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Athletes to ski on artificial snow during Asian Winter Games
Xinhua News Agency - Beidahu, about 53 kilometers away from downtown of Jilin city and 141 kilometers from Changchun, will host the snow sports of biathlon, Alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, freestyle skiing and snowboard during the Jan. 28-Feb. 4 Asian Winter

Best of Boulder County ‘05
Boulder Clarion - The Flatirons are rumbling. Pearl Street is quaking. The prairie dogs are scurrying deep into their burrows. Boulder is in the midst of a Richter Scale-smashing upheaval. The signs are everywhere. The site of the once-sprawling Crossroads Mall is now

Snowboard star’s skating ramp sparks conflict 
Norwegian snowboarding star Terje H konsen is caught in a conflict with some neighbours in Oslo, who don’t like a skating ramp he built in his backyard.

PM Makeover: Giving Back
Popular Mechanics - The Watkins Street crew, along with eight other FDNY firefighters, provided transportation and support for 31 disabled vets (most of them injured in Iraq or Afghanistan), who were learning how to ski or snowboard under the tutelage of the Adaptive

SNOW’S SINGLE LESSON FOR ALL
Daily Record - I thought it was time that someone from Snow Patrol learned to snowboard so I took myself off to Chamonix. But on the first day I tumbled down a hill and broke my elbow. Fortunately, it is not a bad break and it looks like I will be set for our

Summit Daily Photos
Summit Daily News - The Snowboard World Cup annually opens in a ski dome in The Netherlands, and there s been talk about staging slaloms indoors, as well. I definitely never want it to replace skiing outdoors because the best thing about skiing is it s outdoors

Which is easier? Learning to ski or snowboard? Get on board and find
Seattle Times - Newbie skiers enjoy a lesson at the Mount Baker Ski Area. The ski area, about 50 miles east of Bellingham, offers drop-in, multi-day and multi-week lessons for skiers and snowboarders for practically all ages. MIKE MCQUAIDE / SPECIAL TO THE SEATTLE

DHS baseball team hosts spaghetti dinner 
The DeWitt High School baseball team sponsors a spaghetti dinner on Friday, Jan. 26, from 4:30 until 7:30 p.m. in the DeWitt High School Commons. This is the date of the triple-header DeWitt vs. Lakewood boys basketball games.

Going to the Games
Sierra Sun - Of the 14 local athletes, Truckee s Daron Rahlves is the lone skier competing in Skier-X while the rest will be vying for hardware in snowboard events. See below for everything you need to know about each competitor before tuning in to

TK Maxx sports all the latest labels in ski and snowboard wear
Pocket-Link.co.uk - 16 January 2007 - There was a time when the approaching holiday in the mountains meant heading off to C&A and getting a lovely all-in-one dayglo suit. Luckily the 80s have passed, and C&A has retreated from UK shores (but still does a roaring

Ski and Snowboard Team Cool as Ice
UCSD Guardian - The temperatures dropped to a frigid minus 8 degrees during President’s Day weekend at Mammoth Mountain, where the UCSD ski and snowboard team competed in the all-day Board/Ski Cross race on Jan. 15. At the start of the day on the mountain, 40

Crash claims life of Norwich teen
Norwich Bulletin - He said his son was popular and liked to skateboard, snowboard, surf and go kayaking. He also said his son had recently gotten his license. According to the accident report, Souter’s vehicle crossed over the center line of the two-lane road and into

Our towns - news from our local communities
Lansing State Journal - Students have the choice of a ski rental, $75, or snowboard rental, $80, or take their own equipment and purchase a lift ticket, $50. Check-in is at 8:30 a.m. and buses leave Herbison Woods School at 9 a.m., returning at 6 p.m. Register at www

Chilling out at Lake Chelan
Seattle Times - Downhill ski, snowboard or go tubing at Echo Valley . Open weekends and holidays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. through mid-February, depending on snow conditions. 509-682-4002 or www.echovalley.org . Cross-country ski at the Echo Ridge Nordic Area , a U.S. Forest

Low-impact but rigorous work-out amidst some of the most beautiful
Santa Cruz Sentinel - Trail passes at the Kirkwood Cross Country Ski and Snowboard Center range from $22 per day for adults to $8 for children under 12. Seniors and juniors can get discounted passes while children under 10 are free. Dog passes cost $4. Half-day passes are

Golfer back on course 
MacKenzie enjoys a successful return to the sport he left to experience new adventures.

Miss February wants YOU 
It’s true - Miss February wants you. Ahem, eyes over here. Specifically, she wants you to vote for her as Playmate of the Year for 2006. To that end, she’ll be hosting Playboy Magazine’s Snow Bunny Tour 2007, which makes a stop at Club 8150 Saturday night.

Current Issue: 
As students rolled out of bed Thursday morning, they were greeted with a blanket of snow covering the area and hopes of cancelled classes — but most were left wishing.

Bend’s Smith finishes 12th at Worlds 
AROSA, Switzerland - Adam Smith of Bend placed 12th and was the top American finisher in the parallel slalom Wednesday at the International Ski Federation’s Snowboard World Championships.

