June 2006


General30 Jun 2006 05:30 pm

Les is still captivated by the slopes at age 100
Border Mail, Australia - Jun 28, 2006… Open to all girls aged 12 and over, the program offers a great way to snowboard with friends in a safe and unique environment while at the same time improving …

Eastern Boarder moves to Natick
MetroWest Daily News, MA - 12 hours ago… 9 in Framingham is a “friendly competitor” — meaning they trade customer referrals — with a smaller selection of snowboard products. …

Skiing Partners With Swimming for Educational CD
First Tracks, UT - Jun 28, 2006A new CD produced by the US Ski & Snowboard Association (USSA) and USA Swimming titled “Successful Sports Parenting” is now available. …

Snowboard in the student bar!
varsity.co.nz, New Zealand - Jun 6, 2006CUBA (Canterbury University Boarding Association) decided it would be a great idea to build some ramps and rails out the back of their Student bar the common …

Red Bull Illume Image Quest 2006
INEMA Esportes e Aventura, Brazil - Jun 28, 2006… Jeff Baker from Snowboard Magazine, Sabine Meyer from National Geographic and Dave Reddik from Bike & Powder Magazine are between the seventeen judges. …

Ongoza - Moving Together in the Same Direction
Wakeboarder.com - Jun 29, 2006… for granted. (This could be something as simple as being lucky enough to own a skateboard, snowboard, surfboard, etc.). With the …

Special Olympics
Transworld Business Magazine, CA - Jun 6, 2006In the snowboard industry, companies invest in teamriders with high aspirations that something as grand as making it to the Olympics could become a reality. …

General29 Jun 2006 07:30 pm

BC Ski Resort Turns French Fries Into Fuel
First Tracks, UT - 12 hours ago… from Fernie Secondary have developed a way of turning waste fryer oil into biodiesel, which they will now use to fuel the ski and snowboard resort’s front end …

Orange AIM Series Schools Tour Heads Home
Snowboard Club UK, UK - 8 hours agoAfter an extremely successful two week tour, encouraging school pupils to get actively involved in snowsports, the Orange AIM Series Schools Tour finishes …

Diego Goes for Two
Animation Insider, NY - 18 hours ago… for locating lost animals; Rescue Pack, a messenger bag that can transform into any form of transportation that Diego needs, like a boat, snowboard or parasail …

Vermont Stays Ahead of Utah in Skier Visits
First Tracks, UT - Jun 20, 2006Killington, VT (Tuesday, June 20, 2006) - Vermont ski areas recorded 4,147,467 skier visits for the 2005-06 ski and snowboard season, a nearly 6 percent …

Snowboard Halfpipe Season Concludes on Mt. Hood
First Tracks, UT - Jun 20, 2006Government Camp, OR (Wednesday, June 21, 2006) - Daniel Wakeham and Kate Foster spent three weeks at Windells getting acquainted with what the riders describe …

Young People Are Taking Traditional Sports to Extremes
Blogger News Network - 19 hours ago… “I’ve always liked to go fast, if I’m on skis, or on a snowboard, on a motorcycle, in a car, you know, just going fast, something about it makes me feel really …

Snow Pants Embargo Lifted
Transworld Business Magazine, CA - Jun 27, 2006On October 27, the Committee For The Implementation Of Textile Agreements {CITA} announced that ski and snowboard pants had been exempted from Category 647/648 …

General28 Jun 2006 11:30 pm

Today is Bike to Work Day
Glenwood Post Online - one-day, 100-mile, 100-kilometer or 45-mile bicycle ride is back on Sunday, July 23. The ride takes cyclists up the rural setting of Highway 131 and down 20 miles along the Colorado River. Proceeds from the event will go to the Snowboard Outreach

Life happens, but you still can chase your dreams
Olympian - Maybe you’ve always wanted to learn how to snowboard or ski or catch a chinook salmon. Maybe you’ve always wanted to run a marathon, ride a bike 205 miles in the Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic or surf a wave at Westport. I suspect that neglected

U.S. edges Canada in total medals
CBC News - Shaun White offset Jacobelli’s stunning wipeout in snowboard cross by taking the gold in the men’s halfpipe while ice dancers Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosta eased the pain of Michelle Kwan’s groin injury by skating to silver. Equally impressive was

Outdoors news, notes and other morsels
Glenwood Springs Post Independent - Proceeds from the event will go to the Snowboard Outreach Society. Register online at www.vailvelo. com. One-day anglers need Habitat Stamp Anglers who buy a one-day fishing license in Colorado and who plan to fish at a state wildlife area are reminded

