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Bullet ends young man’s path to adulthood
Sacramento Bee - A skateboarder as a kid, the past few years saw Grimes put more energy into the slightly-more-adult snowboard. His taste in music was also evolving, shifting from rock to jazz and classical music. “He had just turned that corner,” his mother said. “He

Private investors to purchase RSN, improve quality
Summit Daily News - Bachelor, Las Vegas Ski & Snowboard Resort, and founding partner of Mountain Hardware; and Len Conway, a former equity partner in Telluride Ski and Golf Corp. Cooney is an owner of EUE Screen Gems, Ltd., one of the largest film companies in the U.S.

Celebrity circus time in Aspen
Aspen Times - Seal loves to snowboard so he was nice enough to hook us up with backstage passes to his concert in San Diego. “Did anyone ever tell you that you look just like Victoria Jealouse?” Seal asked in that graceful British accent, wrapping his extremely

SnoCountry Reports Latest Skiing Conditions Information
Yahoo Finance - Treetops - Sat 9:30a loose granular machine groomed 12 - 20 base 5 trails, 15% open, 3 lifts MINNESOTA Afton Alps - Sat 10:16a variable machine groomed 12 - 28 base 37 trails, 77% open, 15 lifts Hyland Ski Snowboard

Mount Snow Jams Into 2007 with Freestyle Ski and Snowboard Events
First Tracks, UT - Dec 28, 2006Wilmington, VT - Mount Snow has announced that the southern Vermont ski and snowboard resort’s first two freestyle events of the season will be held in their …

South Lyon Recreation revs up snowboard team
South Lyon Herald, MI - Nov 30, 2006This winter is no different. Since last winter the Recreation office has been offering the Middle School and High School Ski and Snowboard Club. …

Anderson 3rd in World Cup snowboard
CBC News, Canada - Dec 21, 2006Jasey-Jay Anderson of Mont-Tremblant, Que., finished third in a World Cup parallel slalom snowboard competition Thursday in Bad Gastein, Austria. …

Teen Sentenced After Fatal Snowboard Accident
CBS4Boston, Boston - Dec 21, 2006(CBS4) BOSTON A Maryland teenager will spend six months in jail for the snowboarding accident that killed a Shrewsbury woman. Heather …

Three Canadians advance to halfpipe snowboard final with top 20 …
CBC News, Canada - Dec 15, 2006… and Justin Lamoureux, both of Whistler, BC, and Brad Martin of Ancaster, Ont., advanced to the halfpipe final Friday at the US Grand Prix snowboard competition …

Palmer Playah! Snowboard Co. Brings Skis to the Party
Skipressworld, Canada - Nov 30, 2006… t until today, when Palmer Snowboards unveiled the two new pairs of skis that will initiate the its Palmer Project, that a snowboard company formally …

Mount Snow, other resorts benefit
North Adams Transcript - Carolyn Fine, 14, of Westchester, N.Y., gets air on her snowboard as fresh snow coated the ski slopes at Smuggler’s Notch resort, Tuesday in Jeffersonville, Vt. The Berkshires are still waiting.

AP JEFFERSONVILLE, Vt. A winter storm

Unbound Freestyle Series Boardercross Competition
San Diego Union-Tribune - Bored of snowboarding just for fun? Finally craving a competition? This United States of America Snowboard Association-sanctioned event is open to boarders of all skill levels. Register in Roma’s Room on the third floor of the Mammoth Main Lodge

Canadian Ski Season Off to Slow Start
MSN MoneyCentral - resorts in Ontario and western Quebec are hoping their fortunes will improve come New Year’s Eve after the Christmas holiday — typically their busiest time of year — proved to be a bit of a bust. Blue Mountain, Ontario’s largest ski and snowboard

Teen Zone sponsors ski trip for students
Marin Independent Journal - Sixth- through 12th-graders are invited to join a daylong Northstar ski and snowboard trip next month sponsored by the Teen Zone of the Mill Valley Community Center. The trip includes transportation, chaperones and ski lift tickets. Spaces are

Officials resolve to improve
Concord Journal - I make resolutions all the time. I m going to feed my compost to the raspberries and double the crops. I m going to learn how to snowboard so my kids don t leave me behind. And I m going to take an old-fashioned road-trip with my family.

