Palmerston, New Zealand - Professional skiers can now learn how to ski faster with the aid of a new system designed by New Zealand researchers to capture three-dimensional motion of athletic movements – Fusion Motion Capture (FMC). Featured in Wiley-Blackwell’s journal, Sports Technology, this is the first time the study of FMC has been published in a journal.
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Jul 01, 2008 - 06:00 AM
Camera-less Motion Capture System Available to Improve Ski Racers' Results
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Jul 01, 2008 - 06:00 AM
Mt. Buller (VIC), Australia - Volcom Stone's first annual Australian Peanut Butter and Rail Jam snowboard event will take place at Victoria's Mt. Buller ski area on Saturday, July 19. The Peanut Butter and Rail Jam is Volcom’s amateur snowboard contest series and is part of the Let The Kids Ride Free program, a grass roots effort for kids of all ages to express their talent, gain contest experience, have a good time, get some free grinds and walk away with free product for a day of snowboarding.
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Jul 01, 2008 - 06:00 AM
Middleton, WI - In an effort to help define their sport for the future, the women's U.S. Ski Jumping Team, in conjunction with Wisconsin's Black Hawk Ski Club, recently spent five days coaching a group of 31 up-and-coming female ski jumping athletes.
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Jul 01, 2008 - 06:00 AM
Government Camp, OR - U.S. Snowboarding's snowboardcross athletes recently wrapped up their first camp of the summer in Oregon on the snowfields of Mt. Hood. Athletes had a chance to work on Olympic-quality terrain and even managed to take in a mountain biking park session.
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Jul 01, 2008 - 06:00 AM
Kamas, UT - From Tour de France to the streets of Kamas, Utah, bike racing season is in full swing. After taking second place in the High Uintas Classic, the U.S. Nordic Combined Ski Team's Bill Demong (Vermontville, NY) showed that winter isn't the only season where he can land on the podium.
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Jun 30, 2008 - 11:05 PM
Jay, VT - After nearly 25 years of leading Jay Peak as President and Chief Operating Officer, Bill Stenger, along with a group of private investors, has purchased the northern Vermont ski and snowboard resort.
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Jun 30, 2008 - 02:52 PM
Park City, UT - After four years with the U.S. Freestyle Ski Team, former NorAm dual moguls champion McKenzy Golding (Squaw Valley, CA) is retiring from the sport, according to Freestyle Program Director Polly-Jo Clark.
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Jun 30, 2008 - 02:50 PM
Park City, UT - Park City-based Powdr Corp, owner and operator of seven ski and snowboard resorts in North America, today announced the appointment of Jennifer Botter to the position of Chief Financial Officer.
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Jun 30, 2008 - 08:24 AM
Wanaka, New Zealand - Lake Wanaka’s 2008 ski season is officially underway with all four ski areas now open for business. Following a warm and wet start to the season, good snowfalls and optimal snowmaking conditions throughout the past week have provided the mountains with snow for skiers and snowboarders to enjoy their first turns for the season.
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Jun 30, 2008 - 08:06 AM
Revelstoke (BC), Canada - Revelstoke Mountain Resort (RMR) has announced a new partnership with Hawkair Aviation for flights between Calgary and Revelstoke this coming ski and snowboard season. Scheduled air service between Calgary International Airport and Revelstoke Airport will commence on December 8th, 2008.
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Jun 30, 2008 - 08:01 AM
Huntsville, UT - July 4th means hot dogs, watermelon, fireworks and, if you want to be a little risky, perhaps a lively game of lawn darts. But skiing and snowboarding? If you're in Utah, the answer to that question is a resounding "yes!"
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