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| Artificial Ski Slope In Switzerland | 24/12/2006 5:20 |
| The annual "Snowli" tour is making its way around Swiss cities, aiming to encourage children to get excited and join in snow sports. |
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| Snowboard World Cup in Stockholm, Next Stop Paris | 24/12/2006 5:18 |
| Advances in snowmsakiong technology has made urban snow events possible at any time of the year in virtually any location. Snowmaking standards are now so high that the snow sports world governing body, the FIS, is increasingly sanctioning these events for World Cp competition points standard, attracting the world?s elite athletes. |
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| Indoor Speed Records Set By Able-Bodied and Blind Skiers | 24/12/2006 5:16 |
| British speed skier Kevin Alderton set an indoor world speed ski record of 90.7kph (56.36mph) at the ski centre at Landgraaf in Holland last month. Kevin, who was left blinded by a vicious gang attack when he tried to aid a woman who was being threatened, also holds the world speed ski record for blind skiers of 169.4kph which he set at Les Arcs in France. |
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| SnowFunPark Opens 8th December | 24/12/2006 5:14 |
| The long awaited SnowFunPark, Germany?s fifth indoor snow centre, will open on 8th December with a weekend long party. The indoor slope, one of the world?s largest, has been built with the support of Europe?s largest ski club. Amongst its many attractions it will feature the world?s largest indoor halfpipe.
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| Scottish Dry Slope Re-opens | 25/10/2006 12:29 |
| The nursery slope at Garthdee Sports and Alpine Adventure Park in Aberdeen, Scotland re-opened on schedule in time for the school holidays. |
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| Blind Skier to Attempt Indoor Speed Ski Record in Holland | 25/10/2006 12:23 |
| Despite being registered blind, ex-soldier Kevin Alderton, will be attempting to create the an indoor Ski Speed World Record at the 520 metre long indoor slope at Landgraaf in Holland on 15th November. He anticipates achieving a speed of 80mph (130kph) during the indoor record attempt, the first ever of its kind. |
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| Ski Dubai celebrates its First Birthday | 25/10/2006 12:20 |
| It is now a year since the first major indoor skiing facility in the Middle East opened in Dubai and Ski Dubai has clocked up visitor numbers believed to be in excess of 500,000.
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