Kelly Clark

Glamour has a four page spread with Gretchen Bleiler, Kelly Clark, Lindsey Jacobellis and Hannah Teter in the February 2010 issue.  I knew they were doing a shoot with some of the 2006 Olympians (and 2010 Olympic hopefuls), as Gretchen Bleiler had tweeted about it a few months ago.

Kelly Clark won her 2nd US Grand Prix in a row and secured herself a spot on the US Olympic Team. Her winning run was a clean frontside air, backside 5, frontside 9, backside air, frontside 7, cab 7.  The US Olympic team will be decided by the top 2 finishes in Grand Prix events.

The second Sprint US Grand Prix event of the season has, thus far, followed the same blueprint as the first.

Kelly Clark claimed the top spot at the first Olympic qualifying event this season - the US Snowboarding Grand Prix at Copper.  Kelly put down a huge first run of frontside air, backside five, frontside 900, backside air, frontside 700, cab 7.Clark said, "I was really happy with my first run.

On a chilly day at Copper Mountain, Gretchen Bleiler grabbed the top spot in the women's qualifiers.  She'll head into the final on Saturday hoping to help secure an Olympic spot with a repeat performance. Bleiler was given stiff competition by Kelly Clark, who qualified second and is looking for her 3rd trip to the Olympics."It was great to come out this morning and have qualifiers.

The inaugural 100% Pure Winter Games came to a close last weekend amid wintry weather at Coronet Peak. The closing ceremony marked the end of an exciting 10 days of competition, including ice skating, curling, skiing and of course snowboarding. A mini Winter Olympics of sorts, attracting some of the most elite international athletes.

As the season's high profile snowboarding contests wrap up, here are the girls we think deserve an extra pat on the back and a large margarita if we see them in a bar any time soon....Jana Meyen-WeatherbyIn 2007 Jana Meyen was voted the most influential female snowboarder in the last 20 years by Snowboarder Magazine. And she hasn't hung up her snowboarding boots just yet.

Kelly Clark didn't make the finals of the  Roxy Chicken Jam slopestyle competition but still managed to walk away $50,000 richer. Twenty-first place was good enough for Clark to surpass erstwhile TTR leader Jamie Anderson and become the Swatch TTR World Champion.“It’s amazing.

The Swatch TTR Women's title all comes down to today. A few days ago we talked about who could win and how, but with just the Roxy Chicken Jam slopestyle to go, the future is clarifying.

Kelly Clark continued her winning season by adding Roxy Chicken Jam Halfpipe Champ to her already long list. Clark is also in good position to claim the Swatch TTR World Champ title with a good performance in the slopestyle on Sunday.“The title would be an amazing bonus to a really great season to me right now” said Kelly Clark.