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• Men's alpine skiing super-combined event called off (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

  (Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:38:07 GMT)

  A men's World Cup alpine skiing super-combined event scheduled to take place at Beaver Creek on Thursday has been called off because of bad weather, organizers said.

• Legend of skiing Stu Campbell passes (Ski Racing)

  (Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:54:16 GMT)

  Skiing legend Stu Campbell reportedly passed away Thursday. Stu Campbell was a legendary ski instructor serving as director of the Sepp Reschp Ski School at Stowe, at Keystone, Colo and Heavenly Valley, Calif.

• Winter Park to open top-to-bottom skiing Friday (The Steamboat Pilot & Today)

  (Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:02:04 GMT)

  Winter Park Resort has received more than 19 inches of snow since Thanksgiving Day, and the resort will open 32 acres of new terrain and two chairlifts at noon Friday. Rocky Mountain Ultimate Passholders can ski Winter Park and Copper Mountain as part of their Steamboat skiing priveleges.

• Int'l cross-country skiing race to be held in NE China (People's Daily)

  (Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:22:11 GMT)

  The 2009 Vasaloppet China international cross-country skiing race will be held on Dec. 5 in Changchun City, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province, a local official said Wednesday. Yang Wenjun, an official of Changchun government, said that 2009 Vasaloppet China will feature seven events. Over 200 professional athletes will participate in the race, which will last two and half months. More ...

• Skiing tip of the week (The Record)

  (Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:36:03 GMT)

  It is common knowledge to bend the knees when skiing. But, ankles should bend, too. The folks at Snowskills.com recommend this: stand with skis across a gentle slope, weight on uphill edges, ankles and knees slightly flexed.

• Ex-skiing executive new parks director (The Nashua Telegraph)

  (Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:21:39 GMT)

  CONCORD -- Gov. John Lynch is promoting a former skiing executive to be the new state parks director. ...

• Dutch man fulfils dream of water skiing across St Mark's Square (Times Online)

  (Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:12:09 GMT)

  Venice Duncan Zuur, from Amsterdam, astonishes residents and tourists by water skiing across St Mark?s Square, taking advantage of the worst flooding in Venice since 1986, which left the square under a metre of water.

• Heli-skiing firm seeks permit extension (The Salt Lake Tribune)

  (Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:52:43 GMT)

  A couple of things have happened in the five years since Wasatch Powderbird Guides sought the last extension of its permit for helicopter skiing in the Wasatch Mountains.

• Skiing is believing: Scenery and silence abound in Southwest Idaho (The Idaho Statesman)

  (Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:11:32 GMT)

  Snow-laden trees. Mountain vistas. Backcountry silence. That's Nordic skiing across southwest and south-central Idaho, where trails offer skiers a lifetime of winter workouts and scenery. | GO... ? Gear, ski resort and yurt information, tips and more on our Winter Recreation page

• The Outdoors Life, With No Attitude (New York Times)

  (Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:11:19 GMT)

  People are drawn to Salida by its year-round outdoors life, which includes fishing, boating, cycling, skiing, hunting and the more passive pastime of soaking in the local hot springs.