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Riffel rising

Riffel rising

Madeline Riffel talks about her love affair with skicross Skicross? What’s that? Madeline Riffel, a Mammoth local who claimed the title at the U.S. Women’s Skicross Championship this year, is the person to ask. She’s been skiing in Mammoth since the age of two and continues to show the world what great talent can be [...]

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Seriously big fish: The Bridgeport phenomena

Seriously big fish: The Bridgeport phenomena

Glen Plowman, Jerry Hill and Steve Marti with their monster fish

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Elite athletes at Mammoth Mountain

Elite athletes at Mammoth Mountain

U.S. Ski Team member and reigning World Cup and world champion in slalom Mikaela Shiffrin was seen training on Mammoth Mountain last week.

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Mammoth’s U12s come out on top

Mammoth’s U12s come out on top

Mammoth AYSO U12 boys’ soccer team won the Comstock Shootout

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‘Shrooming in the Sierra

‘Shrooming in the Sierra

Sporting a mushroom t-shirt that he later explained was a Bolete, Dr. Jonathan Bourne, who many may know as an anesthesiologist at Mammoth Hospital, took the pulpit Tuesday evening at the Green Church off of U.S. 395. As the evening’s speaker for the Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory’s (SNARL) lecture series, Bourne brought something new [...]

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Mammoth Motorcycle Club goes two-for-two in Mexico

Mammoth Motorcycle Club goes two-for-two in Mexico

The Connolly team won its class at the NORRA Mexican 1000.

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M 2 the B

M 2 the B

Bunny Gang is one of the bands you can expect to see at the M2B event

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Eastern Sierra fishing’s off to a great start

Eastern Sierra fishing’s off to a great start

Pictured: 10th grader Brian Martinez with first trout ever caught on the fly. location is Hot Creek. fly was “Size-18 Green Headlight Caddis.”/ If the foot, car, and boat traffic that I noticed passing through June Lake Loop last weekend is any indicator of the fishing season upon us, it is going to be long and [...]

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Shredding the love in Mammoth

Shredding the love in Mammoth

Snowboarding helped pro rider Kimmy Fasani cope with her father’s death from cancer. Now, along with husband Chris Benchetler, she’s “shredding” the love to give others an outlet for dealing with the disease as well.

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Fishmas comes to Fern Creek Lodge

Fishmas comes to Fern Creek Lodge

Fern Creek Lodge and the Fishing Opener go way back

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