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Telluride to Host Snowboard World Cup
SAM Magazine-Telluride, Colo., June 18, 2009-Telluride Resort will be the sole U.S. stop of the LG FIS Snowboard World Cup and will feature an…
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Petrick to Direct Global Marketing for Rossignol
SAM Magazine-Park City, Utah, June 18, 2009-Rossignol has named Tim Petrick vice president of global sales and marketing, effective July 1. Petrick will oversee…
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Wind Turbine Planned For Second New England Resort
Snow Hunter–Massachusetts. June 16, 2009–Massachusetts’ Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort was the first ski area to erect a wind turbine, one of the largest ever…
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FIS Launch SnowKidz Campaign
Snow Hunter, June 17, 2009–The International Ski Federation has launched a campaign to help get more children around the world in to snow sports.…
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Whistler’s Blackcomb 7,000 Year Old Glacier “Shrank By Half in Past Century”
Snow Hunter, Whistler, B.C., June 16, 2009–A report in Canada’s Globe & Mail newspaper says that the 7,000-year-old Horstman Glacier has lost half its…
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High Country Media to Offer Multiple Paths to Consumers
SAM Magazine-Boulder, Colo., June 17, 2009-Several former members of Bonnier Publications’ Mountain Sports Media have formed a new company, High Country Media, which will…
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Utah Visits Declined 6.5 Percent in 2008-09
SAM Magazine-Salt Lake City, June 17, 2009-The Utah ski and snowboard industry closed the 2008-09 winter season with a total of 3,972,984 skier days,…
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New Pan-European Ski Federation Launched
Snow Hunter–June 10, 2009–A new international ski body, the European Ski Federation, has been established by the Austrian, French, Italian, and Swiss ski federations.…
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Australia Joins New Zealand As More Southern Hemisphere Resorts Open for Winter 2009
Snow Hunter–Austrialia, June 10, 2009–More of New Zealand’s ski areas opened at the weekend, joining Mt Hutt in enjoying a great start to the…
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Vermont Ski Areas Hosted Over 4 Million Visits
SAM Magazine–Killington, Vt., June 11, 2009–At the Vermont Ski Areas Association’s annual meeting, the industry trade group announced that Vermont’s ski resorts recorded 4,068,696…