Another skier, Daniel Buss, was in an avalanche with a friend in Kitzbuehl, Austria, in February 2010.
Glencoe Mountain Resort said an experienced off-piste skier had been caught in the major avalanche.
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Senegalese skier Lamine Gueye, became the first black African to take part in the Winter Olympics.
Berg, a skier, talks of looking down a steep slope, his mouth dry from fear.
As any skier knows, how you hit that turn sets the tone for the run.
These do not (or, at least, should not) touch the ground when the skier is gliding.
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The top-ranked skier gets to decide first, with their choices being based on weather and course conditions.
Mauro, 42, an Eden resident, adventure skier and venture capitalist, attended the Summit Series in April 2011.
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It's the province of the day skier, loosely defined, since lights all over the mountain permit night runs.
Overall, the resort saw a 23 percent increase in skier visits this winter over last year, he said.
Bode Miller, the U.S. Skier who just won a bronze medal in the downhill, is the classic example.
The resort said that Bono had been a frequent skier at the slope for more than 20 years.
Small by most standards, the slope had 30, 000 skier-days last year, versus the 1.6 million at Colorado's behemoth, Vail.
You can get a good pair of Rossignol skis, but a seasoned skier won't be demanding much from them.
Bono, an avid skier, was reported missing about 4:30 p.m. at Heavenly Ski Resort in South Lake Tahoe, California.
Even in America, the typical skier still hands less than 20% of his holiday cash to the resort owners.
Freestyle skier Rose Battersby, a New Zealander, incurred a spinal fracture, and Icelandic snowboarder Halldor Helgason suffered a concussion.
This allows the skier to be in a neutral, athletic stance without cutting off any circulation or causing discomfort.
This March, meanwhile, already has seen one recorded fatality: a backcountry skier who was caught in an avalanche at Conejos Peak, Colorado.
Moments later, as the station continued to broadcast live, a police car pulled over the skier, bringing the stunt to an end.
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First, even if you are not a skier, you owe it to your kids to help them learn to ski.
Sugarbush set a one-day record for skier visits on Dec. 28, with a 9 percent increase over its previous high.
They like the idea of a Vermont-based company, they like the idea of me being a skier and a racer.
The poles are about nose height to give the skier more contact time with the snow surface and more power.
It's sort of like being the only intermediate skier on a double black diamond trail in Vail or Jackson Hole.
They then helped mountain rescue teams locate one missing skier by using GPS and Google Maps from his cell phone.
Kick wax is applied to the parts of the blades of cross-country skis that are directly under the skier's feet.
Glencoe Mountain Resort said an experienced off-piste skier, skiing out with the ski area, had been caught in a major avalanche.
The company is using nine athletes in its Olympics-related ad campaign, including alpine skier Ted Ligety and ice dancer Tanith Belbin.
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