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X Games in Tignes 2014 cancelled
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The ESPN has announced that the Winter X Games in Tignes has been cancelled. All other International X Games events have also been called off (including Foz do Iguacu, Brazil; Munich & Barcelona) with financial reasons being given the blame. The X Games have been held in Tignes since…
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Dates Announced for Burton European Open 2014
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Excitement is growing fast upon winter’s forthcoming arrival and preparations for the 2014 Burton European Open (BEO) are about to begin in LAAX, Switzerland. Scheduled for January 13-19, this season’s BEO will be the last relevant contest in Europe before the Winter Olympic Games, therefore the last chance for…
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Tune in to Watch the Burton High Fives
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TUNE IN:     Watch the Second Annual Burton High Fives snowboarding competition LIVE on www.burton.com/HighFives on Thursday 12th September WHAT:    The second annual Burton ‘High Fives’ presented by MINI snowboarding competition, is underway at Cardrona in Wanaka, New Zealand. A live webcast of the slopestyle and halfpipe competitions…
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Ride on Nelly!
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. This weekend we will be cycling a whooping 160km in loving memory of Nelson Pratt, pro snowboarder, friend and keen cyclist who tragically died last summer. MINT founder Tammy Esten willl be joining 500 other cyclists on this sellout, superb cycling sportive in the stunning Test Valley, near…
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New £200m Snow Dome for London’s Olympic Park
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A brand new giant ski & snowboard slope is to be built next to the London Olympic Park site in Stratford. The slope is expected to cover a massive 20,000 square metres and the longest run will be 300 metres. This will make it about double the size of other…
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Verbier Opens for Summer Skiing Weekend
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The Swiss ski resort of Verbier has announced that it will be opening this weekend for skiing & snowboarding following the exceptional snowfall last winter. Although summer has finally arrived in the alps, at altitude there are still large quantities of snow. The abundance of snow and a good…
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Avoriaz – Officially Highest Snowfall of the Alps
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. So we all know that last winter was an epic season for snowfall, not just in the Portes du Soleil, but all across the Alps. However, Avoriaz has now been officially named the snowiest Alpine resort in winter 2012-13 with a staggering 11.77 meters of snow at resort…
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New Flight Route Cambridge to Geneva
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Geneva-based Darwin Airline is to launch a new scheduled European flight route from the UK’s Cambridge Airport to Geneva. Starting from 2nd September 2013 the airline will be running 6 weekly flights between Cambridge and Geneva. Darwin Airline customers will be allowed 23kgs of complimentary hold baggage and lead-in fares…
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Fun day snowboard touring in Chamonix
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. Despite there being tons of snow on the slopes still, the lifts have now shut in the Portes du Soleil. So we just have to head elsewhere to carry on the shred! A few days ago we headed over to Chamonix to do a nice day tour over the…
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Shaun White wins X Games Superpipe Finals
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Shaun White is already one of the most decorated athletes in snowboarding history, and he’s still managing to make history. Last night he succeeded in taking his sixth X Games superpipe win in a row. It comes to no surprise that Shaun took home gold in the men’s Winter X…
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