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Edgwork: You’ve seen the elements in the previous four Ski Priority videos; now learn how to tie them all together in the fifth installment on controlling your line and speed down the mountain. You do know what the fall line is, don’t you? The fall line is the fast way down the mountain. Because it’s …
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Edgework: Is this the winter you said that you would definitely learn to ski the right way? Time’s running out on the season, but if you haven’t gone to the slopes yet–or you are at the slopes and just want to improve–we’re running a group of videos that will cover some of the basics of …
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“Creativity is intelligence at play.”
Paying Attention:The 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics were not even a week complete when the dreary, scary, frustrating, demoralizing reality of international geopolitics reared its’ ugly head again, as Russia decided that–games over, competitors gone, happy closing finished–it was time to set the record straight about who controls what in the Ukraine and the Crimean …
Press Clippings: The Olympic Medalists in Speed Skating: Men’s 500 Meters: Gold: Netherlands, Michel Mulder; Silver: Netherlands, Jan Smeekens; Bronze: Netherlands, Ronald Mulder. Men’s 1000 Meters: Gold: Netherlands, Stefan Groothuis; Silver: Canada, Denny Morrison; Bronze: Netherlands, Michel Mulder. Men’s 1500 Meters: Gold: Poland, Zbigniew Brodka; Silver: Netherlands, Koen Verweij; Bronze: Canada, Denny Morrison. Men’s 5,000 Meters: …
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Men’s Parallel Slalom: Gold: Russia, Vic Wild; Silver: Slovakia, Zan Kosir; Bronze: Benjamin Karl. Men’s Parallel Giant Slalom: Gold: Russia, Vic Wild; Silver: Switzerland, Nevin Galmarini; Bronze: Slovakia, Zan Kosir. Men’s Halfpipe: Gold: Switzerland, Iouri Podladtchikov; Silver: Japan, Ayumu Hirano; Bronze: Japan, Taku Hiraoka. Men’s Slopestyle: Gold: United States, Sage Kotsenburg; Silver: Norway, Sandbech Staale; Bronze: …
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Men’s Individual Normal Hill: Gold: Poland, Kamil Stoch; Silver: Slovakia, Peter Prevc; Bronze: Norway, Anders Bardal. Men’s Individual Large Hill: Gold: Poland, Kamil Stoch; Silver: Japan, Noriaki Kasai; Bronze: Slovakia, Peter Prevc. Men’s Team Large Hill: Gold: Germany; Silver: Austria; Bronze: Japan. Women’s Individual Normal Hill: Gold: Germany, Carina Vogt; Silver: Austria, Daniela Iraschko-Stolz; Bronze: …
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Men’s Skeleton: Gold: Russia, Aleksandr Tretiyakov; Silver: Latvia, Martins Dukurs; Bronze: USA, Matt Antoine. Women’s Skeleton: Gold: Great Britain, Lizzy Yarnold; Silver: USA, Noelle Pikus-Pace; Bronze: Russia, Elena Nikitina.
Men’s 500 meters: Gold: Netherlands, Michel Mulder; Silver: Netherlands, Jan Smeekens; Bronze: Netherlands, Ronald Mulder. Men’s 1000 meters: Gold: Russia, Viktor Ahn; Silver: Russia, Vladimir Grigorev; Bronze: Netherlands, Sjinkie Knegt. Men’s 1500 meters: Gold: Canada, Charles Hamelin; Silver: China, Tianyu Han; Bronze: Russia, Viktor Ahn. Men’s 5000 meter relay: Gold: Russia; Silver: USA; Bronze: China. …
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Men’s Singles: Gold: Germany, Felix Loch; Silver: Russia, Albert Demtschenko; Bronze: Italy, Armin Zoeggeler. Women’s Singles: Gold: Germany, Natalie Geisenberger; Silver: Germany, Tatjana Hufner; Bronze: USA, Erin Hamlin. Doubles: Gold: Germany, Tobias Wendl & Tobias Arlt; Silver: Austria, Andreas Linger & Wolfgang Linger; Bronze: Latvia. Andris Sics & Juris Sics . Team Relay: Gold: Germany; …