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Press Clippings: Lindsey Vonn is not at the Sochi Winter Olympics, but she is not forgotten, for a variety of reasons. Seeing Lindsey on the air as an expert commentator on skiing is just fine, but seeing Lindsey on the slopes is the best possible view of her. Above, a nice slo-motion film of Lindsey …
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Press Clippings: One thing about the skiing world: if the guys can do it, the girls can do it. That means downhill-for-downhill, parallel snowboard GS-for-parallel snowboard GS, GS-for-GS, Slalom-for-Slalom and, yes, Ski Cross-for-ski-cross. Ski Cross is, admittedly, widely entertaining and more-than-moderately addictive. So there’s women’s ski cross as well as men’s. Here’s a short video …
2014 Sochi Winter Olympics Country Gold Silver Bronze Total Norway 10 4 7 …
Press Clippings: A schedule of events for Thursday’s day of competition at the Sochi Olympics, from the BBC. Times are GMT; adjust times for your own location. Check back here for updates and videos. Special Thanks to the BBC for developing this very comprehensive listing.
Press Clippings from the Olympic News Wire: 19 February 2014. The news you need before tomorrow’s competitions. American Ted Ligety wins gold in Giant Slalom. U.S. Hockey Team beats Czechs, moves into Semis. Russians out of hockey tournament. Gulag next? Kim leads women skaters after short program. Gold clocks in as highest ranked U.S. Skater in …
Edgework: There is a lot of attention in ski technique given to the outside ski but even as important as that ski is in turn initiation, the other 50% of the action is happening on the inside ski. Here’s a short instruction piece, with Josh Foster, on the what, why, and how of using the inside …
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Edgework: If you ski the back country or go helicopter skiing, you’re going to be skiing deep and steep. Being good on the steeps is a necessary technical skill, for both safety and enjoyment. In keeping with our Winter Film Festival series for 2016, here’s the first of several videos on good technique for skiing …
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Edgework: You’re going off a cliff if you ski the backcountry or drop in from a helicopter. It’s going to happen and it’s a part of the sport. Sometimes you’re going to seek out the cliff and sometimes it’s going to show up right in front of you. So…deal with it. Here’s how. The …
Edgework: Take a short break from backcountry/helicopter skiing and give the next series of videos on skiing technique a look or two. You can’t do the backcountry or big snow without good technique–to think otherwise is to court (and probably find) disaster. First up: the ski pivot. The Fine Print: Embed courtesy of YouTube(thanks …
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2014 Sochi Winter Olympics Country Gold Silver Bronze Total Norway 9 4 7 …