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    Dalbello Boss (w/ ID Liner)

    Does anyone have any experience with the Dalbello Boss? I've tried on a couple of pairs of Dalbellos and they are pretty comfortable, except I need a wider Last. have heard really good things about Dalbello in general. Problem is there isn't anywhere in the UK, apart from one place a few...
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    London Freeze Festival - Volunteers Wanted

    Hey NS. Looking for skiers to help out at London Freeze festival in Battersea, UK. Maintaining the conditions of the snow on the ramp, mainly sideslipping the landing. You'll need to be reasonably confident on skis and also have a fairly good level of fitness. In return for around 6 hours work...
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    London Freeze Festival - Volunteers Wanted

    Looking for skiers to help out at London Freeze festival. Maintaining the conditions of the snow on the ramp, mainly sideslipping the landing. You'll need to be reasonably confident on skis and also have a fairly good level of fitness. In return for around 6 hours work a day you'll receive a...
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    New Youriding Levels

    New levels are up, so far very average. http://v3.youriding.com/ski/goriding
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    London Freeze Edit

    Check out Jonny Simpson's edit from last weekend's London Freeze:
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    Attention UK NSers - missing friend

    Hey guys, I know there is a UK board, but a lot more people will see this; and also aware this is not Ski Gabber but I just want as many people to see this as possible. A good friend of mine, and girlfriend of another good friend (and good skier and NS member), is currently missing in the UK...
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    London Freeze - Diggers and Slippers Needed (UK)

    Hey, The London Freeze festival is coming up at the end of October (29th Oct - 1st November) and we are looking for confident skiers to help maintain the landing during the competitions, and strong people with the stamina of a horse to help with the night shifts spreading and shaping hundreds...
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    Oakley Jib-Vid Films from Contest

    If you don't know about the Oakley Jib-Vid yet, it's a film competition where teams of 3 have just 28 hours to create a 2-minute film, with a prize purse of 10,000euros. It takes place in Mayrhofen and has been running for 6 years. More info can be found at http://www.jib-vid.com/ Films from...
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    Oakley Jib-Vid Team List

    The 18 teams who will come to Mayrhofen, Austria from 17th-19th March to comete for the 10,000 euros prize fund have been announced. The below teams will have just 28 hours to ride, film and edit a 2 minute video showcasing the best riding, filming and editing they can muster along with a...
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    Does ESPN get paid per time they say "Shaun White"

    I watched the live feed all day yesterday from the UK, had some mates around and watched the Big Air etc till about 4am; totally amazing. What was ridiculously annoying though was the amount of times Shaun White was shown, advertised, talked about etc, I mean after every advert break they had a...
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    Jib-Vid Entries Open....

    Hey NS, Just wanted to let everyone know that entries for the 2010 Oakley Jib-Vid in Mayrhofen, Austria are now open at http://www.jib-vid.com. It's the 6th year for the comp and it's set to be the biggest yet, taking place from 17th-19th March. If you don't know what Jib-Vid's about; then...
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    European X-Games

    Looks like we might be finally getting a Euro version of the X-Games: http://www.downdays.eu/en/whitepaper/eu-engro-x-games "Tignes is certainly one of the most progressive resorts in Europe and its one of the most anticipated resorts in terms of events (Airwaves, FWT...) and this news is...
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    Still waiting for JOSS videos? Check out the Oakley Jib-Vid films.

    So I assume a lot of people are eagerly waiting for the first of the JOSS videos to be released and then for the rest to slowly come out over the coming weeks. In the meantime; take a look at the Oakley Jib-Vid films from this year. 17 teams of 3 were given 28 hours to create 2-minute films...
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    If You could ONLY Own 1 Pair of Skis.....

    It's not a bad binding (for the price) and a lot of people on this thread have mentioned those as what bindings they would have. I've had only one pair break on me; versus 2 pairs in 3 months on salomons; exact same break too.
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    World's finest powder?

    Well I'm from the UK so I don't get a lot of skiing in, however I've been skiing for 24 years now and been to a few places. I'd say Utah had the best quality snow I have ever skied, even though the time I was there was relatively poor snow conditions (we still thought it was good). However...
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