Date: 11 February 2012
Venue: Blue Mountain
State: Ontario
Country: Canada

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Dates: 18 to 21 January 2012
Venue: Red Mountain
Town: Rossland
State: British Columbia
Country: Canada
Website: Canadian Open Freeskiing Championship

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Dates: 11 to 14 January 2012
Venue: Red Mountain
Town: Rossland
State: British Columbia
Country: Canada
Website: Canadian Open Freeskiing Championship

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Date: 4 to 6 November 2011
Time: Friday – 3:00 to 9:00 pm; Saturday – 10:00 am to 6:00 pm; Sunday – 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Venue: Canada Olympic Park
State: Calgary
Country: Canada

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Using Otto Lilienthal as his inspiration, Dieter Strasilla and his brother Udo started to experiment with parachute skiing. With their testing in 1972, it began to evolve into kiteskiing, which was perfected into a paragliding kite that enabled skiers to swivel the kite, allowing them to change direction. Frozen lakes and fields were used at first, but Wolf Beringer saw more room for improvement, and began to develop a parawing system in 1982. The Parawing system was used over long distances on expeditions. It did not take long before a foil was designed, making kiteskiing more manageable, as the foils had two handles and were much easier for the skier to control. While lakes were being used to do rails, jumps and trick kite skiing, alpine skiers were taking notice and the industry was set into motion to sustain yet another change.

As the millennium began to approach, the limits and boundaries of snowkiting began to be pushed and explored, leading to more defined technologies being created to allow for freestyle snowkiting. Snowkiters are able to travel up and down terrain with the kite, and even speeds and terrains have changed. With more snowkiters taking to the sport, it is becoming a better documented sport with films being made, showcasing the fun, excitement and skills that snowkiting enthusiasts have been developing. Not only have films and magazines been released in regard to snowkiting, but instructors have been trained to assist aspiring snowkiters in regard to skill and safety. As snowkiters become more comfortable they are able to do cliff jumps, course racing, tricks and endurance.

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Team members of the Canadian Alpine Ski Team have been plagued with injuries ranging from leg and knee injuries, to concussions, which have seen most of the senior athletes of the team sitting on the sidelines for the skiing season that has just passed. Due to the number of injuries suffered, the International Skiing Federation has also decided to start their own inquiry into the injuries. New equipment and systems have been tested in regard to increasing safety for athletes. This has also led to Alpine Canada Alpin hosting a Ski Racing Safety Summit, which was held at Canada Olympic Park, Calgary. The mission of the summit was aimed at highlighting issues that affected all skiing disciplines. No stone was left unturned with everything from binding technology, inspections, safety systems, ski boots, and course preparations falling under the spotlight.

President of the Alpine Canada Alpin, Max Gartner, explained the reasoning behind the summit, commenting that their aim was to reduce serious injuries suffered while skiing, but not take away the excitement of the sport. They are also hoping to work together with the FIS to establish functional safety systems. Manual Osbourne-Paradis was asked to be a guest speaker at the event. Any decisions made could be implemented as early as next year. Some of the suggestions put forward included requiring skiers wanting to participate in speed events to attend speed-skill camps, and age restrictions were also put forward. Many proposals were also entered from equipment specialists, doctors and even from athletes themselves, such as Kelly VanderBeek, who commented that injury numbers are high in regard to downhill racing, and it is hoped that the summit will be the stepping stone to finding solutions that could improve the safety of the sport.

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The Canadian Ski Museum was established in 1971 by a group of ski aficionados. It was later incorporated under federal law in 1975. The founders of the museum realized the important role of skiing in Canada’s cultural heritage and so began to collect stories, legends and artifacts related skiing and its history in Canada. World-renowned skier Herman ‘Jackrabbit’ Smith Johannsen made a great contribution to the museum, providing them with a variety of historical and unique items.

Since its inception, the Canadian Ski Museum’s collection has grown and continues to do so. Amongst the collections are skis, poles, boots, bindings, waxes, clothing, uniforms, badges, pins, racing bibs, trophies, nearly 5000 photographs, books, posters, maps, scrapbooks, newsletters, magazines, programs, journals from ski clubs and ski areas, videos, films and various other historical documents. Amongst the collection are skis made by Scandinavian settlers, right up to Steve Podborski’s famed ‘fastest skis in the world’. These collections provide insight into how skiing equipment and techniques have evolved in Canada, encouraging an understanding of how skiing heritage plays a significant role in Canada’s history.

Visitors to the Canadian Ski Museum will be lead through a chronological look at Canada’s participation and successes at the Winter Olympic Games, all the way back to 1928 right up to 2006. The exhibit features information on the skiers and snowboarders who took part in the Winter Olympic Games. Visitors will be able to view personal items from Olympians such as Steve Podborski, W.B. Thompson, Kathy Kreiner, Lucile Wheeler, Laurie Graham, Anne Heggtveit and Jeff Bean.

The Canadian Ski Museum decided to create the Canadian Ski Hall of Fame (previously the Honor Roll of Canadian Skiing) in 1982. The aim of the Hall of Fame is to give recognition to individuals who were involved in some way with the advancement of skiing in Canada. Amongst those inducted are skiers, snowboarders, officials and coaches.

Those who wish to visit the Canadian Ski Museum will find it on the third floor of the ‘Trailhead’ building, at 1960 Scott Street in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The museum is open from Monday to Friday between 9:00am and 4:00pm, and on Saturday and Sunday between 11:00am and 4:00pm. Though it is advisable to phone ahead and make sure they will be open.

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The sheer size of the United States of America, with its varied terrain, offers diverse holiday destinations and activities. That snow skiing ranks among the most popular family-oriented holiday activities in the USA should come as no surprise, considering the stunning snow skiing destinations available in a number of states, including California, Colorado, Montana, Vermont, Washington, Utah and Wyoming. If you haven’t yet tried your hand at this exciting winter sport, check out the North American resorts on SnowSkiing.com and make your booking now.

Resorts by Location:

• Canada
• USA

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More information in regard to the Flaunt It Slopestyle and Rail Jam event is available on the Billabong website at http://www.billabong.com/flauntit.

Date: 27 March 2010
Venue: Mont-Tremblant
City: Quebec
Country: Canada

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All skiing and snowboarding enthusiasts are invited to head to the 2010 TELUS World Ski and Snowboard Festival, to enjoy endless fun of the slopes, and a vibrant nightlife. For information in regard to Whistler, accommodation and festival details, visit the resort website at http://www.whistlerblackcomb.com/twssf/index.htm.

Date: 16 – 25 April 2010
Venue: Whistler Blackcomb Ski Resort
City: British Columbia
Country: Canada

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