Mar 18, 2010 - 03:00 PM
Teton Village, WY - Saturday's U.S. Ski Mountaineering Championship presented by Marmot, is an endurance race without equal. Now in its 10th year the "Randonée Rally," as it is often referred to, takes participants on a human-powered wild ride through some of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort's (JHMR) most exciting terrain.
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Mar 18, 2010 - 12:00 PM
Whistler (BC), Canada - Lauren Woolstencroft, of North Vancouver, British Columbia, added more gold to an already impressive medal collection Wednesday at the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games in Whistler.
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Mar 18, 2010 - 11:00 AM
Olympic Valley, CA - An event half a century in the making, California's Squaw Valley ski resort is set to celebrate its 50th anniversary of hosting the 1960 Olympic Winter Games with the Sprint U.S. Freestyle Championships as Olympic medalists and the sport's best compete for U.S. titles March 26-28.
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Mar 17, 2010 - 09:02 AM
Whistler (BC), Canada - In heavy rain and bitter cold in Whistler, Alana Nichols, of Farmington, N.M., and Park City, Utah's Stephani Victor won gold and silver, respectively, in the sitting division of Tuesday's Paralympic giant slalom ski race race. With the gold medal, Nichols becomes the first female U.S. Paralympian to claim gold in both summer and winter Games. It was Victor's second silver of the 2010 Games.
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Mar 17, 2010 - 08:00 AM
West Vancouver (BC), Canada - Halfpipe rider Palmer Taylor, of Collingwood, Ontario, and Snowboardcross rider Kevin Hill, of Vernon, British Columbia, have been selected as the 2010 recipients of the Neil Daffern Award, given to two outstanding, up-and-coming elite Canadian riders who have demonstrated an exemplary level of performance or commitment to the sport.
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Mar 16, 2010 - 01:00 PM
Whistler (BC), Canada - One of the most decorated U.S. Adaptive Ski Team athletes of all time, Chris Waddell, was honored Sunday with induction into the Visa Paralympic Hall of Fame. The ceremony was held in Whistler in conjunction with the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games.
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Mar 16, 2010 - 11:00 AM
Aspen, CO - The third annual CoverGirl Snow Angels Invitational, hosted by Aspen/Snowmass, will once again be held at Colorado's Snowmass ski resort, April 2–4, 2010.
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Mar 16, 2010 - 09:00 AM
Whistler (BC), Canada - Canadian para-alpine skiers picked up another two medals, including gold for Lauren Woolstencroft, of North Vancouver, British Columbia, during Monday's slalom competition at the Paralympic Winter Games in Whistler.
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Mar 16, 2010 - 07:00 AM
Avon, CO - Two separate ski accidents over the past two days has left one teen dead and another in critical condition.
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Mar 15, 2010 - 10:42 AM
Whistler (BC), Canada - After a momentous day for the U.S. Team in Saturday's Paralympic biathlon competition, five American athletes took to the tracks Sunday in the men's sitting 15 km and women's sitting 10 km cross country skiing events.
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Mar 15, 2010 - 10:20 AM
Whistler (BC), Canada - Canada came away with two silver medals on Sunday, the opening day of medal competition at the alpine skiing venue of the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games in Whistler. U.S. Adaptive Alpine Team member, Stephani Victor of Park City, Utah, won a silver medal in the women's sit-ski slalom.
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Mar 15, 2010 - 10:11 AM
Whistler (BC), Canada - U.S. Adaptive Cross Country athlete Andy Soule, of Pearland, Texas, made history Saturday, winning the first U.S. medal of the 2010 Paralympic Games and the first-ever medal for the U.S. Paralympic Biathlon team on the opening day of competition. Soule, a retired U.S. Army veteran, combined his shooting skills learned in the Army with his cross country skiing skills learned from the U.S. Adaptive Cross Country Team to win the bronze medal.
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Mar 14, 2010 - 11:00 AM
Franconia, NH - The New England Ski Museum in Franconia on Friday announced that Cal Conniff grant awards totaling $2,500 were made to three organizations at the Hannes Schneider Meister Cup Race, held March 5th Cranmore Mountain Resort in North Conway, N.H. This marks the 10th year that the Ski Museum, with a mission of preserving the history of skiing, has designated a portion of the Hannes Schneider Race proceeds to the grant program.
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Mar 14, 2010 - 09:00 AM
Verbier, Switzerland - Following this weekend's conclusion of the World Cup, the U.S. Ski Team's Julia Mancuso, an Olympic Silver medalist best known for bashing gates, will take on a new challenge: navigating steep cliff bands on the mythical Bec de Rosses at Verbier as a contestant in the 15th annual Nissan Xtreme by Swatch.
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Mar 13, 2010 - 11:00 AM
Snowbird, UT - For the first time in the history of the Subaru Freeskiing World Tour (FWT), Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort will host the final stop of the tour on the Utah ski area's famed Silver Fox and North Baldy venues. An international field of the world's best skiers will descend upon the Wasatch Mountains next week, March 16-21, to battle for overall World Tour points and for the Subaru Freeskiing World Championships title.
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