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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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The Beginner’s Guide to Snowboarding
As you can imagine the first time you hit the slopes, snowboarding isn’t a skill that you pick up overnight. It’s something that comes with the muscle memory of at least a few weeks of practice, picking up as you experience, not necessarily as you learn. So how exactly do you get started [...]
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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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How to Become a Snowboarder
Okay, so you’ve played enough snowboarding video games that you could be considered an expert by now, but you’ve never actually hit the slopes. Sure, it seems easy to press “A” and “X” and stroll your way down an incredibly daunting virtual hill, but now you want to go the extra mile – actually snowboarding! [...]
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What Is Backcountry Skiing?
Okay, so you’ve heard of skiing. You’ve even heard of cross-country skiing. But backcountry skiing?
As it turns out, the term isn’t very complicated. You see, backcountry skiing simply refers to a less-regulated form of skiing in which people go out into more wild areas and ski in unmarked areas. In essence, [...] -
Why You Should Always Wear a Skiing Helmet on the Slopes
There’s a reason many people love to echo a popular sentiment, “safety first.” It’s because safety should come first! Even if you don’t think that you’ll run into any trouble, you should feel better on the ski hills knowing that you’re well-protected and that you’ve done what you can to minimize risk. [...]
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Are You a Ski Lover or Hater?
Skiing is sometimes known as a “love it or hate it” sport – while some people love the idea of briskly sweeping down the slopes, others find the equipment awkward and the movements difficult. So which is it? And what kind of skier are you – the person who can really develop a [...]
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A Weekend in Aspen: What Makes Skiing So Great?
If you’ve never been skiing in your life – and this applies especially for those of you in a more tropical climate – you might ask yourself why there is such emphasis on skiing, especially with people who seem to have a lot of money. “A weekend in Aspen” doesn’t sound fun to you; [...]
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Five Best Skiing Resorts in the United States
North America is host to some of the highest quality ski resorts in the world. Most of the best skiing is located in the western United States in the Rocky Mountain chain. Below is a list of five of the best America has to offer.
Aspen Mountain – Aspen, Colorado is arguably the most well known [...]
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What to Wear When You Going Skiing
When you’re debating whether you should go skiing or not, it’s important to remember the harsh conditions that are often found at the slopes. You will definitely want to have multiple layers of clothing, and perhaps you will want to have a special kind of fabric for your clothing. What things should you [...]
