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By Rob Dunlop The sport of freeskiing has come a long way from the days of then-mogul skiers Mike Douglas, JP Auclair and JF Cusson screwing around in the snowboard-dominated Whistler terrain park. An infectious new aspect of skiing has people all over the world wanting to learn how to do all...
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By Nick Iwanyshyn Newschoolers.com journalist Nick Iwanyshyn had the pleasure of attending the Rail Jam last Saturday at Calabogie Peaks Resort, about an hour west of Ottawa. The hill has a whopping 760 feet of vertical, but the resort has always been known to have the best park setup closest...
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Everyone knows Newschoolers.com is by far the largest online skiing community, but for the staff of NS, that's just not enough. We have a new goal: to be the biggest source of real skiing news and stories in the universe. What does this mean? Well, we want to be the first people to post news...
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Download Video (MOV, 904K, curtosy Paul Cotton and Elijah Lee) I walk the deserted, village streets of Whistler. It is early Monday morning, hearty tourists are braving the slush and grim locals head determinedly to work. The streets look the same, the air smells the same, the snow under my...
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Three Superpipe riders and four slopestyle competitors battled their way through a slew of freeskiing’s best up-and-coming riders at the Paul Mitchell X-Qualifiers last weekend in Breckenridge, CO. The lucky seven earned tickets to the final spots in the X-Games, to be held Jan. 24-27, 2004 in...
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PRESS RELEASE Montreal, Quebec, December 23, 2004--- Coalision, Inc. The competition dubbed by AXIS Magazine as, “The most creative and progressive competition of the year� in 2003 returns to the West Coast Invitational at Mammoth, CA April 30 – May 2, 2004 to once again redefine the...
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For immediate release Registration is now open for the Blue Mountain session of Progression Ski Camps. This girls-only park and pipe camp will take off from February 13 to 15, 2004 at Blue Mountain, Collingwood, Ontario. We are pleased to welcome Jodi Cooke and Ali Van Dorn as the newest...
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By press release DNA is pleased to announce that Scott Hibbert has joined the team. DNA team manager, Trey Harris, has been a longtime fan of Hibbert “That kid’s got balls the size of Bentleys.� Said Hibbert, “I’m back, saggin’ crack, and I ain’t takin’ no friggin’ flack...
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Whistler, B.C., December 31, 2003 - Revelers at Whistler Blackcomb will have more than just the New Year to celebrate this holiday season. With 300cm or just under 10 feet of snow in the month of December alone, ski and snowboard conditions at Whistler Blackcomb are exceptional. December 2003...
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Whistler, B.C., December 30, 2003 - Conditions at Whistler Blackcomb are ideal for this year's Big Mountain Experience - this December's snowfall accumulation is close to record-breaking. The abundance of snow guarantees increased drama at this year's Tylenol Canadian Freeskiing Championships...
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Contributed by Pat Melvin Reprinted from NYTimes.com The Slopes' New Renegades? Skiers By GWEN KILVERT Published: December 28, 2003 MAMMOTH, Calif. ON a blustery day in mid-December, Chris Benchetler and his friends were trudging forward in line for the Thunder Bound Express chairlift at...
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After a mere couple weeks of development, Newschoolers.com releases the latest in communication tools for skiers: The Big Kahuna. TBK allows members to send messages to eachother in near-real-time, without even having to log onto the site! It does not replace AIM or MSN, but rather, provides a...
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Originally slated to be a rail and pipe jam, the Pipe Dreams Festival at Blue Mountain was quickly tweaked to a triple rail competition. It was in jam format, with all the competitors, skiers and snowboarders, first hitting the high flat rail, then the wave rail (called a multitude of things...
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PRESS RELEASE Launching with a bang, the ParksandPipes.com crew is doing a North American Tour covering every major TerrainPark in the US and Canada. With the new site going live mid January, the goal is to get a behind-the-scenes look at the park and pipe facilities at each resort. With...
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The Siver Session at Sunday River this Saturday Dec 20th has been postponed. Siver has decided to postpone this Saturday's session until Saturday, February 21... so that we can have more pros on hand and more madness. The finalized tour dates are as follows. The whole Siver team will be in...
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According to the company, the change was made to ensure a differentiation from their growing outerwear line by the same name. The clothing line will retain the original name. John Smart, camp creator and director explains, "With the increasing growth of the SMS Clothing brand we were...
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A group of skiers out of Oregon are contemplating the creation of a new boot company and they want YOUR input. The group of skiers is un-happy about the current boot selection for freeriders, so they want to do something about it. Before they undertake this huge project, they want to hear what...
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