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MCLEAN, Va., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- SnowSports Industries America (SIA) released information from their SnowSports Consumer Panel. Overall, skiers and riders are concerned about the economy but they will participate as they always do, particularly if the snow continues to fall. Research shows that snowfall is a much better predictor of participation and sales than the economy. Despite economic and logistical barriers, so far this season the snow is excellent and snow sports sales of...

MCLEAN, Va., Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- While the overall retail market struggled to make it into the black after Thanksgiving, the snow sports market remained healthy with 3% growth according to SnowSports Industries America's (SIA) exclusive research. August to November snow sports sales surpassed $917 million as the overall retail market faltered in the recession's nadir. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080509/AQF019LOGO-a) "Retail trade sales were down 2.0...

Results of a new study indicate that otherwise healthy older children and adolescents who visit high-altitude destinations may develop acute mountain sickness in the first few days after they arrive.However, the study team reported in the journal Pediatrics that their symptoms are apt to be relatively mild, including mainly headache, nausea, fatigue, dizziness and trouble sleeping and will resolve rapidly.Dr. Jonathan Bloch from University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland and colleagues point...

MCLEAN, Va., Dec. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Twenty-two states and more than two hundred ski and snowboard resorts are hosting learning programs during January 2009 -- Learn a Snow Sport Month. It's the first time that this many organizations have collaborated on the initiative. Children and adults who want to learn a snow sport or want to improve their skills are encouraged to take a lesson from a professional ski or snowboard instructor who is trained to teach proper technique. A listing of...

By Shan Ross MICK Jagger, who qualified for his OAP bus pass in July, spends months undergoing gruelling exercise regimes before strutting his stuff on his sell-out world tours. And now pensioners in a Highland village keen to emulate Jagger's Jumpin' Jack Flash athleticism can do so for free at Scotland's first playpark for senior citizens. The outdoor xerscape fitness suite in a playpark in Cromarty on the Black Isle contains equipment including a skiing machine, space walker, body...

By Howard Weiss-Tisman, Brattleboro Reformer, Vt. Jul. 29--BRATTLEBORO -- A proposed ban on water skiing on the Retreat Meadows will be the focus of a public hearing scheduled for tonight by the Vermont Water Resources Panel. The four-member panel, which considers changes to the state's rules on how public waters are managed, will hold the hearing at 7 p.m. in the multipurpose room at Brattleboro Area Middle School. Critics and supporters of the proposed rule will be allowed to submit...

By Ann Bryant What: Farmington Strawberry Festival When: Friday and Saturday Where: Broadway and Church Street Fruitful festival offers up a bit of something for all FARMINGTON - Strawberry Festival activities will spill over onto Church Street this weekend. "We've tried to bump it up this year and offer a little bit of everything for everybody," said Nichole Eustis of the Downtown Business and Professional Association, which sponsors the event. Friday's highlights include Art in the...

By Mike Gorrell, The Salt Lake Tribune Jun. 27--A grandiose plan is starting to take shape to turn the Idaho hillsides overlooking Bear Lake into a multibillion-dollar resort with ranches, condos, hotels, golf, skiing and sailing. Developers of Black Bear Resort formally unveiled their plans for the 2,200-acre mountain community Thursday at The Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City, just a week after commissioners in Bear Lake County, Idaho, signed off on the resort's conceptual master...

By Aimee BergNEW YORK (Reuters) - Last month, Tracie Sachs became the fastest American woman on skis.She broke the nine-year-old U.S. record, set by Carolyn Curl, on a course called "The Flying Kilometre" in Les Arcs, France. Sachs went at 238.570 kph, or 148.241 mph.Only two women in history have skied faster.Three days later, Sachs became the first woman to win four consecutive World Cup titles in speed skiing -- giving her one more crystal globe than American Alpine skier Bode...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Three members of the Mammoth Mountain ski patrol were killed on Thursday when the snow around a natural gas vent they were fencing off collapsed and sent the crew tumbling 21 feet into the opening. One member of the ski patrol survived the accident that occurred as the team was inspecting the mountain after heavy storms that have brought more than six feet of snow since the beginning of the month, the ski resort said in a statement. Mammoth officials said they...