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WATCH: What This Girl Can Teach You About Overcoming Fear

The Huffington Post | Ileana Llorens | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Ski, Video, Girl Makes First Ski Jump, Inspirational, Student Ski Jump, Girl Ski Jump, Students First Ski Jump, Overcoming Fear, Ski Jump, Girl Overcomes Fear, Girls First Ski Jump, Fourth Grade Student Ski Jump, Parents News

Sometimes the key to overcoming fear is taking a leap of faith. And that's exactly what one fourth-grade student had to do. In the video above, the...

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Jackson Hole Is Melting

Jetsetter.com | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Jetsetter, Travel, Ski, Jackson Hole, Wyoming Travel, US Destinations, Wyoming, Destinations, Travel News

Jackson is a locals' mountain. The only out-of-towners we met all weekend were Denverites and Aussies.

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PHOTOS: Powder To The People

Mark Sissons | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Winter Travel, Heli-Skiing, Canada Travel, Ski, International Destinations, Skiing, Slidefreestyle, Canada, Travel Blogs, Ski Travel, Cariboo Mountains, Destinations, Travel News

I'm awkwardly carving drunken S-shapes in the silken snow, tumbling into waist-deep, feather-light powder.

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PHOTOS: 10 Of The Snowiest Places In The World

Conde Nast Traveler | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Ski, California, Earth, Travel, Winter, Mountain Climbing, Resort, Snowiest Places, Snow, Washington, United States, Hotel, Maddie Donnelly, Slidepollajax, Vacation, Japan, Alaska, Michigan, Conde Nast Traveler, Travel News

For those who love to ski -- as well as those who love to just sit on the couch staring out the window with a cup of cocoa in hand.

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Skiing Champion Who Inspired Films And A Book After Crash Dies

AP | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Ski, Jill Kinmont Boothe Dies, Jill Kinmont Boothe Dead, Jill Kinmont Boothe, The Other Side of the Mountain, Jill Kinmont Boothe Death, Skiing, Sports News

LOS ANGELES -- Jill Kinmont Boothe, the skiing champion who became a painter and a teacher after she was paralyzed during a race and was the subject o...

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PHOTOS: The 8 Best Ski Airports

Liftopia | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Ski, Airports, Winter Travel, Travel, Snowboarding, Liftopia, Adventure Travel, Skiing Travel, Active Travel, Skiing, Slidepollajax, Travel News

At Liftopia, we travel quite a bit for work -- and for play! -- and spend a fair amount of time in airports across the country. Below are our favorites based on easy access to resorts, speed of baggage delivery and how quickly we can get in and out of the terminal and out on the slopes.

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Learning to Skate Ski

Heidi Dietrich | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Methow Valley, Ski, Winthrop, Skate Skiing, Skate Ski, Fitness and Exercise, Skate Skis, Healthy Living News

Two hours of skate skiing provides the kind of muscular workout and cardio exercise that I'd find on a summer trail run, and it doesn't carry the same impact as running to muscles and joints. It seems the perfect cross training tool for any cyclist, runner, rower or other distance athlete.

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PHOTOS: You Can Ski Off This Lodge's Roof

Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Resort Architecture, Ski, Poetic Architecture, Resort, Leisure Architecture, Ski Lodge, Slidepollajax, Fantastic Norway, Arts News

For years, the world has missed out on countless opportunities for skiing enjoyment because, let's be honest, ski-lifts are really scary! Thank goodne...

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Recycled Junk Gives A New Look To Snowboard Trails

AP | By SCOTT MAYEROWITZ | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Ski, Ski Resort, Snowboard, WInter Park, US Destinations, California Travel, Colorado Travel, Granby Ranch, Recycled Junk, Destinations, Travel News

-- Some ski resorts are turning into junkyards – and snowboarders couldn't be happier. Satellite dishes, propane tanks, empty oil drums and ev...

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W.Va. Ski Resort Reports 20 Inches Of Snow In October

AP | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Ski, Snowshoe, Snowfall, Video, Snowshoe Ski Resort, Snow, West Virginia Ski Areas Association, West Virginia, Skiing, DC News

SNOWSHOE, W.Va. -- Snowshoe Mountain Resort has seen more than 20 inches of natural snow fall in October. Officials at the Pocahontas County resort s...

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Aspen's $25,000 Charity Ski Pass

AP | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Ski, Snowmass, Ski Travel, Aspen, US Destinations, Ski Pass, Winter Sports, Olympic Skiiing, Destinations, Colorado Travel, Colorado, Skiing, Denver, Travel News

ASPEN, Colo. — Want first crack at the runs in Aspen? The Aspen Skiing Co. is offering an "Ultimate Ski Pass" that will let you have unlimited f...

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Hedonism, Sustainability, & Comic Books: 'Yes Is More'

Constantin Bjerke | Posted 06.11.2011

Read More: Ski, Outdoor, New York, Yes Is More, Architecture, Design, Sustainability, Big, Bjarke Ingels, Sport, Copenhagen, Denmark, Comic Books, Environmentalism, Obama, Evolution, Arts News

"This idea of evolution rather than revolution, inclusivism rather than exclusivism." Bjarke Ingels beams p...