Fresh from South America
Big Bear Grizzly - At Big Bear Mountain Resorts they are employed as parking, lift and childcare attendants, bus boys, line cooks and ski and snowboard instructors. According to Cheryl Hightower, Bear Mountain s employee services director, the 220 students from

No vacancy
Aspen Daily News - Shane added that the store restocks its merchandise, from snowboard bindings to women’s tops, every night this time of year to meet demand. Tomcich was not worried about forecasts for snow across Colorado tonight and tomorrow. Yesterday was the peak

Bullet ends young man’s path to adulthood
Sacramento Bee - A skateboarder as a kid, the past few years saw Grimes put more energy into the slightly-more-adult snowboard. His taste in music was also evolving, shifting from rock to jazz and classical music. “He had just turned that corner,” his mother said. “He

Fresh from South America
Big Bear Grizzly - At Big Bear Mountain Resorts they are employed as parking, lift and childcare attendants, bus boys, line cooks and ski and snowboard instructors. According to Cheryl Hightower, Bear Mountain s employee services director, the 220 students from

Friendly vibes surround Telluride
Montrose Daily Press - Even a man who hit a rock and put a core shot in his snowboard was in a good mood. Gold Hill looks so tempting, he said and then gritted his teeth. Then he smiled and laughed, acknowledging that early season isn t quite over yet. On Gold Hill

Climbing craze drives dare-devils up the wall
Boston Online - So-called extreme sports have boomed in recent times as adrenalin junkies bungee jump, snowboard and paraglide. But while scrambling up a 15-meter wall might not seem quite as sedate as jogging in the park, it is a lot safer than outdoors where

Skiing in Maine and Vermont
Bucks County Courier Times - BEST SNOWBOARD-FREE MOUNTAIN : Mad River Glen clings tenaciously to its old-fashioned roots, which includes none of those newfangled ‘boards. Mad River’s “Basebox” base lodge hasn’t changed in years and it still proudly sports a single chairlift to

Resorts’ elaborate new features lure snowboarders 
For snowboard and ski resorts trying to attract young trick riders, a simple ditch carved into the snow just won’t cut it anymore. Instead of halfpipes and superpipes like those used in the Winter Olympics, resorts are adding large wooden staircases with handrails to slide down, massive logs and even a cabin to jump over.

Ski Shop Owner Rests on Laurels 
Tina Norris spoke with Hilarie Zani, owner of Tully Lakes Ski Shop. In a few words, describe your business: A complete sales and service ski shop, snowboard and cross country.

From slinky to practical and eatable to frameable 
LAST-MINUTE Christmas shopping for Mark Avron is as much about the journey as it is the destination.

Field tips, December 23 
COLORADO AT ITS PEAK

Blue Knob Ski Resort to open today 
Blue Knob All Seasons Resort will open for its 43rd season of skiing from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today, weather permitting. The resort’s original opening day Dec. 15, was postponed because of the warm weather.

Teen gets jail time for snowboard crash 
A Maryland teenager was sentenced to a year in jail, with half of that suspended, for a snowboarding crash in which he killed a skier from Massachusetts.

Climbing craze drives dare-devils up the wall 
Like spiders they clamber up the walls — children, young adults, pensioners — and then descend on cords. They are multiplying fast.

The nutty year in sports 
AUSTIN, Texas Sports has a hold on us from cradle to grave. Like the Americans who name their babies “ESPN.” Or the Germans who are snapping up cemetery plots adjacent to their favorite soccer stadium.

Teen totally stoked over kindness 
Christmas kindness from a city businessman has restored a Cochrane moms belief in the spirit of the season and given her son one of his greatest gifts.

Hannah brings style to Sierra, hope for Africa 
TWIN BRIDGES Robert Slkuka, 11, gleamed with starry eyes at the heroic figure before him this weekend. No, it wasn’t Santa Claus.

Friendly vibes surround Telluride
Montrose Daily Press - Even a man who hit a rock and put a core shot in his snowboard was in a good mood. Gold Hill looks so tempting, he said and then gritted his teeth. Then he smiled and laughed, acknowledging that early season isn t quite over yet. On Gold Hill

2001 Acura MDX /Sport Touring w/ Nav Package
The Seattle Times Classifieds - Navigation System, Running Boards, Grille Guard, Ski/Snowboard Rack, seats 7 friends! (not included) Super Clean! Detailed inside and out, engine included! 1 Owner, non-smoking, complete maintenance records, serviced at dealership. A super

SnoCountry Reports Latest Skiing Conditions Information
Earthtimes - Ridge - Reopen 12/26 Treetops - Sat 8:31p wet granular machine groomed 10 - 12 base 5 trails, 15% open, 3 lifts MINNESOTA Afton Alps - Sat 9:15a variable machine groomed 12 - 28 base 30 trails, 75% open, 7 lifts Hyland Ski Snowboard

U.S. coaches hope Miller’s vacation with brother will ground him
ABC News - Ski and Snowboard Association spokesman Tom Kelly said the organization had no response. Miller, who competed in 136 straight World Cup races and last missed a race in March 2002, will skip the downhill and super-G this weekend. The U.S. Ski Team

