Women ski jumpers sue for the right to compete in the Vancouver Olympics and to stop men from jumping if women can'tAlissa Johnson took 5th place last month at the U.S. National Ski Jumping Championships. Though a top international competitor, she sat out the 2006 Winter Olympics because there was no women's event, while her younger brother, Anders, who was not as highly ranked, got to go.Unless a...
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Lindsey Van (c.) set the ski jump record – for both men and women – at the Vancouver Olympic facility, but she can’t compete in the Games.Women ski jumpers sue for the right to compete in the Vancouver Olympics and stop men from jumping if women can't.Monitor staff photographer Alfredo Sosa checks out how aspiring US Winter Olympians train for their events in the 'off-season.'Unless a Canadian court...
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Readers' choice » Alta and Snowbird, two iconic areas that continue to draw hard-core skiers, are once again featured in Skiing magazine as among North America's top 10 ski areas.Rich Kropp, of Cottonwood Heights, does a front flip off a hand-made snow ramp at Alta Ski Resort. (Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune)The typical young Skiing magazine subscriber gets twitchy on days like Wednesday and Thursday,...
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Himachal Pradesh will become the first state in the country to start grass skiing in a bid to promote adventure-related activities, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said here Tuesday.'From the next year, the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports would start grass skiing at the grassy downhill slopes of Solang Nullah. This would attract adventure sports lovers,' he said.The...
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PARIS (Reuters) - Ski-cross deserves its Olympic status and will offer a spectacular show at next year's Vancouver Games, says France's Ophelie David, the exciting young sport's undisputed queen.Four skiers hurtle down a twisty, bumpy track shoulder-to-shoulder with winners of heats eventually progressing to the final.The sport will be making its Olympic debut two years after its Summer Games equivalent,...
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Himachal Pradesh will become the first state in the country to start grass skiing in a bid to promote adventure-related activities, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said here Tuesday."From the next year, the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports would start grass skiing at the grassy downhill slopes of Solang Nullah. This would attract adventure sports lovers," he said.The...
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Telluride Gay Ski Week Welcomes Matthew Shepard Foundation as Presenting Sponsor for 2010 EventThe producers of Telluride Gay Ski Week (TGSW) announced today that its 2010 Presenting Sponsor will be the Matthew Shepard Foundation, one of the leading GLBT education, advocacy and awareness organizations in the United States. Matthew Shepard’s mother and chair of the foundation, Judy Shepard will be attending...
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(AP) — DENVER - For those who didn't know Spider Sabich or seehim race, he usually is remembered for the way he died-shotby girlfriend Claudine Longet at their home in Aspen, thetragedy then lampooned in a "Saturday Night Live"skit so insensitive the show had to offer an apology a week later.But for those who knew and loved him, Sabich was anoutstanding athlete, a fantastic racer, a charismaticpersonality...
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For those of you interested in skiing, Indiahikes will organised a winter trekking and skiing camp in January 2010 amid the snow-capped mountains of Manali in Himachal Pradesh.Devised for beginners, the ski course comprises basic techniques such as balancing and slow turns before participants graduate to downhill runs.The course intends to provide an adventurous experience of snow, and the skiing camp...
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enterprising Indian skier, Reena Kaushal today set out from her base camp on Antarctica on an adventure to become the first Indian woman to ski to the South Pole.38-year-old Kaushal an outdoor instructor from Darjeeling, but settled in Delhi is part of an eight woman team attempting to ski to the South Pole to mark the 60th anniversary of the Commonwealth grouping of 53 nations.Skiing eight to 10 hours...
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