| A keen sportsman and a bit of an adrenaline junky, Josh had been a skier since childhood. |
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| Expectations of graceful flowing telemarks fade as the skier faces deep trenching. |
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| The stronger and more technically proficient a skier is, the stiffer the ski can be. |
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| He was a crack skier and mountaineer, whose strength had been built up breaking up stones in a limestone quarry during the war. |
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| However, a skilled skier can get adequate grip from a wide variety of skis and waxes. |
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| In all, there are 19 runs with most geared towards the intermediate or advanced skier. |
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| As we drove down the darkened motorway, the worst nightmare for a skier happened. |
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| During such a test, the skier should avoid snowplowing and sliding on turns. |
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| The wedge or snowplow is often one of the first downhill maneuvers a skier learns, but it is not easy to do. |
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| No skier is in danger of losing their right to ski because of a snowmobile. |
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| It turns out that Chuck is not quite the intermediate skier he said he was. |
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| Earlier in the day she won her third straight gold medal in skier slopestyle. |
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| We are greeted by wind that whips the German flags one skier has taped to his poles. |
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| He also did several compression tests, which evaluate weak layers in the snowpack that might be prone to being triggered by a skier. |
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| One skier on her first day on the piste did not even make it as far as the ski lift. |
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| A jet skier who crashed into a stanchion on Blackpool North Pier may have had a heart attack, an inquest has heard. |
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| Worse still, his new wife was a champion Nordic skier, and he didn't want to miss out on the fun. |
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| Whether you are an avid skier or choose to stick to the bunny slopes, you cannot go wrong choosing this world class resort. |
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| A cross-country skier herself, she advocates massage before hitting the trail. |
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| A ski with reverse sidecut will give the skier the ability to slide their turns where as side cut will force the skier to sink and carve. |
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| Witnesses saw an avalanche start as a skier left the pistes and traversed the slope. |
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| If you're an intermediate skier uncomfortable in crud and crust, you'll flail no matter what gear you're on. |
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| If I had been a beginner skier with so little time on the mountain, I'd still be belly-flopping off the rope tow. |
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| The serious aerobic athlete, mountaineer, or alpine skier who doesn't mind wearing something that looks like a cyclometer. |
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| Nearby an unidentified skier ran into a 14-year-old Swedish girl and broke her leg. |
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| But on the descent it's beauteous, because you can slide down it like a skier. |
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| Terrain parks provide a skier with more variety, especially when there's too little snow in the mountains. |
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| An Estonian skier and a Latvian bobsledder gained late reprieves from drug bans on technicalities. |
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| Another skier made a claim after being hit by a ski pole someone dropped from a chair lift overhead. |
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| For a man like him, a daredevil skier and helicopter pilot, being mayor would also be a supreme test of manhood. |
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| To understand the power of rhythm, jump in and hang on if you're lucky enough to be able to ski for even a short distance behind a better skier. |
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| So whether you're a skier or a yogini, here are the essentials you need to prevent or relieve sport-induced skin and hair problems. |
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| He is wiry, bearded, a life-long mountaineer, skier and runner and one of Scotland's leading endurance riders. |
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| If you're a skier, slap a pair of climbing skins on your skis and you've got an impressively efficient way to get uphill. |
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| The keen skier has just taken up snowboarding to try and recapture his youth. |
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| She first appeared in films as a skier, then moved on to become a stuntwoman. |
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| These windslabs often obscure rocks and other hazards and react easily to skier traffic. |
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| A bearded Argentinian makes a run through the penalty box like a slalom skier, at improbable angles for a man with the ball. |
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| Out of the office window I see snow, thick drifts bearing the marks of a brave skier gliding down. |
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| At the 1998 Nagano Olympics, he was rapped by Bazay for criticizing the selection of freestyle skier Jean-Luc Brassard as Canada's flag-bearer. |
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| Initially I was just a holiday skier, but after we got our apartment here I took up off-piste skiing and ski-touring very seriously. |
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| In one case a skier took off his gloves and grasped a ski lift pole with his bare hand. |
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| Edwards' progression from a downhill skier to a ski jumper was born out of necessity. |
