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| Rossignol Snowboard Bindings Recalled | 15/08, 15:10 |
| Park City, UT - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation Rossignol Ski Co. has announced a voluntary recall of approximately 3,500 pairs of 2007 Rossignol HC Snowboard Bindings. Consumers should stop using the recalled bindings immediately as the t-nuts that attach the buckles to the straps on the snowboard bindings can detach, posing a fall hazard to consumers.
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| Race Training at Mt. Hutt Ski Area In Full Swing | 13/08, 15:07 |
| Methven, New Zealand - The Norwegian Men's Alpine Ski Team and the Austrian Women's are training hard at the Red Bull International Race Training Arena at Mt. Hutt as the international training season hits its stride at the New Zealand ski resort.
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| Okemo Names New Ski Trails | 13/08, 15:05 |
| Ludlow, VT - Okemo Mountain Resort Assistant Lodging Director Matt Webb is the winner of the Vermont ski and snowboard resort's Name-Those-Trails Contest.
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| Anderson Sets Sights on World Speed Skiing Record | 13/08, 15:02 |
| Ruidoso, NM - New Mexico's Ross Anderson has assembled six national speed skiing titles and remains the fastest skier in the Western Hemisphere. His new goal for 2009 is to break the World Speed Skiing record. Lofty? Yes. Attainable? Definitely.
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| New Ski Season at Panorama Highlighted by New Flights, Terrain Improvements | 12/08, 20:29 |
| Invermere (BC), Canada - The 2007-08 ski and snowboard season at B.C.'s Panorama Mountain Resort was crammed with World Cup Races, deep snow days, park and pipe events, and warm spring skiing. With the coming return of winter, skiers and snowboarders will notice several enhancements on and off the mountain, all aimed at improving their stay at Panorama.
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| Road to Mt. Hutt Ski Area Reopens for Powder Day | 12/08, 20:10 |
| Methven, New Zealand - The road to New Zealand's Mt. Hutt ski area reopened this morning, allowing skiers and snowboarders to enjoy another 14 centimeters (5.5 inches) of new snow covering the slopes.
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| Taos Mountain Film Festival to Spotlight Tibet | 11/08, 21:38 |
| Taos, NM - This year's Taos Mountain Film Festival in this New Mexican ski resort town will feature films, guests and slideshows from the Tibetan Plateau, the planet's most spectacular terrain known as the Roof of the World. This region has been shrouded in mystery and myth for millennia. For centuries it was closed to foreigners and the recent opening has been tainted by oppression and violence.
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| U.S. Ski & Snowboard Association Center of Excellence Inspires Top Athletes | 11/08, 21:21 |
| Park City, UT - A group of 15 American athletes took a tour of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association's (USSA) soon-to-be completed Center of Excellence in July as they spent a week together in Park City. Amazed by the structure's future capabilities and features designed to advance them in their careers, several athletes talked about their excitement.
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