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| Coronet Peak Ski Season Closed...Again | 03/10, 0:56 |
| Queenstown, New Zealand - Days after Coronet Peak officials announced that the New Zealand resort would reopen for an extended ski season, they're throwing in the towel again.
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| Sugarbush to Focus on Mogul Skiing at Mt. Ellen | 02/10, 14:45 |
| by Patrick Torsell
Waitsfield, VT - Thirty years ago, freestyle skiing meant moguls, ballet, trees, and big mountain skiing. The term has become skewed of late, largely referring to skiing in terrain parks. This season, Vermont's Sugarbush Resort plans to revive the old definition of freestyle skiing at its Mt. Ellen area, here the The 2,600 vertical-foot ski mountain will offer mogul terrain for all abilities, and will encourage skiers to learn and appreciate all of the natural aspects of skiing.
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| Killington Ski Shop Owner Sentenced in Child Porn Case | 02/10, 9:00 |
| Rutland, VT - Richard Torrey, 57, owner of Killington's popular Basin Ski Shop, was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Rutland to three years in prison and five years probation for possession of child pornography.
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| Preparation Key to Avoiding Skiing and Snowboarding Injuries | 02/10, 7:00 |
| New York, NY - Downhill skiing continues to be one of America's favorite winter pastimes, attracting nearly 20 million participants to the snowy slopes each year. Snowboarding is gaining popularity too, as recent reports found more than eight million Americans participate in the sport each year. Yet, along with the excitement of a day on the slopes, alpine skiers and snowboarders face numerous health risks associated with these activities, which are considered among the most physically demanding of all sports.
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| Ski Vermont Launches 3 Pass Sales | 02/10, 7:00 |
| Montpelier, VT - Ski Vermont, the marketing association for the state's ski and snowboard industry, on Wednesday began selling a limited number of its multi-day, multi-resort 3 Pass lift tickets.
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| Canadian Ski Jumper Joins Lawsuit Against Olympic Organizing Committee | 02/10, 7:00 |
| Vancouver, Canada - Top Canadian ski jumper Zoya Lynch has become the 10th plaintiff in a lawsuit filed last May in the British Columbia Supreme Court seeking that women ski jumpers have the same Olympic opportunities as male ski jumpers, according to spokesperson and Women's Ski Jumping-USA President Deedee Corradini.
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| Belleayre Mountain Ski Center Confirms Operational Cutbacks | 01/10, 21:29 |
| Highmount, NY - As New York State agencies tighten their budget strings in a period of increasing economic uncertainty, state-operated Belleayre Mountain Ski Center has confimed that it will restrict operations for the 2008-09 ski and snowboard season.
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| Man Dies Skiing in Colorado | 01/10, 21:17 |
| Rocky Mountain National Park, CO - Colorado's first skier death of the season occurred on Tuesday, when a 40 year-old Boulder, Colo. man died skiing on Taylor Glacier in Rocky Mountain National Park.
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