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• Canadians Excel at Chamonix Alpine Skiing World Cup

  With temperatures dropping to minus 15 degrees during the Men's Alpine Skiing World Cup held at Chamonix this past weekend, the three Canadian skiers who started the race all finished in the top ...

• Snow Skiing Champion: Hermann Maier

  Considered to be one of the finest alpine ski racers in history, Hermann Maier is the holder of two gold medals earned at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympic Games and one silver medal earned at the ...

• Canadian Ski Museum and Hall of Fame

  Discover the history of skiing in Canada at the Canadian Ski Museum and Ski Hall of Fame in Ottawa. Housing a vast collection of memorabilia, the museum promotes the appreciation of skiing and ...

• New Zealand’s Snow-skiing Temple

  Temple Basin is one of the greatest places to go skiing in New Zealand. The ski area is situated at the Main Divide of the Southern Alps, which is at the heart of Arthur’s Pass National Park ...

• Snowboard Slopestyle New Zealand

  The new slopestyle course at Snow Park offers an exhilarating challenge as competitors perform tricks and deal with a variety of obstacles and terrain features offering technical difficulty of ...

• Helmet Safety on the Slopes

  The news of Natasha Richardson's death, daughter to famous Vanessa Redgrave and wife to Liam Neeson, shocked the world. What was to be an exciting and relaxing skiing adventure, turned to ...

• British Woman on Solo Antarctica Crossing

  Felicity Aston of Britain began her attempt to cross Antarctica on her own on Friday, 25 November 2011. The 33-year-old expeditionist has been preparing to make the journey of over 1,000 miles ...

• Freestyle Thrills at Mt Bachelor

  Social media and YouTube can serve as an inspiration to snow sport enthusiasts as the watch freestyle skiers and snowboarders pushing the limits and carrying out increasingly difficult maneuvers ...

• Slopestyle Series 2010

  The 2010 Slopestyle Series is hosted by The Remarkables, and takes place in four parts. Due to weather conditions, the event was moved to the 18th of September 2010, and organizers are getting ...

• Freestyle for Canada Winter Games

  Canada is already gearing up for the 2015 Canada Winter Games, and they have made an announcement that Freestyle skiing will be making a huge impact on the coming games. Freestyle skiing ...

• NAMA: Dedicated to Australian Skiing History

  Operating as a non-profit organization, the National Alpine Museum of Australia is dedicated to collecting, exhibiting and preserving items relating to the history of skiing in Australia. The ...

• Injury Prevention when Skiing and Boarding

  Snow skiing and snowboarding enthusiasts agree that their favorite sport, although often providing an amazing adrenaline rush, is relatively low risk. Some claim that the risk of injury during ...