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Category Archives: Press Clippings
Olympic Briefing: Schedule 20 February 2014
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.
Olympic Briefing: Late Night Headlines
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 …
The Third Annual Winter Film Festival: The Steeps
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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How to Ski Cliff Drops
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 …
The Third Annual Winter Film Festival: The Ski Pivot
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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Olympic Briefing: Medal Count
2014 Sochi Winter Olympics Country Gold Silver Bronze Total Norway 9 4 7 …
Olympic Film Festival: Yuna Kim At Vancouver, 2010
Press Clippings: With Women’s Figure Skating now moving to center stage as the Sochi Olympics wind down, it’s a perfect time to look at Yuna Kim’s Gold Medal Winning performance from Vancouver in 2010. There has been so much attention focused on the American women (Ashley Wagner and Gracie Gold) and Russia’s Julia Lipnitskaia, that …
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Olympic Briefing: Schedule 19 February 2014
Press Clippings: A schedule of events for Wednesday’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.
Olympic Briefing: Late Night Headlines
Press Clippings from the Olympic News Wire: 18 February 2014. The news you need before tomorrow’s competitions. Russian Beats Norway, 4-0. Battle of the Dutch Speed Skaters: Bergsma Beats favored Kramer in 10,000 Meters . Tina Maze of Slovenia rocks the Giant Slalom Course for her Second Sochi Gold Medal. Mikaela takes 5th in Olympic Debut. …