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| Ice Lounge opens in Dubai | 03/10/2007 22:25 |
| The first ice lounge in the Middle East has opened in a Dubai shopping mall. The facility cost $3m to build and needed 40,000 blocks of ice for its construction.
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| Realli-Ski Launches New Snowboard Course | 03/10/2007 22:24 |
| Novice snowboarders wanting to master the basics before heading to the slopes can now learn to snowboard on the revolutionary Realli-Ski simulator. The new snowboard courses are now available at the Realli-Ski centres at Watford and Canterbury. |
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| New Reality TV Show To Be Based on US Indoor Ski Centre Development | 03/10/2007 22:22 |
| WET Holdings, Inc., developer of a 200-plus acre themed resort in Las Vegas, have announced that it has reached an exclusive agreement with Big Vision Entertainment (The Ultimate Blackjack Tour) and Sam Korkis (The Bachelor) to develop both reality-based programs on the development and operation of its new resort as well as documentaries on certain components of the project. |
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| STANDINGsideways Invitational 2 At SNO!ZONE | 03/10/2007 22:21 |
| The events and tricks from the second STANDINGsideways Invitational have now been performed and recorded to digital memory, joining the first event in becoming a fond recollection on the minds of those present at SNO!zone Castleford in August.
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| ICER AIR Rides Again | 03/10/2007 22:19 |
| ICER AIR, the competition that caused controversy at its launch three years ago when it was staged on city streets in downtown San Francisco, will be staged for the third time on November 2nd and 3rd. |
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| Faster Skis First Tested On Indoor Snow and Artificial Surfaces | 03/10/2007 22:18 |
| A new self-waxing device for skis designed to make them move faster than ever before has been developed by a team from Wildfire Snowsports Limited, part of the University of Sheffield. It is hoped the new device will be ready in time for the 2008-9 race season.
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| Arctic Racer Training Indoors | 03/10/2007 22:16 |
| Giles Greenslade, a computer sales director from west Wiltshire has been on indoor snow ahead of a 350 mile charity race across the Arctic in aid of a cancer charity. |
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| Russia?s First Indoor Snow Centre ? Opening Imminent | 03/10/2007 22:15 |
| The delayed Krasnogorsk indoor snow centre is set to open any day according to media reports. Built by the giant property developer SU-155 as part of a huge housing, leisure and retail development the 360m long slope is being billed as ?the largest in Europe? ? although it doesn?t appear to be. 21,600 square metre slope will be the world?s fifth longest (fourth in Europe) and seventh by area (fifth in Euope). |
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| Snowmaking Begins in Manchester | 03/10/2007 22:14 |
| Chill Factore, the Alpine village due to open just outside Manchester, has began making snow ahead of its official opening date, projected to be in early November. |
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