Seth Wescott

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Seth Wescott is partnering with L.L. Bean in the new year. Wescott will serve as brand ambassador and assist product developers and product testing. He'll also make appearances on behalf of L.L. Bean as the company celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2012. The Maine native is a spokesman for Maine's "Take it Outside" and "WinterKids" programs that support healthy and active lifestyles. He says he's proud to be working with L.L. Bean because the brand is associated with "quality, outdoor recreation and healthy active living.

Maine officials said criminal tax charges against two-time Olympic gold medal-winner Seth Wescott have been dropped. He was charged in January with five misdemeanor counts of failure to pay state income taxes and five counts of failure to file state income tax returns from 2006 through 2010. Court documents indicated Wescott owes about $42,000 in taxes, but his attorney said the actual amount is lower. Assistant Attorney General Gregg Bernstein said the matter is now considered a civil case.

Maine officials said criminal tax charges against two-time Olympic gold medal-winner Seth Wescott have been dropped. He was charged in January with five misdemeanor counts of failure to pay state income taxes and five counts of failure to file state income tax returns from 2006 through 2010. Court documents indicated Wescott owes about $42,000 in taxes, but his attorney said the actual amount is lower. Assistant Attorney General Gregg Bernstein said the matter is now considered a civil case.

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Seth Wescott is partnering with L.L. Bean in the new year. Wescott will serve as brand ambassador and assist product developers and product testing. He'll also make appearances on behalf of L.L. Bean as the company celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2012. The Maine native is a spokesman for Maine's "Take it Outside" and "WinterKids" programs that support healthy and active lifestyles. He says he's proud to be working with L.L. Bean because the brand is associated with "quality, outdoor recreation and healthy active living.

The following was submitted by Bonnier Corporation: Boston, Mass. — Snow season must be right around corner, as Warren Miller Entertainment is set to screen its latest winter sports film, Like There's No Tomorrow, in three Boston area theaters this November. The 62nd annual installment of the iconic ski & snowboard film series will be shown at the Somerville Theatre in Somerville on Nov. 9-10, the Berklee Performance Center in Boston on Nov. 11-12, and wrap up its eastern Massachusetts tour at the Endicott College Auditorium in Beverly on Nov. 13. Filmgoers can catch one of...

Scotty Lago and Chas Guldemond lead the inaugural national slopestyle snowboarding pro team in its first competition today. The five-rider team, heavy with New Englanders, takes to the Winter Dew Tour in Breckenridge, Colo., and is rounded out by tour slopestyle champ Sage Kotsenburg , X Games silver medal winner Eric Willett , and 14-year-old wunderkind Ty Walker of Stowe, Vt. Bill Enos , the longtime Waterville...

Live from Aspen, it's the X Games. ESPN and ABC will host 15 hours of the Winter X Games VIII -- the first time the competition is beamed live -- Saturday through Tuesday. The Games are chock full of world-class skiers, riders, motorcyclists, and snowmobilers, including a heavy dose of New Englanders. Among the snowboarding women are top-notch riders from the region such as Olympic gold-medal winner Kelly Clark (Mount Snow, Vt.), US Grand Prix leader Hannah Teter (Belmont, Vt.)

Seth Wescott sees a pattern he'd like to repeat. The 2006 Olympic gold boardercross champion took first at the Worlds in '03, second in '05, and first again in '07. In '09, it's off to South Korea. "I'd like to win that," said the Mainer by cellphone after taking seven runs on Sugarloaf's opening day last week. Wescott, 32, has been on the go with recent appearances for Warren Miller's latest film, "Children of Winter. " For the movie, Wescott traveled to Alaska at the end of last season and partnered with US Ski Team member Marco Sullivan on an epic Alaskan...

STRATTON, Vt. -- In the giddy hours after he won his Olympic gold medal for snowboard cross last winter, Seth Wescott of Farmington, Maine, made a prediction that, a decade ago, would have sounded ludicrous. "What seems to be happening," Wescott said to the assembled press in Turin, Italy, "is that boarding has taken over skiing as the heart of the Olympic Games. " Even allowing for a touch of victorious exuberance, at the start of the 2006- 07 winter sport season Wescott's words appear to be on the mark.

CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine -- When he looked out the windows of his high school in Farmington a dozen years ago, Seth Wescott saw among the distant blue northern peaks the rise of Sugarloaf, a rawboned mountain resort in central Maine with which his life was to become intertwined. Wescott, one of the top snowboarders in the world and an odds-on favorite to win an Olympic medal next month in Turin, perfected his skills at Carrabassett Valley Academy at the base of Sugarloaf. He bought 21 acres nearby for a future home, and this season became partner in a new barbecue restaurant,...

