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The countdown is on and the party begins next Friday. The TELUS World Ski and Snowboard Festival kicks into high gear April 17-26, 2009. The only thing to do is get yourself to the centre of the action. Here are some highlights of what’s on the adjenda, including some new events you’ll want to check out.

The best things in life are still free. Zune Concert Series line-up promises 10 days of pilgrim-worthy free outdoor concerts, featuring Ozomatli, Ten Second Epic, The Stills, Metric, and DJ Ztrip.

Grenade Games lobs into town. Snowboarding’s infamous end of season party is by the riders, for the riders. Giving Canadians the …  Details

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dry-slopeI get off the chairlift and glide out onto a strange facsimile of snow. It doesn’t look like snow and it sure doesn’t feel like it. But to someone who has never seen snow before or someone with a very vivid imagination, it could be. 

What looks like toothbrush bristles woven into a giant 400 metre-long chicken wire mat is what doubles as snow to many Brits. A few button lifts, a chairlift, add in a few skiers and snowboarders and we have one of the many snowless  dry slopes that are scattered throughout the UK. Just outside Edinburgh, Scotland is the Midlothian Snowsports Center Hillend, Europe’s longest dry slope …  Details 

snow-skateA common sight this was not — snow skaters shredding in force down the slopes of Donner Ski Ranch.

In fact, the Minus 7 Melee this past Saturday marked the first-ever snow skate contest on Tahoe’s north shore, said Kurt Zapata, owner of Truckee-based Minus 7 Snow Skates along with his wife, Jill.

About 20 snow skaters, many of whom came from as far away as South Lake Tahoe, Reno and Sacramento, competed in a boardercross-style race (called skatercross) followed by a terrain park jam session. It was largely a family affair, Jill Zapata said, as fathers and sons as young as 8 entered together to fill out the youth and adult categories.

Snow skaters ride a skateboard deck set on trucks and a small ski. Unlike snowboards and skis, however, the boards have no bindings…  Details

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