We Ski & Snowboard supplies aspiring hotdoggers with a host of challenging environments to test their skills, from the snow blanketed vistas and sprawling canyons of beautiful Mt. Angrio to the intense rails and huge half-pipe of the Jamboree Snow Resort trick park. Once again the addition of the Wii Balance Boardâ„¢ brings the winter experience to an all new level of fun and realism, whereas up to four players can share the thrill of superior snowboard and ski functionality using the Wii Remoteâ„¢ and Nunchuk controllers. …Â Â Details
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While I was skiing in Colorado this weekend, I had my first mid-hill collision, up-ending a kid while I was tearing down Jacque’s Pique. Everyone was fine, but it might have been much worse if I had been on a snowboard. With two long skis to carve edges into the slope, I was able to slow down quickly enough at the last second to prevent a serious impact. On a snowboard, with only one edge on the hill, it would have been harder to control my speed.
Now imagine that instead of two edges, I had four. …Â Â Details
Snowboarding, a sport once outlawed by nearly every resort across the globe, has found not only popularity, but acceptance, from powder-loving enthusiasts of all ages.
“Over the years, snowboarding has become more trendy than bad boyish; (it’s) more common for everyday people to try it out. Snowboarders have built more of a culture where it’s OK to get off the skis and try something new,” …Â Details
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Cool.
That is how Manny Pina said children at Ski Liberty described him Saturday afternoon. They didn’t call him weird or scary because he lost one of his legs in an accident following his return from service in Iraq in 2004.
Instead, they called him cool and that meant more than words could explain to the Mifflinburg resident… Details