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| U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships Set For Anchorage | 08/07, 21:49 |
| Anchorage, AK - Anchorage, one of the leading cross country ski markets in America, will host the ConocoPhillips U.S. Cross Country Championships at Kincaid Park for the next two years, the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association announced on Monday. The annual national championship ski races held the first week of January will challenge America's best cross country skiers as they compete for the title of best in the U.S.
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| Colorado Avalanche Center Fundraiser Slated for August | 08/07, 21:44 |
| Boulder, CO - The seventh annual Avalanche Jam, hosted by Backcountry Access (BCA), will take place from 5 to 10 p.m. on Friday, September 5 outside Neptune Mountaineering in Boulder. The Avalanche Jam is a fundraiser for the Boulder-based Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC). The CAIC provides avalanche forecasts and avalanche education for skiers, snowboarders and all winter backcountry users in Colorado.
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| Brian Head Ski Resort Owner Jim Trees Dies | 08/07, 21:25 |
| Brian Head, UT - The primary owner, President and CEO of Utah's Brian Head ski resort, Jim Trees, died suddenly on Monday, June 2 of cardiac arrest while on his daily walk in Tiburton, Calif. He was 69.
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| Contest Officials Cancel World Heli Challenge | 08/07, 21:07 |
| Mt. Cook, New Zealand - A lack of sponsorship funds has cancelled this year’s edition of the World Heli Challenge. The big mountain skiing and snowboarding competition is now set to take place in the Mt. Cook National Park region of New Zealand from August 29 to September 12, 2009.
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| Aspen Skiing Company Promotes Bob Bayless | 07/07, 13:00 |
| Aspen, CO - Aspen Skiing Company (ASC) has promoted Bob Bayless to Director of Worldwide Sales. Bayless has been with the company for six years as Senior International Sales and Marketing Manager for the U.K., Germany, and other European territories.
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| Q&A with U.S. Snowboarding's Nate Holland | 07/07, 13:00 |
| Park City, UT - After reeling in a three-peat for X Games gold in 2008, one might ask, what could possibly make snowboardcross veteran Nate Holland (Squaw Valley, CA) any happier than he already is? Well, as Holland will explain himself last month, a summer trip to Afghanistan, a newfound hobby and the greenest lawn on the block help keep the smile on his face this summer.
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| Queenstown Winter Festival 2008 Wraps Up | 07/07, 13:00 |
| Queenstown, New Zealand - The American Express Queenstown Winter Festival 2008 wrapped up with a huge day at New Zealand's Coronet Peak ski area on Sunday. Organizers declared "the 10 Coolest Days of Winter" a resounding success.
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| Paralympian Surfs With U.S. Snowboarders | 07/07, 13:00 |
| San Diego, CA - Learning to surf with U.S. Snowboarding athletes is the last thing one would expect a visually impaired track athlete to be doing prior to his Paralympic trials. But that's exactly how Nelacey Porter (Salem, OR) chose to spend some of his recent free time.
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