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One of America’s great competitors–Lindsey Vonn–in a short clip that shows her winning her 62nd World Cup race. Vonn has suffered multiple serious knee injuries but she is ruthless in her determination to compete and refuses to walk away from a sport that she loves as long as she can recover to the ability to …
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This film, produced by Kastle, who also make a very nice pair of downhill skis, will take you all over the world with a group of serious, talented pro athletes. The action stretches from The Arlberg in Austria to Antarctica; from Jackson Hole to Verbier to Whistler BC to Mt. Fuji. It’s a travelogue and …
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This film, produced by Kastle, who also make a very nice pair of downhill skis, will take you all over the world with a group of serious, talented pro athletes. The action stretches from The Arlberg in Austria to Antarctica; from Jackson Hole to Verbier to Whistler BC to Mt. Fuji. It’s a travelogue and …
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Powder snow is to skiing as clay courts are to tennis. A great powder day lives forever, as anyone who skis powder knows. This short film is a wonderful celebration of all that is good (and dangerous) about powder skiing. Yes…it’s a promotional film. So? It is exceptionally well shot, edited, and produced and you …
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Get In the mood. Here’s an official update on what to expect at the FIS World Championships at Vail this week. Good music (and unexpected too!), tightly edited, spectacular cinematography (how do they get those lean angles) and just the right amount of history and name-dropping to prepare you for the big event. It’s not …
Great, short, little film, that will give you some insight into the event a lot of experts believe to be the purest in all of Alpine skiing: the downhill. The concept is simple: get out of the gate and go down the course as fast as you can, testing muscle, nerves, stamina, and technique at …
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Resources, information, and other good things for the World Championship Week at Vail/Beaver Creek. World Cup Background. Ski Racing News. FIS World Championships at Beaver Creek/Vail Event Information. The U.S. Ski Team World Cup Roster. Lindsey Vonn World Cup Preview. Current World Cup Leaders (Men and Women). FIS Points List for Alpine Skiing. Bode Miller 2014 Profile. FIS World …
It’s the middle of winter and time for skiing–World Cup Skiing to be exact. The FIS World Championships to be even more exact. Last year, at this time, we were headed into the Winter Olympics (the opening ceremony was on 7 February 2014). This year, the Olympics are a memory but the series that keeps skiing …
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Paying Attention(updated with sold pricing): We tend to focus on the auction houses that concentrate on European (and American) sports cars in this annual survey. There are certainly some blockbuster collectibles crossing the block at Pebble Beach this year, and RM Auctions, which treats this sale like the Super Bowl of collector car auctions, has some …
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Paying Attention (updated with final sales prices). Part 1 of our annual survey of the best and most interesting of the Pebble Beach auctions covers the Bonham’s auction conducted at The Quail automobile gathering at Pebble Beach. The Bonham’s auctions are always special because their auction team not only assembles a terrific group of automobiles for …
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