Out of the Brig, Ready to Go Home: With Doubts Over Iraq, Soldier Went
INS News - Clousing plans to snowboard this winter and hang out with his four brothers and sister while he figures out how to pay for college. The dishonorable discharge means he won’t get the $30,000 in tuition that the G.I. Bill would have provided. Chuck

Coffee & Baked Treats!
Hartford Courant - I don’t ski, sled, snowboard or look at the Weather Channel with anything but trepidation from November to April. But there is one thing that actually makes the cold air more tolerable — steaming, soothing hot lattes. With five days to go before

Story Archive
AZCentral.com - TURIN, Italy - With a dreamlike, Fellini-style circus of clowns and acrobats - one of them winged and floating on a snowboard, as if by magic - Turin found a fitting way to bid arrivederci to a Winter Games that mixed occasional fiasco with many

MORE NJ/REGION
NorthJersey.com - Room and snowboard are lures at ski resort’s new luxury hotel A new slope-side luxury hotel aims to attract more skiers and snowboarders to Mountain Creek in Vernon, North Jersey’s biggest winter sports resort.

Life on the snow in Maine and Vermont
CNN - Best snowboard-free mountains: Mad River Glen clings tenaciously to its old-fashioned roots, which include none of those newfangled ‘boards. Mad River’s “Basebox” base lodge hasn’t changed in years and it still proudly sports a single chairlift to the

Online Press Release
PRWeb - O*D*S Snow and Skate Cordially Invites you to Come Celebrate the Year of the leap at the, Oregon Dank Stars, Industry Blow off Party.Oregon Dank Stars, Skate and Snowboard, Industry Party Dark days in the industry and the economy are coming to an end

Mesa man brings ‘three D’s’ to role as Santa 
You better not shout, you better not cry. You better not pout, I’m tellin’ you why … Santa Claus just might live in your town. ‘Tis a special season for 63-year-old Robert Petzoldt, knowing he will bring joy to kids of all ages.

Merry Christmas to all… 
If Tye Sanders had not been in school when he learned that his picture won the Upper Des Moines fourth grade Christmas drawing contest, I know he would have done flips down full length of the hall. He was an extremely excited 9-year-old.

Happy (ski) trails to you 
Some people just love being outdoors in the winter — on top of a snow-covered mountain. The adrenaline rush is what draws them to the slopes.

In Tomorrow’s Paper 
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Glenn McGrath, the most successful fast bowler in cricket history, will join his legspin counterpart Shane Warne as two Australian veterans playing their last test matches over the next two weeks.

Gearing up for a flurry of big-time events 
S nowboard wunderkind Shaun White might not be competing in Oregon this winter. But the future Shaun Whites of the world will have ample opportunities to test their shredding, spinning and speed skills at events for juniors and amateurs across the state.

Cataloochee manager helps local resort become first to open this season in East 
Name: Chris Bates.

Around the Region
Modesto Bee - Learn how to downhill ski or snowboard. Home brew some beer or create metal art. How about Wilderness Women Within, Stress Busters or Natural Healing for Your Pets? A complete list of community education classes and a mail registration form are

Graphic by nature
Columbia Daily Tribune - He also makes regular trips out west to snowboard. Charlie Triplett, who recently completed a bachelor s degree in fine art and is a designer at Diggit, said he likes Sly s business style. “A lot of small-business owners will squeeze every last

Steve Cram: the year that stripped bare our sporting delusions
Guardian Unlimited - For the record it ranks closely behind Graham Poll’s three-card trick at the World Cup and the Snowboard Cross final at the Winter Olympics, both of which showed that in the heat of the moment, the mind can make the strangest of decisions seem

Making a list
Aspen Times - Possibly one of the most popular Aspen gifts this year will be the Aspen Ski and Snowboard Guide, by Neal Beidleman. The book is chock full of useful information for skiing and riding our four mountains, including tidbits like how Merry-Go

City takes over control of lake
Everett Herald - Now, Kirk said he’ll be available to city and county officials who have questions. That’s if they can catch him. “I am going back to what really matters in life,” he said. “Ripping fat pow’ (powder snow) on my snowboard all winter.” Reporter Jackson

Giving goes downhill 
Snowboarding can be a fun, rewarding experience - but it’s also an expensive pastime. That goes double for underprivileged children who not only lack the resources to enjoy the sport, but also the proper clothing.

Girls just wanna have fun — and shop 
Today marks the opening of Aspen’s first ski and snowboard shop geared solely toward women, reflecting a greater trend in the retail industry.

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