Academy Snowboard Company Increases European Sales Orders by 181
MSN MoneyCentral - EXECUTE SPORTS INC ( EXCS ) Stock Quote, Chart, News EXECUTE SPORTS INC ( EXCS ) Stock Quote, Chart, News All PrimeZone News SAN DIEGO, June 27, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) — Execute Sports, Inc. (OTCBB:EXCS) announced today that Academy Snowboard Company has

General28 Jun 2006 03:30 am

Telluride Wine Festival to boost local charities
Telluride Daily Planet - Organizers of the 25th annual Telluride Wine Festival, June 22-25, are proud to announce a new partnership with The Telluride Association of Realtors and the Telluride Ski and Snowboard Club to support Hoot’s Freeride Fund and local ski programs

Race Issues
News Busters - He can trash curlers, lugers and snowboard-crossers all he wants. But who made him arbiter of all things culturally diverse? Superimposing your own idea of diversity upon athletes from 80 different nations, essentially equating diversity with only

Life happens, but you still can chase your dreams
Olympian - Maybe you’ve always wanted to learn how to snowboard or ski or catch a chinook salmon. Maybe you’ve always wanted to run a marathon, ride a bike 205 miles in the Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic or surf a wave at Westport. I suspect that neglected

Benji Weatherley is currently filming ‘The Benji Project’
Surfers Village - As producer and star of the project, Benji will share with viewers the world of action sports by bringing his vast array of friends together to surf, skate, snowboard and play music. An all-star cast of pro snowboarders, surfers, skateboarders and

MAILBAG: Muir/Woodridge event turned out well
Portage Daily Register - Badgerland Archery, Blau Chiropractor, Cardinal Glass FG, Cascade Mountain Ski & Snowboard Area, Cuff’s Canine Care, Culver’s Frozen Custard, Dawn’s Foods, Divine Savior EMS, Divine Savior Healthcare PT, Edgewater Greenhouse, International Crane

Briefs, 6/16
Denver Post - Echo Mountain, a ski and snowboard terrain park outside of Evergreen, opened for about two months this spring. The park, which targets 12- to 29- year-olds, plans to expand from 30 acres to 45 acres by next winter. It is also adding more snowmaking

Andes Tower Hills earns National award
Echo Press - This program offers the opportunity for area fourth, fifth and sixth grade students to ski and snowboard for free after school throughout the season. For our local hill to win this important award within the industry is a tremendous accomplishment

Ski Crazy Dragon Joins The Snowslippers Team
PRWeb - 20,000 children have learned to ski or snowboard through Snowslippers services. Schools and universities are the main customers. The company also organises ski expeditions for UOTC s (Officer Training Corps) and Territorial Army Regiments.

12th-graders ponder life after high school
Olympian - Dream job: snowboard instructor Someone famous I’d like to meet: Jonathan Swift, because he was an excellent satirist, and I would love to learn from him and discuss the current state of the world. What I’d like to achieve: peace Someday looking back on

Tunes get many players jazzin’
Arizona Daily Star - Part of the official uniform for the gold medal-winning 2006 U.S. Olympic snowboard team was a snowboard jacket which had built-in technology to answer cell phone calls and iPod controls on a sleeve.

General27 Jun 2006 03:30 am

Outerwear Trends 2006/07
Transworld Business Magazine, CA - Jun 22, 2006… market demand for a more technical product has been good for the premium fleece manufacturer: There sa lot of price pressure {in the snowboard market} for …

General26 Jun 2006 03:30 am

Music Backs Bulgarian Olympic Bid
Sofia News Agency, Bulgaria - Jun 18, 2006… medallist Evgenia Radanova, slalom racer Petar Popangelov, European biathlon champion Pavlina Filipova, and Alexandra Zhekova - Europe’s snowboard leader in …

Stoneham Recognized by Canadian Ski Council
First Tracks, UT - Jun 17, 2006Stoneham (QC), Canada (Saturday, June 17, 2006) - Quebec’s Stoneham Mountain ski and snowboard resort was named the best overall National Award winner of this …

Sunset Shoot with Team Nitro
Transworld Snowboarding.com, CA - Jun 21, 2006Video linked to the right On Monday evening, 6/19/06, during Nitro team weak at High Cascade Snowboard Camp, about twenty-five riders and ten or so …

US ski, snowboard teams to host 22 World Cups in ‘06-’07
Summit Daily News, CO - May 27, 2006VILAMOURA, Portugal - US ski and snowboard resorts will host nearly two dozen alpine, freestyle and snowboard World Cup events during the 2007 season, the US …

