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| U.S. Snowboarding Names 2009 World Cup Roster | 17/09, 7:00 |
| Park City, UT - A crew of America's best riders will highlight the 37-athlete roster for U.S. Snowboarding in 2009. The all star group includes X Games gold medalist Gretchen Bleiler (Aspen, CO), Olympic gold medalist Seth Wescott (Sugarloaf, ME), Olympic Gold medalist Hannah Teter (Belmont, VT), Olympic silver medalist Lindsey Jacobellis (Stratton Mountain, VT) Olympian Elena Hight (South Lake Tahoe, CA) U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix overall champion Louie Vito (Columbus, OH) and four-time X Games gold medalist Nate Holland (Squaw Valley, CA).
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| U.S. Names Rookie Team for Snowboarding | 17/09, 7:00 |
| Park City, UT - Keeping its sights set on developing future generations of riders, U.S. Snowboarding is launching the U.S. Snowboarding Freestyle Rookie program. The program will be under the leadership of the highly successful 2006 Olympic halfpipe coach Bud Keene, who was named as national freestyle development coach earlier this summer.
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| Popular Sun Valley Nightspot Destroyed by Fire | 17/09, 7:00 |
| Ketchum, ID - Businesses in Ketchum's downtown are open and accessible by foot traffic after Monday’s fire that destroyed Main Street business Whiskey Jacques, a popular nightspot in this Idaho ski resort town, and damaged the Sawtooth Club. Another building that was destroyed where the fire originated was empty and not operating at the time of the fire.
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| Former Vail Ski Resort Manager "Sarge" Brown Dies | 17/09, 7:00 |
| Vail, CO - The Vail skiing community is mourning the loss of Bill “Sarge” Brown, who passed away at his home Sunday at the age of 85. Brown cultivated perfectionism among his employees and his more than 25-year tenure as mountain manager at Vail is of legendary status. He led his team to develop advanced trails, snowmaking and, most importantly, the drive to be the best in the industry.
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| Ski Jumper Jerome 2nd Twice in 24 Hours | 16/09, 23:27 |
| Lillehammer, Norway - The U.S. Ski Jumping Team's Jessica Jerome (Park City, UT) hit a high stride in her competition performance this weekend as she finished second for the second time in 24 hours in a Continental Cup competition at the 1994 Olympic jumps in Norway.
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| Jacobellis Wins Snowboard Cross World Cup Opener | 16/09, 23:19 |
| Chapelco, Argentina - Three-time X Games gold medalist Lindsey Jacobellis (Stratton Mountain, VT) busted open the snowboardcross World Cup season in a way only she could - dominating a stacked international field to win the first race in the eight-competition season schedule in Argentina on Saturday.
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| Snow+Rock and Ski Club Host "Prepare for Snow" Talks | 16/09, 7:00 |
| London, UK - This autumn the Ski Club of Great Britain and Snow+Rock are running a series of informative "Prepare for Snow" talks. From off-piste safety and avalanche awareness to all terrain technique and pre-slope fitness, talks will be held at selected Snow+Rock stores in the U.K., to prepare skiers and snowboarders for the winter ahead.
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