Mar 22, 2007 - 05:00 AM
Park City, UT - Ski jumper Lindsey Van (Park City, UT) caught fire with the start of the new year and tore through the second half of the women's Continental Cup jumping schedule, finishing third overall. In the last nine events, Van won three and had four other top-3 results.
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Mar 22, 2007 - 05:00 AM
Keystone, CO - Jazz up your ski weekend weekend with a spicy afternoon of authentic barbecue and silvery blues music, for Colorado's Keystone Resort brings the two together on Saturday, March 31 in River Run Village. Beginning at 1 p.m., Blues Explosion and Colorado favorite Hazel Miller will play in the pedestrian plaza before outside bars and food vendors. Free street entertainment and kids activities will be available to keep the entire family happy.
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Mar 22, 2007 - 05:00 AM
Windham, NY - Over 20 inches of new snow last week may make the Catskill Mountains look more like they do in winter than in spring, but New York's Windham Mountain ski resort is still gearing up for the upcoming Spring Fling weekend. This weekend's spring celebration at Windham comes complete with pond skimming, DJ entertainment, outdoor refreshments, fun and games.
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Mar 22, 2007 - 05:00 AM
Petite-Rivière-Saint-François (QC), Canada - On Saturday, March 31, skiing fans from the four corners of Quebec will attack Le Massif’s scenic slopes as they take part in the Massif Open Rossignol to celebrate ski maker Rossignol’s 100th anniversary.
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Mar 22, 2007 - 05:00 AM
Warren, VT - With its new Lincoln Peak Village, and the extra manmade snow on such popular ski trails as Stein’s Run, Snowball, Spring Fling, and Coffee Run, Vermont's Sugarbush ski and snowboard resort has decided to move late-season skiing and riding back to Lincoln Peak and plans to make Lincoln Peak its late-season mountain every year. It's a decision, though, that's left many Sugarbush regulars scratching their heads.
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Mar 22, 2007 - 05:00 AM
Whitefish, MT - Big Mountain Resort will host the Montana ski and snowboard resort's first annual Skier Cross competition this weekend, open to alpine skiers on March 24, and telemark skiers on March 25.
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Mar 22, 2007 - 05:00 AM
Killington, VT - The first day of spring Wednesday brought final preparations for the Sprint U.S. Freestyle Championships at Killington as aspiring Olympic skiers get set to measure themselves against U.S. Ski Team just back from the 2007 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships and the end of the World Cup season.
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Mar 22, 2007 - 05:00 AM
McLean, VA - Strong sales of insulated parkas, fleece tops and soft shells helped offset declining ski and equipment sales thus far this season, according to the SnowSports Industries America (SIA) Retail Audit. The fourth report detailing retail ski and snowboard equipment and apparel sales from August 2006 through January 2007 was released this week by the not-for-profit industry trade group that represents manufacturers and distributors of snow sports products.
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Mar 22, 2007 - 05:00 AM
Calgary, Canada - In what may well be the first time in Canadian sport’s history, three current World Champions and an Olympic gold medal winner will be competing at a Canadian freestyle skiing National Championship in Calgary today through Sunday.
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Mar 22, 2007 - 12:34 AM
Stockholm, Sweden - Andy Newell (Shaftsbury, VT), capping his best season of World Cup ski racing, was 13th Wednesday in a sprint around Sweden's royal palace - the final World Cup sprint of the season, lifting him into sixth place in sprint standings.
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Mar 21, 2007 - 11:28 PM
Whistler (BC), Canada - Paul Stutz (Banff, AB) and Shona Rubens (Canmore, AB) opened with slalom victories as the 2007 Pontiac GMC Canadian Championships got underway on a sunny Tuesday afternoon in Whistler.
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Mar 21, 2007 - 05:00 AM
Killington, VT - Thanks to more than five feet of snow since March 1, Vermont's Pico Mountain will extend the 2006-07 ski and snowboard season by an extra week, resort officials have announced.
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Mar 21, 2007 - 05:00 AM
Waterville Valley, NH - When the 2007 Hartford U.S. Disabled Alpine Championships open today young ski racers from across the country will converge on the Granite State to fight for their shot at making the U.S. Disabled Alpine Ski Team.
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Mar 21, 2007 - 05:00 AM
Portland, ME - With the winter season hanging on with a foot of snow draping some resorts from a weekend storm, ski resorts across Maine have announced tentative closing dates for current ski and snowboard season.
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Mar 21, 2007 - 05:00 AM
Franconia, NH - The New England Ski Museum will award a total of $2,500 to three organizations via its 2007 Cal Conniff Grant Program. The recipients of the awards were recognized at the Hannes Schneider Meister Cup Race at Cranmore Mountain Resort in North Conway, N.H. on March 10.
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