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Okemo to Host Ross Powers Snowboard Camp March 24-26
Alpine Zone - LUDLOW, Vermont — Olympic gold medalist and snowboard legend Ross Powers and his posse of pros will be at Okemo Mountain Resort March 24, 25 and 26, for the Ross Powers Snowboard Camp. This three-day snowboard camp is open to intermediate and

Locals land on slopestyle podiums
Aspen Times - ASPEN The first day of finals at the Aspen/Snowmass Open saw two locals on the podium and more than $25,000 handed out. Teddy Karlinski of Snowmass Village took third in the men’s snowboard slopestyle final with a score of 80, finishing less than

Canadians conquer Asian events
Vancouver Sun - It was an Asian invasion by Canadian winter sport athletes on Friday. Maelle Ricker of North Vancouver won a women’s World Cup snowboard cross event in Sungwoo, South Korea, while Tessa Virtue of London, Ont., and Scott Moir of Iderton, Ont., posted

Top grossing romantic comedies
Dayton Daily News - When I was coming up as a skier, basically everybody I knew was starting to snowboard, and the sport was just like dying,” Moseley said in a telephone interview this week. (He had just finished shooting extreme skiing sequences in Colorado for a

Fisherman angles for the big one
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Loftus, whose other love is ski racing, which he teaches at Brantling Ski and Snowboard Center, finished third overall in the Florida event with a total weight of 23 pounds, 8 ounces, winning the Eastern Division and securing his spot in the Classic

Maverick Mountain sees best year in a decade
Missoulian - Turn right (or north), and it ll take you directly to the ski area. From the interstate to the ski area, it s about 15 miles. Daily lift tickets for adults at Maverick are $26. Ski and snowboard rentals are available. Telephone: (406) 834-3454. |

Lakers shred to victory
Sierra Sun - The North Tahoe High snowboard team won its second consecutive CNISSF race, a slalom at Squaw Valley USA, on Tuesday. The Lakers took the top spot with 383 points between their boys and girls teams. Colfax was second with 371 points, followed by

Winter Olympic venues welcome the rest of us
MSNBC - The former will host the Games snowboard cross, a mass-start event in which four racers tackle a course of jumps, ramps and obstacles, while the latter will host the parallel giant slalom, a head-to-head competition with multiple gates. Both runs

Seminar teaches outdoor winter emergency survival
Las Cruces Sun-News - A snowboard, Kuipers noted, does not belong in this category. A shovel. A way of probing the snow to look for someone who could be buried. A rescue beacon or 50 feet of red rope to trail behind you. A “micro-survival” kit

Spring break: Beaches, parties, slopes, and more
USA Today - Banff- Lake Louise , Alberta, Canada, where the weather turns warm enough in spring so you can really enjoy the scenery. Whistler Blackcomb , British Columbia, hosting the April 11-20 Telus World Ski & Snowboard Festival. Lake Tahoe-Sierra

Sport Chalet Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2008 Results
Forbes - The Company offers over 50 services for the serious sports enthusiast, including backpacking, canyoneering, and kayaking instruction, custom golf club fitting and repair, snowboard and ski rental and repair, SCUBA training and certification, SCUBA

Guard helps snowy towns recover
Statesman Journal - Oregon National Guard Pfc. Luke Robinson of South Salem usually heads to fresh powder to snowboard, but on Tuesday he was part of more than two dozen guardsmen sent to the snowed-in communities in the Santiam Canyon. “These are our neighbors and

U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association freestyle and halfpipe competition
Petoskey News-Review - BOYNE FALLS It s taken years of hoping and planning, and now it s finally arrived at Boyne Mountain Resort. A United States Ski and Snowboard Association-sanctioned freestyle and halfpipe competition is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 9, at

Don’t endure winter enjoy it
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - She is also learning to snowboard. “I fall and get up and then I fall and I get up, so it’s a good workout,” she says, laughing. With all the time that Matthews spends on the slopes, friends often assume she loves the cold. Not so. “I hate cold

Local student dies in snowboard accident
KONP 1450AM - (Port Angeles) - A Peninsula College student died in what’s being described as a freak snowboarding accident. 20-year-old Jared Nagel died at Stevens Pass Saturday. The King County Medical Examiner’s Office says Nagel fell off a jump at a

Mobility issues at home and at work
Wichita Eagle - He water-skis on an adaptive ski that looks kind of like a snowboard with a chair on it. For more information Robbie O’Brien-Leighton practices at the Wichita Clinic. For information about appointments, call 316-613-4670. Reach Karen Shideler at 316-268

Third Quarter Results
Earthtimes - The Company offers over 50 services for the serious sports enthusiast, including backpacking, canyoneering, and kayaking instruction, custom golf club fitting and repair, snowboard and ski rental and repair, SCUBA training and certification, SCUBA

Don’t endure winter enjoy it
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - She is also learning to snowboard. “I fall and get up and then I fall and I get up, so it’s a good workout,” she says, laughing. With all the time that Matthews spends on the slopes, friends often assume she loves the cold. Not so. “I hate cold

Local student dies in snowboard accident
KONP 1450AM - (Port Angeles) - A Peninsula College student died in what’s being described as a freak snowboarding accident. 20-year-old Jared Nagel died at Stevens Pass Saturday. The King County Medical Examiner’s Office says Nagel fell off a jump at a

Catching a business wave
San Gabriel Valley Tribune - He said they looked at products made by real snowboard companies and selected the kind of inventory they wanted Diamond Boards to have. “I learned how to start a business from the ground up,” he said. “I know what it takes to make a business plan. We

Paying the price for Olympic dream
North Bay Nugget - Ryan Hickey was back in a familiar setting Saturday night, taking part in the Snow Wars competition at Laurentian Ski Hill. Performing tricks and aerial twists aren t really Hickey s thing he is a national-level snowboard cross racer

Layering for warmth
Wichita Falls Times Record News - And choosing your base layer what your parents called long johns is one of the most important dressing decisions you can make before heading out to ski, snowboard, snowshoe or even take a cardio-pumping walk. The basic or fundamental

Turkish ski slopes yet to be discovered by mass tourism
Earthtimes - Uludag is the main Turkish ski resort,” says Serdar Oezger, the 33-year-old coach of Turkey’s national snowboard team. Oezger says Turkey still needs to invest more in infrastructure if it wants to meet international standards. The main drawback are

Black Mountain
Sun-Journal - Black Mountain Snow Kids Lessons Black Mountain of Maine is excited to announce sign-ups for our Alpine Snow Kids program for the 2008 ski season. Children in this program will be offered ski or snowboard lessons for seven weeks, on both Saturdays

Deputy PM: Russia to be ready for Winter Olympics
Xinhua News Agency - The facilities include a central stadium, an ice palace, a mountain skiing center, ski ramps, an indoor skating rink, a bobsleigh track, a curling arena, a freestyle center and a snowboard park. “We should start training right now if we want to