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Snowboarder Shaun White Backs Out of Winter X Games Slopestyle

January 27, 2012 1:47 pm
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Shaun White (file photo: Veronica Belmont)

Aspen, CO - Snowboarding sensation Shaun White opted Friday to drop out of the Snowboard Slopestyle at Winter X Games in Aspen following an injury received during training on Thursday. White, 25, of Carlsbad, Calif., took some practice runs on Friday morning, but determined that his sprained ankle was too tender for competition in...

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Low Snow Slows Ski and Snowboard Sales

January 27, 2012 10:42 am
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(source: SIA RetailTRAK™ produced by the Leisure Trends Group)

McLean, VA - SnowSports Industries America (SIA) and The Leisure Trends Group on Thursday released the most recent numbers for December 2011, collected from the point of sale systems of more than 1,200 snow sports retailers across the U.S. According to the report, December's...

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Park City Celebrates the 10th Anniversary of the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games

January 27, 2012 10:24 am
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Park City, Utah will spend February celebrating the 10th anniversary of the 2012 Olympic Winter Games held in Salt Lake City. (photo: Preston Keres)

Park City, UT - The Park City community has joined together in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. A variety of Olympic-related activities are scheduled in February beginning with a February 1 event on Main Street in Park City. ...

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Wins for Amacker and Backstrom in Courmayeur

January 27, 2012 10:13 am
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Competitors gather on Mont-Fortin in Courmayeur for the Freeride World Tour competition on Thursday. (photo: FWT/J. Bernard)

Courmayeur, Italy - Richard Amacker won the men's ski contest and Ralph Backstrom won the men's snowboard contest on the Mont-Fortin Thursday as the 2012 Swatch Freeride World Tour...

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Lindsey Vonn Cracks 1,000 Points to Pad World Cup Lead

January 27, 2012 10:01 am
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Lindsey Vonn (file photo: Malcolm Carmichael/Alpine Canada)

St. Moritz, Switzerland - American ski racer Lindsey Vonn pushed her Audi FIS Alpine World Cup points total to 1,070 with a super combined victory on Friday in bluebird...

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Authorities Identify Skier Killed at Taos

January 27, 2012 9:46 am
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Taos Ski Valley (file photo: Seth Bullington)

Taos Ski Valley, NM - New Mexico authorities have identified a man killed Tuesday in a ski accident at Taos. Dan Bauhs, 60, was well known to the Taos...

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Turski Three-peats in X Games Slopestyle as Wallisch Sets Record Score

January 27, 2012 9:31 am
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Montreal's Kaya Turski with X Games Gold on Thursday. (photo: CFSA)

Aspen, CO -Montreal, Canada's Kaya Turski came from behind to win her third-straight gold medal at the X Games on Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen on Thursday, and she did...

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Canada’s Dixon Sustains Concussion in Training

January 27, 2012 9:11 am
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Robbie Dixon (photo: CAST)

Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany - Canada’s Robbie Dixon won’t compete in this weekend’s alpine World Cup ski races in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, after suffering an injury during training. The 27-year-old from Whistler,...

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Top U.S. Snowboarders Recovering from Season-ending Injuries

January 27, 2012 9:01 am
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"Personally if I was going to pick a dress to wear, I'd at least have chosen one that would cover my butt when I had to get up," snowboarder Seth Wescott posted from his hospital room in Vail, Colo. on Monday. (photo: Facebook)

Vail, CO -Maine snowboardcross rider Seth Wescott is at the X Games in Aspen, Colo. again. But this time, instead of watching the event from the snowboardcross course he's...

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Freestyle Skiing World Cup Heads for Calgary

January 25, 2012 12:20 pm
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Canada Olympic Park (file photo: Thivierr)

Calgary (AB), Canada - The Canada Post Grand Prix Freestyle ski World Cup lands at Winsport Canada’s Canada Olympic Park in Calgary this week, and with it comes the...

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Snowboarder Dies of Injuries Sustained at Steamboat

January 25, 2012 12:10 pm
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Steamboat Ski Resort (file photo: FTO/Marc Guido)

Steamboat Springs, CO - A snowboarder died in a Denver hospital on Tuesday of injuries sustained on the slopes of Steamboat on Monday. Aaron Easter, 32, a Colorado resident,...

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Kandahar in Chamonix Gets Green Light from Ski Federation

January 25, 2012 11:53 am
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The Verte des Houches course in Chamonix. (image: Chamonix World Cup)

Chamonix, France - On Saturday Markus Murmann, appointed by the International Ski Federation (FIS), visited the Verte des Houches course in Chamonix to verify that snow and course conditions...

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Mountain Dew Vertical Challenge Arrives Sunday at Ski Butternut

January 25, 2012 10:40 am
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(file photo: Ski Butternut)

Great Barrington, MA - Ski Butternut in the Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts will host the Mountain Dew Vertical Challenge this Sunday, where speed is king for skiers and...

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Baumgartner Looks for the Repeat in Snowboardcross at Winter X Games

January 25, 2012 10:26 am
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Nick Baumgartner, of Iron River, Mich., with son Landon after winning 2011 Winter X Games SBX gold.

Aspen, CO - Winter X Games Gold Medal Snowboardcross (SBX) champion Nick Baumgartner arrives in Aspen this week looking for a repeat in the six-man riding action on Buttermilk...

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Ligety Surges to Sixth in Schladming Night Slalom

January 25, 2012 10:13 am
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Canada's Brad Spence races in front of an estimated 45,000 fans Tuesday night in Schladming, Austria. (photo: ACA/Gio Auletta/Pentaphoto)

Schladming, Austria - Ted Ligety, of Park City, Utah, battled huge ruts and continuous snowfall to finish sixth Tuesday in the Schladming night slalom in front of 45,000 raucous...

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Ducks Learn to Ski at Camelback

January 25, 2012 9:47 am
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SkiDUCKs' mission is to get disabled and underprivileged kids onto the slopes. (photo: SkiDUCKs)

Tannersville, PA -Camelback Mountain Resort in the Pocono Mountains of eastern Pennsylvania has partnered with the SkiDUCKS (Skiing and Snowboarding for Disabled and Underprivileged Children and older Kids) for...

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Stowe Offers Free Skiing to Members of the Military

January 24, 2012 7:35 pm
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(photo: Stowe Mountain Resort)

Stowe, VT - All active, full-time Vermont military personnel, Guard and Reserve members along with their spouses and dependent children  will receive complimentary single-day lift tickets at Vermont's Stowe...

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Better Late Than Never: Winter Arrives at Ski Resorts in the Western U.S.

January 24, 2012 6:58 pm
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First Tracks!! Online Media editor Marc Guido, of Salt Lake City, enjoys several feet of new powder on Sunday at Snowbasin Resort near Ogden, Utah. (photo: FTO/Amy Zaref)

Salt Lake City, UT - With few exceptions, winter made a late debut to most of the western U.S. this ski season. It took until the third week of...

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