Scotty Lago and Chas Guldemond lead the inaugural national slopestyle snowboarding pro team in its first competition today. The five-rider team, heavy with New Englanders, takes to the Winter Dew Tour in Breckenridge, Colo., and is rounded out by tour slopestyle champ Sage Kotsenburg , X Games silver medal winner Eric Willett , and 14-year-old wunderkind Ty Walker of Stowe, Vt. Bill Enos , the longtime Waterville...

The following was submitted by Bonnier Corporation: Boston, Mass. — Snow season must be right around corner, as Warren Miller Entertainment is set to screen its latest winter sports film, Like There's No Tomorrow, in three Boston area theaters this November. The 62nd annual installment of the iconic ski & snowboard film series will be shown at the Somerville Theatre in Somerville on Nov. 9-10, the Berklee Performance Center in Boston on Nov. 11-12, and wrap up its eastern Massachusetts tour at the Endicott College Auditorium in Beverly on Nov....

Thousands are expected at Sugarloaf Saturday to welcome home two-time snowboardcross Olympic gold medalist Seth Wescott . When the Maine snowboarder won his first gold in 2006, more than 2,000 people turned out at Sugarloaf, and resort officials are expecting similar numbers. “The fact that he’s won the only two gold medals ever awarded in [snowboardcross] in Olympic history just confirms what everybody here at Sugarloaf already knew about him, that he’s one of the greatest snowboarders in the sport’s history,’’ said communication manager ...

Seth Wescott is hoping to lock down a spot on the US Olympic team in Bad Gastein, Austria, this weekend. The top-ranked American boardercross rider left for Europe earlier this week after spending about two weeks home in Maine preparing for the third qualifier. “He spent as much time as he could on snow and working out,’’ said Ethan Austin , a spokesman for Sugarloaf, where Wescott trains. “He had hoped to wrap it up in Telluride and stay home longer.’’ Wescott finished sixth in last month’s Telluride qualifier, and...

Before the new millennium, Saddleback was Maine’s rising star, poised to become the “Vail of the East.’’ Its grandiose expansion plans challenged top-dog Sugarloaf for future bragging rights. Environmental and Appalachian Trail advocacy groups had other ideas, though. They sued to preserve the peak’s views and quietude and to shield future hikers from signs of development and commercialization. For roughly 20 years, Saddleback languished. Into the early 21st century, it remained firmly entrenched in the 1980s.

Seth Wescott sees a pattern he'd like to repeat. The 2006 Olympic gold boardercross champion took first at the Worlds in '03, second in '05, and first again in '07. In '09, it's off to South Korea. "I'd like to win that," said the Mainer by cellphone after taking seven runs on Sugarloaf's opening day last week. Wescott, 32, has been on the go with recent appearances for Warren Miller's latest film, "Children of Winter. " For the movie, Wescott traveled to Alaska at the end of last season and partnered with US Ski Team member Marco Sullivan on an epic...

CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine -- The rewards for navigating the long and winding roads through northwestern Maine are two of New England's best alpine areas. Sugarloaf and Saddleback are oases in the wilderness, and both deliver big vertical drops with an unpretentious, friendly Maine attitude. Back in the disco era, Saddleback was a rising star in New England skiing, poised to become the "Vail of the East" and challenging nearby Sugarloaf for future bragging rights. Flash forward 30 years: Sugarloaf has achieved rap star status, while Saddleback is simply staying alive.

Before the new millennium, Saddleback was Maine’s rising star, poised to become the “Vail of the East.’’ Its grandiose expansion plans challenged top-dog Sugarloaf for future bragging rights. Environmental and Appalachian Trail advocacy groups had other ideas, though. They sued to preserve the peak’s views and quietude and to shield future hikers from signs of development and commercialization. For roughly 20 years, Saddleback languished. Into the early 21st century, it remained firmly entrenched in the 1980s.

CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine -- The rewards for navigating the long and winding roads through northwestern Maine are two of New England's best alpine areas. Sugarloaf and Saddleback are oases in the wilderness, and both deliver big vertical drops with an unpretentious, friendly Maine attitude. Back in the disco era, Saddleback was a rising star in New England skiing, poised to become the "Vail of the East" and challenging nearby Sugarloaf for future bragging rights. Flash forward 30 years: Sugarloaf has achieved rap star status, while Saddleback is simply staying alive.

STRATTON, Vt. -- In the giddy hours after he won his Olympic gold medal for snowboard cross last winter, Seth Wescott of Farmington, Maine, made a prediction that, a decade ago, would have sounded ludicrous. "What seems to be happening," Wescott said to the assembled press in Turin, Italy, "is that boarding has taken over skiing as the heart of the Olympic Games. " Even allowing for a touch of victorious exuberance, at the start of the 2006- 07 winter sport season Wescott's words appear to be on the mark.