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New Skis No Impediment to Ligety as World Cup Season Opens

SÖLDEN, AUSTRIA — It seems ironic that the ski racer who has been the biggest critic of the International Ski Federation’s decision to require new, straighter skis this season was by far the fastest competitor at Sunday&r [...]

Posted On : Oct, 30 2012 | Comments : 0

Radical changes in the British Bodyboard Club Tour season

The British Bodyboard Club Tour 2012 has been forced to extend the competition into 2013, due to constant lack of swell. British bodyboarders have been really unlucky. Waves only come before and after scheduled events. So, the Britis [...]

Posted On : Sep, 10 2012 | Comments : 0

POW SURFING: BETTER LATE SEASON THAN NEVER

The dudes at Grassroots Powderdersurfing are on a next level program with seemingly simple boards that appear to provide next level snowskate performance in the pow. While most of America was cueing up the barbie over Memorial day Weekend [...]

Posted On : Jun, 04 2012 | Comments : 0

Skiing season’s last hurrah

This year’s race was saved at the last minute by a new, heavy snowfall and spectacular sunny weather that replaced much stormier conditions in the days leading up to the event. Organizers and participants alike called the day &ldquo [...]

Posted On : Apr, 23 2012 | Comments : 0

Sonoma County skiers gearing up for season?

The cozy smell of fireplaces hung in the air early Sunday outside the Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial Building. The sun cut through a dense street-level fog and illuminated golden, red and green leaves. Inside, people gathered for Santa Rosa [...]

Posted On : Nov, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

Boreal Starts Ski Season in California

Donner Summit, CA - Getting the jump on its competition, Boreal Ski Resort on Donner Summit in California will launch its ski and snowboard season at 3 p.m. this afternoon. In keeping with tradition, Boreal will once again open for Octobe [...]

Posted On : Oct, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Snow patrol: the ski season starts hereng

The mantra for early-season skiing is go high, go glacial and don't ride your own skis lest those delicately snow-covered rocks act as an angle grinder to their base. Bearing this in mind, it's worth taking a look at Sölden ( [...]

Posted On : Oct, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Ski season closes after lacklustre winter

The Victorian snow season officially closed yesterday, marking an end to a lacklustre winter in the snowfields. The season started with a flurry of snowfalls in June but hopes of a bumper year melted away with unusually warm temperatures [...]

Posted On : Oct, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Snow lovers look north: what's on offer this season

I love this time of year, when one season has entered it's twilight and another is filled with expectation. When it comes to following the winter north, Australian skiers and snowboarders are spoilt for choice with North America, Japa [...]

Posted On : Sep, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

CairnGorm Mountain reports second good season in a row

CairnGorm Mountain said it had been more than 15 years since it had two successive seasons with that number of visitors. The centre, near Aviemore, said the season had started early on 13 November 2010 and closed on 25 April 2011. It [...]

Posted On : May, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Spring skiing season extended; bike park opening May 20

Whistler Blackcomb’s summer and winter seasons will have an overlap of almost two weeks, the mountain operator revealed this week, giving local residents and visitors the option to ski, bike or both in late May. In a press rel [...]

Posted On : Apr, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Spring skiing no sweat this season

So, this is for all you die-hard snowriders out there, searching hither and yon for some place to ski or ride into summer. Chill. As it happens, several local winter resorts will be keeping the lifts running long into spring. One (condit [...]

Posted On : Apr, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

McIvor's ski season over

Whistler ski cross racer Ashleigh McIvor has torn the anterior cruciate ligaments in her left knee during training for the X Games in Aspen, Colo., and will miss the rest of the season. The good news is the injury at least had the decenc [...]

Posted On : Jan, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Skiing enjoys best ever start to season

SCOTLAND'S ski centres have had their "best ever" early start to a winter on the slopes. They have seen nearly 15,000 skiers and snowboarders on the piste over the New Year holiday weekend, with some of them having been ope [...]