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• Freeski Big Air New Zealand

  With the goal of attaining maximum height and difficulty, while at the same time ensuring a safe landing, competitors in this event launch off a massive jump and perform breathtaking aerobatic ...

• S.A.F.E. A.S. – Raising Snow Safety Awareness

  Developed by Jackie Paaso, Lel Tone, Elyse Saugstad, Michelle Parker, Sherry McConkey and Ingrid Backstrom, S.A.F.E. A.S. Clinics aim to raise snow safety and avalanche risk awareness among snow ...

• SnowCrown Ski & Snowboard Festival

  The exciting SnowCrown Ski & Snowboard Festival features pro and amateur slopestyle, halfpipe and big air action. All of this is accompanied by parties and a variety of activities for those ...

• Sochi Prepares for 2014 Winter Olympics

  With a little more than fourteen months to go before the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, the construction of brand-new stadiums and other facilities are reportedly running ahead of schedule...

• Heli-Skiing in Greenland

  Heli-skiing, or the use of helicopters to reach isolated tops of slopes, was first used in the American Rockies. It is in far-off Greenland, however, that heli-skiing has really come into its ...

• Ski Safety Campaign in Canada

  The soft white slopes around the world hold as much fun, competition and enjoyment as they do danger. The power of nature can never be underestimated. A recent dramatic increase in skiing ...

• Visit the New England Ski Museum

  Situated at Franconia Notch State Park, the New England Ski Museum has an interesting collection of items relating to the history and development of snow skiing, which are on display for the ...

• New Hampshire Resorts Get Ready for New Season Action

  During the summer months each year, the New Hampshire ski resorts set about making improvements in preparation for the next snow skiing season. Regular visitors look forward to seeing what is ...

• World Record Set in Australia

  The Perisher Blue Resort is one of the leading skiing destinations in Australia, located approximately seven hours away from Melbourne and six hours from Sydney. Beautiful slopes, ample ski ...

• Turkey Sale 2009

  Getting ready for the snowboarding and skiing season? Well there is no better way to prepare, than to upgrade your equipment and at the Turkey Sale, held at Whistler Blackcomb, is the place to ...

• Doug Coombs, the Skier’s Skier

  Doug Coombs was one of Extreme Skiing’s most enthusiastic promoters as well as being a highly skilled practitioner of this spectacular sport. Born in Boston, Coombs cut his teeth skiing the ...

• The Verizon Luge Challenge – Experience the Thrill

  Though luge has been around for centuries, not many people today know what it is or how it is done. However a company called ‘Verizon’ has been attempting to change all this, bringing the ...