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Archive for December, 2011

No snow, no skiing: Munich World Cup event off

Monday, December 26th, 2011

BERLIN — The International Ski Federation has canceled the World Cup competition scheduled for Jan. 1 in Munich because of warm weather. FIS said Saturday the event has been called off “due to lack of snow, too warm temperatures, rain and no positive weather forecast.” The event will not be made up, FIS said. Another [...]

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Dr. Jim Taylor: Is Skiing the Best Sport?

Saturday, December 24th, 2011

I’m up at Sugar Bowl (in Northern California) with my wife and two daughters for our pre-Christmas vacation and our week has been both incredibly enjoyable and challenging in some ways. Perhaps because of the indescribable joy I experience skiing with my family, plus it being the holiday season and the end of another year, [...]

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Aspen Skiing offers fire victims temporary housing

Saturday, December 24th, 2011

<!– –> ASPEN (AP) – Aspen Skiing Co. is offering apartments in its Sopris View complex to people who were displaced by a fire at an apartment building near Basalt last week. The fire Dec. 16 displaced 33 people. Firefighters have [...]

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Advanced Ski Lesson #6.2 – Carving – How to Carve

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

Carving is the holy grail for many skiers, in this ski lesson, ski instructor Darren Turner ( www.SkiSchoolApp.com ) explains how a ski works, what terms such as sidecut mean, the difference between carving a turn and skidding a turn, and demonstrates a couple of simple exercises to help you to learn how to carve [...]

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Joe Goes To SKI DAZZLE

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

Skiers, snowboarders and snow bunnies. New videos every Wednesday. Twitter: Twitter.com Facebook: www.Facebook.com Site: BadgeofShameComedy.com Directed & Shot by Matt Friedman – www.youtube.com Next Wednesday: Joe Goes DELETED

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Skiing: Hall starts season with double win in slalom

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

New Zealand skier Adam Hall won both days racing in the Standing Slalom competition at the International Paralympic Committee’s Noram Cup in Colorado.The defending Paralympic gold medallist in the class, Hall clocked 1min 26.67s…

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Alpine skiing-Kostelic moves up a gear to win slalom

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

Croatia’s Ivica Kostelic moved up a gear when he won his second slalom of the World Cup season in Flachau on Wednesday. The reigning overall World Cup champion topped the podium with a combined time of one minute 48.94 seconds, 0.07 seconds better than Sweden’s Andre Myrher. Italy’s Cristian Deville was third in the floodlit [...]

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Snow Summit Big Bear Lake California December 18th 2011 Skiing

Monday, December 19th, 2011

Snow Summit Big Bear Lake California December 18th 2011. Skiing. snow storm. video edit music charlie. It’s snowing again so we decide to head to the mountain to get some. It was a good day. snowing dumping powder.just another beautiful day in the mountains. go pro hd camera. canon hf20 camcorder. sony editing and sound [...]

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The skiing video and the start of Use Somebody.

Monday, December 19th, 2011

From the blackberry. One Direction. Watford.

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Top 5 Places to Go Cross Country Skiing in North Dakota

Monday, December 19th, 2011

Are you looking for a few good places to go cross country skiing in North Dakota? I know of several located within different parks across the state. It will cost you $5 per vehicle to gain access to the parks and most are open daily, year-round. Here they are: 1. Cross Ranch State Park The [...]

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