Kelly. A state police report said Johansson tried to correct himself but landed hard. An autopsy found the cause of death to be multiple internal injuries. Officials said Johansson landed within the course boundaries and was wearing a helmet. Olympic Regional Development Authority spokesman Sandy Caligiore said he...

New York Daily News - http://www.nydailynews.com Wicked wipeout on 'Letterman' By KERRY BURKE and BILL HUTCHINSON DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS Friday, February 6th, 2004 A soaring stunt on "The Late Show with David Letterman" turned into a horror show yesterday when a champion snowboarder wiped out and fell from a ramp nearly two stories high. The audience at the Ed Sullivan Theater gasped in disbelief as Tara Dakides slipped and plummeted 15 feet to the pavement on W. 53rd St., opening a cut on the back of her head. Dakides, who was not wearing a helmet or pads, was rushed...

NEW YORK - A champion snowboarder performing a routine stunt for David Letterman's late-night TV show veered off a ramp outside the show's theater and fell 25 feet to the ground Thursday. Snowboarder Tara Dakides was taken to a hospital and was listed in stable condition after receiving stitches — and a visit from Letterman. "The only thing I am upset about is that the French judge only gave me a 5.6," Dakides quipped from her hospital bed, according to her spokesman. Witnesses said the 30-year-old Dakides, of Mammoth Lakes, Calif., made two successful jumps on the U-shaped ramp, set...