Capturing humanity one laugh at a time 
Editor’s note: Director’s Corner is a weekly column where Kris Sabel, who is in charge of cultural programming for the Vail Valley Foundation, gives his expert take on shows not to be missed at the Vilar Center for the Arts in Beaver Creek.

Boyne USA sells Utah’s Brighton Ski Resort 
CNL INCOME PROPERTIES , based in Orlando, Fla., rapidly becoming a player in the U.S. ski industry, has purchased Utah’s Brighton Ski Resort from Boyne USA for $35 million.

Canadians well back at snowboard worlds 
Ontario’s Matthew Morison led all Canadians Tuesday with a 12th-place finish in the men’s parallel giant slalom at the snowboarding world championships in Arosa, Switzerland.

Sun Valley snowboarders heat up frigid Jackson Hole 
Jackson Hole was icy cold, but the Sun Valley snowboard team was on fire in USASA action at the Wyoming resort, Jan.

WINTER SPORTS NOTES: Draper native makes strides as aerialist 
To the women aerialists who competed in the 2006 Turin Games, this post-Olympic winter sports season represents a chance to take a break from competition to recharge the batteries and rehabilitate from injuries. But for Lacy Schnoor, it’s a chance to make a move. The 21-year-old Draper native and University of Utah student has been enjoying the best start of her blossoming freestyle …

Plans for dry ski slope withdrawn 
Plans to build a 2m dry ski and snowboard centre near Newquay in Cornwall are withdrawn.

Wednesday’s ski report-2 
Latest skiing conditions, as supplied by SnoCountry Mountain Reports. Conditions are subject to change due to weather, skier/rider traffic and other factors. Be aware of changing conditions. For more information go to http://www.snocountry.com:

COS clinic offers top level coaching 
The College of the Siskiyous Race Clinic is winding up its pre-race season clinics at the Mt. Shasta Ski Park where 80 snowboarders and 30 skiers took advantage of the opportunity to get experience at running gates and basic skills.

Jambos upset by Vlad’s wall of silence 
HEARTS fans revealed today they have been left “disappointed” by Vladimir Romanov’s decision not to respond to an open letter posted on the Supporters’ Trust website almost a month ago.

Post-holiday ski bargains 
Smart move - or maybe you were just clairvoyant. You avoided heading to the mountains for the holidays - the most expensive and crowded time of the year.

Businesses Look Forward to Cold Weather 
Businesses that depend on snow and cold weather are looking forward to the colder temperatures.

Safety experts say more skiers wearing helmets 
For decades, many skiers considered wearing helmets for safety “uncool.” But more recently, they seem to be warming to the idea.

Agencies investigate backcountry collision 
The Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office and U.S. Forest Service will send investigators to the scene of a backcountry accident on Richmond Ridge today to try to determine who, if anyone, is to blame.

Representing the region 
As if the Tahoe area wasn’t represented well enough in the 11th annual Winter X Games, last weekend’s Jabra X Jam at Sugar Bowl set up a few more local athletes with the opportunity to perform on the big stage.

Canada shut out at snowboard cross worlds 
Lindsey Jacobellis of the U.S. and Xavier Delerue of France won gold in the snowboard cross Sunday at the world snowboard championships in Arosa, Switzerland.

Another Thorn in Miss USA’s Crown 
Another one bites the dust. Miss New Jersey USA Ashley Harder has resigned from presiding over ribbon-cutting ceremonies and other world-saving photo-ops to focus on a more challenging matter: motherhood.

Summit Foundation awards nearly $414,000 in grants 
SUMMIT COUNTY - The Summit Foundation Board of Trustees has awarded $413,904 to 45 nonprofit agencies in Summit, Park, Grand, Lake and Eagle Counties in December. Over its 22-year history, a total of $8,578,279 has been distributed in the form of grants and scholarships.

Blotter for 1/17/07 
Monday 9:46 a.m. The End Zone Bar on East Wooster Street reported broken into Sunday night. Eight bottles of liquor and cash from behind the bar was taken. The bar’s rear door, door knob, jukebox and Ms. Pac Man game were damaged. 11:07 a.m. Garbage truck reported to have hit a silver Honda parked on South Summit Street.

Piste Off at Tamarack 
By Amanda Peacher.

In good spirits… 
XAVEIRA real name Joanne Winters is a fortune teller and psychic at Andrana’s Centre for Mind Body and Spirit in Headingley, Leeds. (17/01/2007 11:17:47)

Front Page News 
If you travel at all over the mountain from Huntington Canyon to Fairview you have no doubt seen the snow kites, snowboards, skis, tubes, and snowmobiles that dot the mountain on any given weekend.

Whistler Hosting Mountain Travel Symposium during Telus World Ski & Snowboard Festival 
Whistler, British Columbia, Canada (PRWeb) January 12, 2007 — April 15th - 21, 2007, - Whistler will host 1,000 delegates, including North America’s top buyers and sellers of mountain resort products for the largest and longest-running annual gathering of mountain travel professionals in North America.