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Winter X Games Europe

What is it? Freestyle ski/board event
Where is it? Tignes, France
When is it? March 10th-12th, 2010
So, the Winter X Games will finally land in Europe. It’s about time. But will the inaugural Winter X Games Europe be as good, if not better than, its transatlantic cousin? Of course it will be, so you better be there.

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British Snowboard Association Reborn, Blames Alpine Skiing for Demise of Snowsport GB

Following the news that Britain’s governing body of snow sports, Snowsport GB, has gone into administration, the British Snowboard Association (BSA) has announced it will retake control of snowboarding in the UK.

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Snowsport GB goes into administration

After many months of publicised financial difficulties, the British Ski and Snowboard Federation trading as Snowsport GB announced today that it had gone into administration.
With the Olympics just a week away, Snowsport GB stated that this would not affect Team GB’s 14 ski and snowboard athletes.

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Build your own Viking

This is the 17th annual Shapes in White contest is underway at Ischgl in Austria, this year’s theme being the mainland Euro-favourite Vickie the Viking and her friends and enemies.
Ten pairs of skilled sculptors from all over the world took on the mighty task of crafting the cartoon characters from [...]

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The Griz comes to Fernie

Griz the legendary Fernie giant is due to make an appearance at the resort in British Columbia shortly.
The giant cut-out of The Griz, complete with hole in face for photo taking,  just arrived at the resort so should be installed soon.

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This week’s poll – Which of these après ski bar names is the most goofy?

We’ve all seen them. Après ski bars with cheesy names that sound like the front page headlines from the Sun. Which of these do you think is the goofiest? You can also make your own suggestion in the comment box. Maybe it’s a bar you’ve been to or you thought up the name yourself. Let [...]

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