Ski News from First Tracks!! Online Ski MagazineUp-to-the-minute ski and snowboard news from First Tracks!! Online Ski MagazineNOTICE! Change in RSS feed URL- August 3, 2006 As part of our massive website upgrade and redesign, please be advised that this RSS feed URL has been discontinued. Please change the address in your RSS aggregator to continue to receive ski news from First Tracks!! Online Ski Magazine: http:www.FirstTracksOnline.combackend.php This is the last RSS item you will receive from this old feed. Thank you, The Management Team at First Tracks!! Online Ski Magazinehttp://www.firsttracksonline.com/ Bella Coola, Recco Partner for Heli-Skiing Giveaway- August 3, 2006 Bella Coola (BC), Canada (Thursday, August 3, 2006) - Big Mountain Heliskiing, Bella Coola Heli Sports (BCHS) newest tours, and Recco Locator Systems have partnered to give away a free five day heli-skiingheli-snowboarding trip for two...http://www.firsttracksonline.com/news/stories/115462724013854.shtm Snowshoe Replacing Widowmaker Ski Lift- August 3, 2006 Snowshoe, WV (Thursday, August 3, 2006) - Construction is underway this summer on Snowshoe Mountains new high-speed detachable quad lift that will service the ski and snowboard resort's Widowmaker slope system and adjoining trails for the 2006-2007 season...http://www.firsttracksonline.com/news/stories/115462632934948.shtm New COO Post for Canadian Ski Team- August 3, 2006 Calgary, Canada (Thursday, August 3, 2006) - Alpine Canada Alpin (ACA) has announced a restructuring of leadership positions to prepare the organization for the major events coming to Canada over the next four years, including additional World Cup ski races and the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. Part of that restructuring involves creation of a chief operating officer post for Canada's national governing body for alpine ski racing...http://www.firsttracksonline.com/news/stories/11546248984656.shtm Australian Ski Resort Deploys Wi-Fi Boundary to Boundary- August 3, 2006 Mt. Buller, Australia (Thursday, August 3, 2006) - Australia's Mt. Buller Alpine Ski Resort has retained the firm SnowSports Interactive to provide multimedia Internet access to all visitors and skiers. Resort visitors using PDAs, Wi-Fi enabled phones, or laptops will be able to access a whispar wireless mesh network from almost anywhere within the 650-acre ski and snowboard resort...http://www.firsttracksonline.com/news/stories/115462434947634.shtm Burton, Motorola Expand Audio-ready Snowboard Clothing Line- August 3, 2006 Burlington, VT (Thursday, August 3, 2006) - Motorola and Burton Snowboards have announced the expansion of their joint Audex wearable electronics collection. Available at select Burton Authorized Retailers this month, the new 2007 Audex collection blends technology and snowboard function, enabling wireless communication and music entertainment through features built into snowboarding jackets and helmets...http://www.firsttracksonline.com/news/stories/115462353649782.shtm Financial Results Positive for European Ski Resort Operator- August 3, 2006 Boulogne Billancourt, France (Thursday, August 3, 2006) - Compagnie des Alpes (CDA), the operator of ski and snowboard resorts and leisure parks across Western Europe, has announced its third quarter financial results for fiscal year 2005-06. At the end of the third quarter, consolidated sales for Compagnie des Alpes Group amounted to 329.5 million, or an increase of 15.4% on a real basis. On a like-for-like scope, sales grew by 5.1%...http://www.firsttracksonline.com/news/stories/115462289184224.shtm "Buy" a Chairlift Seat at Whaleback Mountain Ski Area- August 1, 2006 Enfield, NH - A year after former Olympic and World Cup mogul skier Evan Dybvig reopened New Hampshire's Whaleback Mountain, ski area officials have undertaken an effort to raise funds by "selling" chairlift seats...http://www.firsttracksonline.com/news/stories/115446178642513.shtm $2,000 Grant for Maine Handicapped Skiing- August 1, 2006 Ellsworth, ME (Tuesday, August 1, 2006) - Maine Handicapped Skiing (MHS) recently received a $2000 grant from the Western Mountains Fund of the Maine Community Foundation (MCF) to fund the development of a community outreach program to schools and civic, health and veterans groups on the importance of adaptive recreation for adults and children with physical disabilities...http://www.firsttracksonline.com/news/stories/115445052449325.shtm Michigan Ski Resort to be Auctioned- August 1, 2006 Gaylord, MI (Tuesday, August 1, 2006) - Keith Gornick, the second-generation owner of the Otsego Club Hotel & Resort, today announces his plans to retire by the end of 2006 and sell the Michigan ski, snowboard and golf resort, which was founded in 1939...http://www.firsttracksonline.com/news/stories/115444637088085.shtm |