Skiing News
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For the second time this year, the Canadian ski community is in mourning after racer Nik Zoricic died during a World Cup event in Switzerland on Saturday.
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The year of 2011 may be remembered as the winter that wasn’t in many parts of North America, but for me it will be remembered as the year I perfected my skiing, snowshoeing, and snowboarding skills.
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Sarajevo -
The Sarajevo Winter Olympics of 1984 started 28 years ago today, and the Bosnian ski slopes are once again very much open for business.
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Marquette -
An urban skier on the city streets of Marquette, Michigan, who launched off a ramp while performing a rail slide, became stuck on a pole as he exited the jump, leaving him hanging above the ground with his legs dangling below him.
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Sarah Burke, a freestyle skier from Canada, is dead at the age of 29. She was critically injured during practice at Park City Mountain Resort in Utah on January 10. She was 29.
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Quebec -
The Charlevoix region in the province of Quebec (Canada) is a 6,000 square kilometer protected UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve, rich in forests, streams, and wildlife. It's a great place to visit anytime of year, including winter.
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An elite American Olympic athlete was detained by a flight crew during a cross-country flight after allegedly urinating on a young child.
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A 79-year-old from New York has become the first African American woman on record to reach both the North Pole and the South Pole.
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Cypress Mountain Resort has closed access to runs as it preps for the Olympic Games. The runs were closed for public use on Wednesday and will not reopen until March 9.
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During the 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler, no spectator parking will be allowed in the entire village. Similar restrictions will apply at Whistler Creekside, The Whistler Sliding Centre, and the Whistler Olympic Park in the Callaghan Valley.
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Skiing Headlines
Woman Is First Person to Cross Antarctica Solo on Skis
Three killed in avalanche while skiing in the Stevens Pass ski area.
 Canadian Devon Kershaw narrowly missed the podium in cross-country skiing's Tour de Ski. The 29-year-old from Sudbury, Ont., finished fourth in the overall standings, won by Dario Cologna.
 Canadian moguls specialist Pierre-Alexandre Rousseau is packing away his skis and taking to the skies. The former world champion from Drummondville, Que., is retiring from freestyle skiing to pursue a career in skydiving.
At least three people are said to have died after an avalanche near a ski resort in the US state of Washington.
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Barbara Hillary training for her expedition to the North Pole.
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