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| From this point, the skier should be able to hit a small jump, and attempt a 180 degree turn confidently. |
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| Everyone was very friendly and helpful too, apart from one Italian skier who almost decapitated me by turning very suddenly while carrying his skis on his shoulder. |
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| Quality helmets will outsell poor quality ones, ensuring the helmets that are available for sale adequately protect the skier. |
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| When she tumbled ungracefully a few inches from a fellow skier, I exhaled deeply. |
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| In spare moments he tries his best to remain an avid skier, road and mountain cyclist, fly fisherman, runner, alpine climber, and surfer. |
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| A woodchopper by trade, Hakulinen proved to be a versatile skier at all distances. |
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| In addition, the time it takes for first aid assistance to reach a skier can be much greater on ungroomed trails. |
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| Sensors in an electronic footpad measure precisely how a skier applies pressure to different parts of the foot while making turns. |
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| Sitzmark: Large indentation in a track or open area created by the hindmost end of a previously-fallen skier. |
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| You are an experienced skier, and you are at the top in an untracked couloir that you have never been to? |
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| Description: An image of a skier, a dynamic, curvilinear figure, is in the centre of the coin. |
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| Each skier makes a single run down a course one after another and the fastest time determines the winner. |
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| He also took part in many mountaineering expeditions all over the world and is an avid skier. |
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| Achieving stability in this region will be tough, but perhaps it can now begin — one Russian skier, beachgoer and businessman at a time. |
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| On the obverse, we can see a skier walking in the snow, carrying a pair of skis and ice skates. |
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| If one ski parts itself on an icy rut, the bad skier promptly sits down. |
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| For example, the gymnast becomes an aerial skier, the sprinter takes up bobsledding, or the 12-year-old basketball player discovers canoeing. |
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| Among the male athletes, the public paid tribute to the impressive career of skier Didier Cuche. |
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| Alpine skier Toni Sailer also achieved an outstanding feat by winning the downhill, giant slalom and slalom events. |
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| Jackrabbit, besides being an effective administrator was also a competitive skier. |
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| Greg Huffman is a super skier, all-around athlete, and a passionate pure-bred proponent. |
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| A skier or snowboarder descends 2,000ft down the mountain, then grabs a tow rope attached to a snowmachine. |
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| Besides the driver, always take a person who can supervise the tow rope and the water skier! |
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| A chance moment of television coverage of a one-legged skier at the Salt Lake City Paralympic Games changed that. |
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| Replacing drag lifts by gondolas has greatly reduced damage to the landscapes and increased efficiency and skier safety at the same time. |
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| In the men's skate sprints, the first place skier was hopping in one-skate on all of the ascents. |
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| Beginner, expert skier, off-piste introduction, guiding through the ski area. |
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| The skier will appreciate spectacular sights and an incomparable snowing up. 600 hectares of skiing surface. |
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| Henry Schlee is a regular skier in Whistler and always consults the experts at Holiday Whistler for advice on great Whistler rental accommodation. |
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| After pursuing his dream of being a professional skier Josh Dueck redirected his focus towards the next generation of ski superstars. |
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| A Polish skier was seriously injured on Thursday when she was hit by a light aircraft careering down the slopes of a resort in the French Alps. |
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| His book is a cracking read that deserves to be by the bedside of every keen skier or snowboarder. |
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| But as a former skier, I am proud to draw attention today to the success of Canada's downhill ski team in the world championships. |
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| Ski conditions can change quickly, depending on snowfall, wind conditions and skier traffic. |
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| Excellent conditions ensure that even the most demanding skier or snowboarder will have something to chose from. |
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| Interested in sport, Martin Marmy is a balloon pilot and an avid cyclist and skier. |
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| She was the first female alpine skier with a disability to receive funding through Sport Canada's Athlete Assistance program. |
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| Teacher, mother, worldclass skier, she was the first deaf person to graduate from the University of Calgary. |
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| An avid skier before MS struck, Derek now uses a Sit-ski to tackle local ski hills and enjoys the rediscovered thrill of speed. |
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| The back of the boot is usually cut higher than the sides to keep the skier from leaning back too far. |
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| The first part of the session will be devoted to Becky Scott, an Olympic cross-country skier and athlete ambassador with Right to Play. |