Double Down On Vegas Retail
Transworld Business Magazine, CA - Jun 21, 2006… Charleston, making it a haven for Vegas snowboarders who can be on the slopes at Lee Canyon Ski and Snowboard resort in about an hour. …

O Ferrall makes grade
Vernon Morning Star,  Canada - Jun 23, 2006… O Ferrall, who is equally strong in both sports, was recently named to the BC Snowboard Association s provincial halfpipe team. …

Patron s Gala Dinner And Auction Saturday, June 24
Telluride Watch, CO - Jun 16, 2006… of the 25th annual Telluride Wine Festival, June 22-25, have partnered with the Telluride Association of Realtors and the Telluride Ski and Snowboard Club to …

General25 Jun 2006 07:30 am

British Columbia: Wheels and wilderness 
Who needs the beach? In summer, with the snow and skiers gone, British Columbia attracts mountain bikers and hikers to the slopes. Caroline Kamp gets active in the sunshine

Top Whistler Canada Day floats to win prizes 
Cash to be awarded for best commercial, best community entries For the first time ever, cash prizes are among the offerings for the best floats in Whistlers Canada Day parade.

Shaun Livingston of Los Angeles Clippers to Appear at Sport Chalet Store in Arcadia, CA 
Sport Chalet, Inc. , is proud to announce that Shaun Livingston of the Los Angles Clippers will be appearing on Saturday, June 24, 2006 at the Sport Chalet store located at Westfield Santa Anita Shopping Mall, 400 S.

General24 Jun 2006 10:30 am

New PR Director for Jiminy Peak Ski Resort
First Tracks, UT - Jun 17, 2006… Resort earlier this week announced the promotion of Catherine Tworek to Director of Public Relations at the western Massachusetts ski and snowboard resort. …

Whistler Summer Offierings
Stellar, CO - Jun 18, 2006WHISTLER, BC As a long and incredible ski and snowboard season winds down, thoughts in the alpine resort of Whistler, British Columbia turn to hot summer …

BETT., 434 8th Street
Quad City Times, IA - 33 minutes ago… oak table; oak pump organ top; doll house; hummels; Precious Moments; Memories of Yesteryear; exercise bike; prairie bench; ski/snowboard carrier; large salt …

USSA official skis into sunset
Salt Lake Tribune, United States - Jun 22, 2006… Salt Lake’s first World Cup competition (and the city’s aspirations to stage the Olympics) in 1989 or helping the US Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) to …

winter of their content
The Age, Australia - Jun 21, 2006… Jobs include lift attendants, snow groomers, snowmakers, ski and snowboard hire attendants, ski instructors and ticket sellers. …

PGA TOUR: Ogio’s Shling Carrying System gets rave reviews
noticias.info, Spain - Jun 21, 2006… The Shling s flexible bridge and pads — innovations inspired by snowboard bindings — are designed to conform to the wearer s shoulders, eliminating …

Beijing’s thirst for skiing is quickly sapping city dry
Globe and Mail, Canada - Jun 23, 2006… 33 C in Beijing this week, but newly affluent Chinese yuppies in the latest ski fashions were zipping down the 300-metre bunny hills and snowboard jumps at the …

General23 Jun 2006 01:30 pm

Burton New Zealand Open Snowboard Tourney Announced
First Tracks, UT - May 21, 2006Lake Wanaka, New Zealand (Monday, May 22, 2006) - Many of the world’s top snowboarders will transform Lake Wanaka into a high energy, action-packed …

Burton Abominable Snow Jam
Snowboard Club UK, UK - Jun 13, 2006Several eye witnesses at Timberline Resort and High Cascade Snowboard Camp have confirmed seeing a family of three yetis roaming around Mt. Hood, Oregon. …

college sports notebook
Arlington Advocate, MA - 21 hours ago… top performers on the slopes and emerged as one of the best talents in the Adirondack Conference of the United States Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association. …

Okemo’s Fitness and Aquatic Center at Jackson Gore on Target for …
AlpineZone News, CT - Jun 19, 2006… a guest services center, day care center, indoor/outdoor swimming pool, Snow Stars learning center, real estate sales office, ski/snowboard shop, sundries shop …

A Process of Trial and Air
Washington Post, United States - Jun 20, 2006… “They skateboard in the summer, they snowboard in the winter, they ride their BMX after school. That’s where these hybrids come about.”. Take Thomas Horrell. …

General22 Jun 2006 02:30 pm

Business digest
Public Opinion - 2006 graduate of Shippensburg University with a degree in finance and economics. Whitetail staff works on resort improvements MERCERSBURG — The staff of Whitetail Mountain Resort is busy making several improvements for the winter ski and snowboard

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