Ski News from First Tracks!! Online Ski MagazineUp-to-the-minute ski and snowboard news from First Tracks!! Online Ski MagazineBear Valley Ski Area Selling Lift Chairs- July 7, 2006 Bear Valley, CA (Thursday, July 6, 2006) - Are you looking for a unique patio swing this summer Or a special welcome for guests at your ski chalet If so, Bear Valley Ski Area in California is selling a piece of its history...http://www.firsttracksonline.com/news/stories/115224038860256.shtm Heli Skiing Pioneer Hans Gmoser Dies in Cycling Accident- July 7, 2006 Banff (AB), Canada (Thursday, July 6, 2006) - Hans Gmoser, the founding father of helicopter skiing in the Canadian Rockies since founding Canadian Mountain Holidays (CMH) in 1957, died yesterday from injuries sustained in a fall Monday while cycling the 1A highway near its intersection with the Trans-Canada Highway in Lake Louise...http://www.firsttracksonline.com/news/stories/115223959276284.shtm Gay Ski Week to Boost New Zealand Tourism- July 7, 2006 Queenstown, New Zealand (Thursday, July 6, 2006) - The team at 42BELOW Gay Ski Week NZ have announced that Australia and the UK's largest gay lifestyle and online dating website Gaydar.com.au will take the role of presenting sponsor of the week-long festival, scheduled to take place in Queenstown September 2-9. Festival organizers will benefit from advertising on Gaydar's numerous websites...http://www.firsttracksonline.com/news/stories/115223875395174.shtm Bode Miller Non-Profit Raises $9500 for Adaptive Skiing Program- July 6, 2006 Bretton Woods, NH (Thursday, July 6, 2006) - At the BodeFest Ski and Golf Challenge 2006 at the Mount Washington Resort at Bretton Woods, past World Cup alpine skiing champion and U.S. Ski Team racer Bode Miller and Bretton Woods' BodeFest raised $9,500 at the annual event this past spring. All proceeds raised at the event benefiting Bode's own charity, The Turtle Ridge Foundation, were donated by Miller to the Bretton Woods Adaptive Program, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing...http://www.firsttracksonline.com/news/stories/115220928050643.shtm Alpine Canada Alpin Supports Plan to Save Alberta Ski Area- July 6, 2006 Banff (AB), Canada (Thursday, July 6, 2006) - Alpine Canada Alpin (ACA) announced today its full support for plans to keep alive the historic Mount Norquay ski area in Banff National Park...http://www.firsttracksonline.com/news/stories/115219966610558.shtm Mt. Ruapehu Prepares for Ski and Snowboard Mini X Games- July 6, 2006 Mt. Ruapehu, New Zealand (Thursday, July 6, 2006) - As up to half a meter of snow piled up on the slopes of Mt. Ruapehu today, officials at Whakapapa were preparing for The Fruit Hitz Mt. Ruapehu Mini X Games kick of at Whakapapa next week. Now in its sixth year, the Mini X Games are the biggest kids on snow freestyle ski and snowboard event in New Zealand...http://www.firsttracksonline.com/news/stories/115219381194176.shtm New CEO for Academy Snowboards Parent- July 6, 2006 San Diego, CA (Thursday, July 6, 2006) - Execute Sports, Inc., the parent company of Academy Snowboards, has added Todd Hahn to its roster as CEO. Hahn comes to Execute Sports from the Familie, a leading action sports agency owned by Wasserman Media...http://www.firsttracksonline.com/news/stories/115219278471709.shtm Ski Show Promoter Goes to the Mall- July 6, 2006 Waltham, MA (Thursday, July 6, 2006) - Two new mall Snowfests in New England and the New England Youth Sports Festival have been added to the ski and snowboard show calendar of popular BEWI Productions sports expos that has long included four well-established annual SnowSports Expos staged in exhibition halls in Denver, Portland (OR), Seattle and Boston...http://www.firsttracksonline.com/news/stories/115219337017767.shtm Snowboarder Named Top Colorado Ski Patroller- July 6, 2006 Steamboat Springs, CO (Thursday, July 6, 2006) - Dean "Cody" St. John was honored by Colorado Ski Country USA as it named the first snowboarder ever as "2005-2006 Colorado Ski Patroller of the Year" at its annual meeting in Steamboat Springs last month...http://www.firsttracksonline.com/news/stories/115219262961876.shtm Bode Races in Americas Cup- July 6, 2006 Valencia, Spain (Thursday, July 6, 2006) - American World Cup ski racing champion Bode Miller (Bretton Woods, NH) received a first hand look at the highest level of sailing last month as the former World Cup champion served as the "18th man" on the American crewed USA 87 in the 12th stop of the 32nd Americas Cup...http://www.firsttracksonline.com/news/stories/115219254161898.shtm |