Archive for the ‘ski tips’ Category
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Five Reasons to Always Wear a Helmet
As a recent tragedy with actress Natasha Richardson made clear, skiing is not always a safe sport. Even if you think you’re being safe, there can be unforeseen circumstances that raise the danger level too high. While no one should worry to the point of ruining their fun, making sure that you are [...]
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Get Downhill (Without Freaking Out)
For many people who are taking on a ski hill for the first time, it can be intimidating to watch the ground fall beneath you on the way up a ski lift. Even if you don’t have a fear of heights, feeling that you’re not exactly prepared as a skier to fight the law [...]
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What Are the Risks Involved With Skiing?
When actress Natasha Richardson recently died due to injuries resulting from a skiing accident, it brought more attention to the dangers of skiing. But if you’ve been watching the news for a while, you’re already aware: skiing took the life of Sonny Bono, for example. So if skiing is such a dangerous [...]
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Four Tips for Better Hydration While Skiing
When you’re outside in the heat and you can’t help but see the sweat beading down your skin, you know you need to stay hydrated. But when you’re skiing in colder weather, sometimes more concerned about remaining warm rather than staying hydrated, it can be easier to ignore your body’s need for water. [...]
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How to Ski With Your Whole Family
Between the ski boots, renting skis, assembling your layers of insulation from the cold, and making sure that you remain safe, skiing can sometimes feel like quite the involved hobby. So it’s understandable if some parents don’t even want to take their kids skiing very often – after all, if it’s that much trouble [...]
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Today’s Climate and What It Means for Winter Sports in 2009-2010
With temperatures leveling off in recent years and a particularly mild summer across the United States here in 2009, it’s fair to say that we can expect a long and cold winter. We don’t need a groundhog to tell us that! But what does this exactly mean for winter sports in the winter, [...]
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Skiing Safety Tips
Skiing is a great way to spend a vacation or a weekend, but is it dangerous? The answer is possibly. Skiing can be dangerous just like many other activities including riding your bike, but like riding your bike skiing has a lot of non-enforced choices for you to make. This article will [...]
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How to Get Ready for the Skiing Season
With the winter months rolling around and the northern hemisphere once again retreating away from the sun, skiing and snowboarding fanatics are getting excited: ski season is ready to begin again. For the avid skiing junkie, the skiing season is year-round as they chase the best places on Earth, but for the local [...]
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Scouting for Ski Hills: Tips and Tricks
If you’re new to the sport of skiing, it goes without saying that you’ll want to find the right ski hill for you. The problem, of course, is that if you’re new to skiing, you don’t know what “the right ski hill for you” even means.
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How to Fuel Your Body for Skiing
If you plan on spending most of your day skiing – particularly when you’re on a skiing trip – it can be easy to forget to keep yourself fueled. After all, skiing can be exhilarating and fun, and somewhere in there we don’t remember that we’re exercising. When you’re burning more calories than [...]