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| Whether you are a snowboarder or a skier, this DVD covers what you need to know to prevent serious injuries. |
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| An axle attaches the front of the frame to the foundation, and the resulting pivot allows you to lift your heel and walk with the shuffling gait of a backcountry skier. |
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| It takes the skier with an acl tear about a year to get back on the slopes. |
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| Many skis were just a whipsawed piece of lumber four to six inches in width with an upturned tip, but they worked well enough to transport the skier to where he wanted to go. |
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| Five months ago, he was laid up in a hospital bed unable to move after a freak training accident on Lake Karapiro, when he was hit by a water skier. |
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| And let it be known that Michael Kennedy is also an accomplished skier, loves ski mountaineering, and has plenty of insight into issues important to glisse alpinists. |
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| She's a whitewater thrill-chaser, downhill skier, mountain biker and surrealist artist who teaches aerobics, practices tae-bo, does yoga and plays piano. |
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| American skier Torin Yater-Wallace is taking full advantage of the free McDonald's available to Olympic athletes in Sochi. |
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| Miller was positively chaste compared to Alberto Tomba, the gold medal-winning Italian skier. |
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| If you're a bored alpine skier, instead of telemarking try new terrain, change your style, or explore lift accessed backcountry runs near your ski area. |
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| Collen is an accomplished mountaineer, rock climber, alpine skier, and has several years experience guiding in the mountains of Vancouver Island and coastal British Columbia. |
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| He is a mountaineer, ice climber, expedition skier, guide, father of three, and intellectual authority on the singular history and geography of his beloved Iceland. |
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| The 25-year-old Scot had never skied the Bormio piste before this week and the Edinburgh-based skier has only had two training runs on the treacherous slope. |
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| Even if you're only a so-so skier or boarder, you can still look the part. |
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| Unlike downhill, when competitors get to compete in a series of practice runs, super-G only allows each skier a 90-minute inspection of the course. |
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| The skier that passes the finish line first is the winner. |
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| A skier, for example, often gets cold feet. |
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| Since a skier does not have exclusive use of the slopes, ski lifts and chalets, the contract between the parties is a licence in the common law that does not confer a right to the credits claimed by the appellant. |
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| The halfpipe skier was knocked out cold when she fell heavily on her face during training on Sunday night at the Rosa Khutor Extreme park. |
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| Or, it would ease the strain on the A. C. L. Once the skier regained his or her balance, the boot would relock in its natural, forward-leaning position. |
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| Sammy Kent, a First Nations alpine skier from the Yukon. |
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| A skier or snowboarder entering a marked run, starting again after stopping or moving upwards on the slopes must look up and down the slopes that he can do so without endangering himself or others. |
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| However, when Guha returned, she picked the wrong ball to pull and hit a skier to Charlotte Edwards. |
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| Last winter, he won both the Tour de Ski and the World Cup to establish his position as the world's best cross-country skier, even though he narrowly failed to win a medal at the World Championships. |
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| Simon Jacomet, a qualified art lithographer, artist, skier, ski instructor and ski developer at Völkl and Salomon, founded the ski manufacturer Zai in Disentis in 2002, in collaboration with private investors. |
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| Disadvantages: After a day or two becomes unchallenging for the keen skier in search of thrills, occasional problems with lack of snow on the lower slopes, above all at the end of the season. |
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| Not a skier but in Mongolia with time to kill? |
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| Natasha Richardson was not speeding, did not slam into a tree, was not playing football, was not intoxicated, did not collide with another skier, was not taking extreme risks, and was not on an expert hill. |
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| The wide, long and soft-flexing tips together with the short radius sidecuts allow the skier to effortlessly make his way over all types of powder from light to heavy to crusty, and also to carve up the pistes. |
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| Swiss skier Fabienne Suter won the first downhill race, narrowly outracing Andrea Fischbacher, who did one better a day later. |
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| We have more diversity of terrain and employees with tremendous enthusiasm,'' Kemmerer, an expert skier and alpinist, told me. |
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| Last week, on the day before the official start of the Games, U. S. moguls skier Heidi Kloser broke her leg during a training run and had to be sledded off the course. |
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| An avid kayaker, cross-country skier and fisherman, Traves had toyed with the idea of running his own sporting goods store. |
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| Whether you're a seasoned skier or an absolute beginner, the Swiss Alps will give the chance of a lifetime when it comes to enjoying life in the snow. |