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Gatsby, Winter Carnival, and Me

Lonna Saunders | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lewis Carroll, 9/11, Coeducation, Carnival of the Century, West Side Story, Hanover Inn, Skis, Carnival Ball, Connecticut College, Won K. Chung, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Wizard of Oz, Jay Gatsby, Gina Barreca, 1902 Room, Jabberwocky, Through the Looking Glass, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ski, Dartmouth College, Walter Wanger, Collis Commonground, Winter Carnival, Top of the Hop, Hollywood Prayer Network, President Jim Yong Kim, Skiing, Ann Sheridan, Where the Wild Things Are, Ski Jumping, Break a Leg, The Greatest Show on Earth, President Kim, Carnival Queen, Baker Library, Twin Towers, Dr. Seuss, Dartmouth, Through a Frosted Looking Glass, Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Nick Carraway, Tampax, Avon, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Princeton, September 11th, Leagues Under the Sea, University of Connecticut, Chicago News

In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, narrator Nick Carraway remarks, "You can't repeat the past." To which Jay Gatsby replied, "You can't repeat the past? Why of course, you can."

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PHOTOS: A Star-Studded Weekend In Denver/Boulder

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ski, Denver News, Boulder, Denver Around Town, Boulder Around Town, Fashion, Film, Mondo Guerra, James Franco, Slidepollajax, Denver News

It's a star-studded weekend on the Front Range. Actor James Franco will be in Boulder at the Boulder International Film Festival on Saturday night and...

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Feels Like the First Time (Because It Is): Skiing in Hunter, NY

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ski, Segway, Trails, Trip, New York, Hunter Mountain, Mountains, Skiing, Black Diamond, Slopes, Wii Fit, Ski Resort, New York News

This past weekend, I went skiing for the first time, and I'm delighted to say I didn't embarrass myself that much. The reason is quite simple: it's where I skied.

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Life's a Liability Release -- (Soft) Adventuring Around the Globe

Crai S. Bower | Posted 05.25.2011

The last conversation a 60-hours-a-week Microsoft developer wants to endure is one wrought with tales of single track mountain biking, heliskiing, and snorkeling.

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WATCH: Skiing The Waves Of Maui

Posted 05.25.2011

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Chuck Patterson, former professional mountain free-skier, took extreme to new level while spending time in Hawaii. Instead of going surfing the waves ...

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Watching a Daughter Grow Up on the Slopes

Eileen Ogintz | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Competition, Ski, Travel, Travel With Kids, Skiing, Colorado, Healthy Living News

Travel can be a great opportunity to introduce our kids to worlds different from what they know. Strangers just a few days ago, these young competitors from around the country have become fast friends.

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Finding the Creative Cool in Surf and Street

Gordy Grundy | Posted 05.25.2011

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These days, there is little to distinguish between labels. Everyone is hawking the same wares and dry goods need an infusion of creative capital.

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PHOTOS: The Best Weeks To Ski Out West

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ski, Skiing America, Slidepollajax, Colorado Skiing, Skiing, Travel News

Our friends at PackLate.com know a good deal when they see one. They put together a slideshow of the best weeks to ski out west based on off-peak pric...

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What's More Fun Than Powder Skiing? Seriously, Tell Me

Lise Waring | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ski, Snowfall, Snowboard, Snow, Telluride, Powder, Colorado, Snowboarding, Skiiing, Telluride Ski Resort, Denver News

I'm soliciting responses only from actual snowboarders and skiers, people who know the sensation of dipping into piles of unadulterated fluff.

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Skiing With a Silly Grin

Alexia Parks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ski, Eldora, Colorado, Skiing, Boulder Colorado, Outdoors, Outdoor Exercise, Boulder, Denver News

I'm skiing one of Colorado's best kept secrets. In fact, at 2 p.m. today, I stopped midway down a long slope, then looked up and down for traffic. There was none. I was the only one.

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Bloomberg: Outlook Positive For Colorado Ski Industry In 2009-10

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ski Industry, Economy, Economic Recovery, Slideshow, Colorado Skiing, Recession, Vail, Ski, Colorado Snow Season Forecast, Denver News

Bloomberg reported Monday that ski resorts across the country are confident that business will improve this season over last year, as skiers see the e...

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Embracing a Telluride Blizzard

Lise Waring | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ski, Snowfall, Blizzard, Snowboardcross, Ski Cross, Telluride, Colorado, Parallel Giant Slalom, Skiing, Snow Report, Olympics, Denver News

It's dumping Telluride. In other words, we're getting pounded. It's nuking, hammering and puking. (Ski town locals have almost as many terms for snow as the legendary Inuit.)

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Captain Jack Carey: Losing a Legend

Lise Waring | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ski, New Hampshire, Telluride, Community, Colorado, Canada, Jack Carey, Denver, Telluride Ski Resort, Small Towns, Obituary, Denver News

Small town living makes me a part of a diverse community where everyone from real estate broker to rasta is united in the same sentiment, which Jack always embraced, warmth for humanity.

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