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| In a monoski, the skier has the ability to lift his or her body to the height of a chairlift with little or no assistance. |
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| Alpine skiing for the blind and partially sighted is a team sport, as the visually impaired skier competes with a sighted guide who efficiently guides the blind or partially sighted skier through a race course. |
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| As an avid skier, she tries to take full advantage of her surroundings. |
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| The skier most connected to that stratospheric rise is bode Miller. |
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| By Morris Bishop and E. B. White The New Yorker, March 27, 1937P. 13 Sweet Memory of the Winter: A lady skier prying her way through a barbwire fence, using the Arlberg sprawl. |
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| She is an avid downhill skier and ultimate frisbee player and continues to pursue her studies in French language. typically means significantly delaying beginning a family in order to see a return on their investment. |
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| A skier or snowboarder who overtakes another is wholly responsible for completing that manoeuvre in such a way to cause no difficulty to the skier or snowboarder being overtaken. |
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| The male Caucasian, twenty-four, a skier, was said to have been missing for over three hours. |
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| My strategy was to use the time spent on the chairlift to do all of the talking about the program, and to use the on-snow time to illustrate how a coaching approach can be used in skier development. |
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| Advantages: Full of excitement for the thrill seeker, lots of off piste powder for the keen boarder, guaranteed snow throughout the season, limitless piste for the cruising skier. |
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| He is a lifelong hiker, cyclist, skier and passionate sailor. |
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| Pärson idolized Stenmark and from a young age was compared to him, as well as to Pernilla Wiberg, whose nine Olympic and world championship medals in the 1990s had made her Sweden's most successful woman skier. |
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| He was an avid skier, fishermen, yachtsman, scuba diver and Golfer. |
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| A BRITISH off-piste skier has been killed in an avalanche in the French Alps, French officials said. |
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| After a few skiers had descended, the paper with the start times was put in the trouser pocket of the next skier in the hope that he would make it to the end of the course and take it to the race office. |
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| A SUPER skier from Teesside has bagged the British Disabled Ski Team's first-ever World Cup medals. |
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| Two older fisherman were fishing and a skiboat came extremely close, and the skier sprayed them with water and laughed as they left. |
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| To complete the legendary Chamonix-Zermatt route in six days you'll need to be an experienced off-piste skier and in excellent physical condition. |
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| This means that a tennis player or soccerer has to be punished for a doping offence in exactly the same way as a track and field athlete, a canoeist or a skier. |
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| Before he entered the business arena, Eccles was in the public eye first as an Alpine skier at the University of Utah and later as an international competitor in the sport. |
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| And if you think I'm going to sit around all day hoping one of the BBC commentators will mispronounce the name of a certain German skier, you are very much mistaken. |
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| In backcountry skiing, a skier goes for skiing on ungroomed slopes, including unmarked or unpatrolled areas either inside or outside of a ski resort's boundaries. |
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| Having given away 14 runs in his two overs, Yuvraj delighted his teammates and fans as he gleefully caught a skier at cover point to dismiss Franklin. |
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| In Austria, a German back-country skier was burried by an avalanche after he tried to cut short his trek near the Hoher Riffler peak in Tyrol because of bad weather. |
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| The peaks are beautiful alpine, snow-capped, cloudwashed things, but often the skier stays in the foothills and the passes, more convenient though less spectacular. |
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| But she has not let her disability stop her sporting dreams and she retrained on a monoski and has her sights on the 2014 Winter Paralympics as an alpine skier. |
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| Francis Yacht Club's Laser Slaloms, where I watched a young El Toro graduate named Paul Cayard jibe back and forth as easily as an Olympic skier schusses down a slope. |
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| The Nordic Center at Snow Mountain Ranch has more than 100 kilometers of trails accommodating everyone from the first-time cross-country skier or snowshoer to the elite racer. |
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| Barefooting requires the skier to travel at higher speeds than conventional water skiing, often up to 45mph, and the speed is required to keep the skier upright. |
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| Having conceded 14 runs in his two overs, Yuvraj delighted his team-mates and fans as he gleefully caught a skier at cover point to dismiss James Franklin. |
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| A German skier was killed by an avalanche in the Austrian province of Tyrol yesterday, taking the weekend toll from snowslides in the Alps to four. |
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| In early 1943 Stromsheim, an explosives expert and an excellent skier, parachuted into his native Norway to sabotage the German heavy water plant in the Telemark. |
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| LaFond is a four-year skier and the team's third-ranked competitor. |
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