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Skiing in Finland - Five Good Reasons NOT to Ski in Finland
2007-12-06 10:00:00 Recently ago I wrote five good reasons to ski in Finland . Today I tell you five good reasons NOT to ski in Finland. It is nice to live in here and we have pretty good ski resorts here in Finland, but there are also good reasons to go skiing abroad. Finland is a nice country ... More About: Reasons , Good , Skiing
Jon Olsson Videoblog Post 18 - Jon Olsson Trying to Make It to 2014 Olympic
2007-12-05 14:39:00 Marko did a review about some of the best ski blogs online a few weeks ago. I would like to add Jon Olssson’s videoblog to the list. Jon Olsson posts clips to his blog during his skiing season. Here is a pretty good interview about Jon’s view to videoblogging and his skiing career in general. What ... More About: News , Olympic , Post , Make , Videoblog
Skiing in Finland - Five Good Reasons to Ski in Finland
2007-12-04 13:49:00 Yesterday I discussed about the top five ski resorts in Finland . As I said yesterday, there are few good ski resorts in Finland providing family skiing, backcountries, pretty active nightlife as well as some new-school type of skiing facilities. I recommended spending your next skiing holidays in Finland, but I did not say why. In ... More About: Reasons , Good , Skiing
Why Not Skiing in Finland? - Five Best Ski Resorts in Finland
2007-12-04 00:30:00 I have a question for you. Have you ever considered skiing in Finland ? Let me guess, you have not. That would not be surprising because skiing in Finland cannot much compete with skiing in Norway and in the Alps. Anyhow, there is some good skiing in Finland, even though our “mountains” are tiny and choices ... More About: Resorts , Skiing , Ski Resorts
Quick News From Alpine Skiing World Cup - Aksel Lund Svindal Still in ICU
2007-12-02 21:27:00 I am sitting here at home and watching men’s giant slalom from Beaver Creek. Finnish Markus Sandell took just the first position. There is a very nice weather in Beaver Creek. Man, I wish I was there. No, I am not there skiing in Beaver Creek. I am here in Finland, watching the melting snow ... More About: News , World Cup , World , Quick , Skiing
November Poll Results
2007-12-02 00:46:00 November poll is now closed and the results are here. The question in November was “Alpine Skiing Champion 2008 Will Be..”. There were only four votes, so probably this poll was not too interesting. Those four were given to Svindal, Ligety and someone else. Two of the votes were given to Aksel Lund Svindal, who ... More About: Results , Poll , November
Alpine Skiing World Cup in Beaver Creek and Lake Louise in This Weekend
2007-12-02 00:30:00 Austrian Michael Walchhofer took the gold medal in men’s downhill in Beaver Creek. Walchhofer took his 12th World Cup victory with time 1.13,74. Second was Steven Nyman who had difficulties to keep control after 70 meters jump. Aksel Lund Svindal crashed in this same spot in training. It seems that Svindal will not continue this ... More About: Weekend , Louise , Skiing
Learn To Ski - Skiing Beginners Tips, Part I
2007-11-30 23:15:00 Finally the temperature went below zero here in Finland! It is winter now. It is really weird that there has been snow in Europe for weeks already, but nothing here in Nordic countries (remember our news of cancelling Levi alpine skiing race?). Anyhow, now the temperature is cold and soon we will receive masses of ... More About: Tips , Part , Learn , Skiing
Christmas Presents for Skiers - Top 9 Christmas Presents for a Skier
2007-11-29 15:36:00 As we all know, Christmas is coming again, and it is time to find presents for our kids, parents, friends, mates, etc. We gathered our top ten Christmas present ideas and decided to recommend them for our readers. This is a list of presents we would purchase as well, so we do not recommend anything ... More About: Presents , Resent
Why You Should Become a Snowboarder? - Three Good Reasons for Going Snowboa
2007-11-28 16:05:00 Janne wrote about his love to snowboarding in addition to skiing. As Janne said, we both go snowboarding and even telemark skiing in addition to ordinary skiing. In fact we cover all types of skiing related sports, even monoskiing that was popular in the 1980’s. It is also true that our boards are leftovers from ... More About: Reasons , Good , Goin
I?m a Skier - and I Love Snowboarding
2007-11-27 15:37:00 Both Marko and I own snowboards in addition to our (many) skis. Being the cheap bastards, both of our boards are some left overs from the Finnish snowboard pros we have known/contacted (through friends) over the years. We have not been even riding for ages. If there is time on snow to be had, ... More About: Love , Snowboarding
Alpine Skiing World Cup - Aksel Lund Svindal and Marlies Schild Winners in
2007-11-26 16:00:00 Norvegian Aksel Lund Svindal took the first position in men’s super-G alpine skiing race in Lake Louise in Canada. Svindal’s time in Sunday’s race was 1.29,19, while Austrian Benjamin Raich came 0,42 seconds behind. Third position was taken by Swiss Didier Cuche with time 1.29,79. This was the second victory for Svindal who now leads ... More About: World Cup , World , Winners , Skiing , Alpine
Learning to Ski - Few Good Tips for Beginners to Learn To Ski
2007-11-25 10:00:00 What would be the best way to learn to ski? Well, to ski. Just like in programming. You can read much from books and you should read, but becoming a really good programmer you need to program a lot. How is this related to skiing? Skiing is a hobby you learn by doing, but is ... More About: Tips , Learning , Good , Learn , Earning
Skiing in High Tatra Mountains in Slovakia - 5 Good Reasons to Ski in Jasna
2007-11-24 13:00:00 Skiing season has started all around Europe and North America and soon people go for skiing holidays. Where will you go? Are you going alone, or with dudes or with your family? Have you considered skiing in Europe? Figuring out the “best possible” ski resort for your needs is always some kind of a job. ... More About: Mountains , Reasons , High , Good , Slovakia
Skiing Blogs in Review - Top 3 Skiing Blogs in The Internet
2007-11-23 14:42:00 It is time to look at the status in the blogosphere. I am a blogger and I read a plenty of other blogs every single day. There are zillions of various blogs in the Internet , but not too many skiing blogs. Ok, not exactly. There are hundreds of skiing blogs, but most of them are ... More About: Review , Blogs , The Internet , Skiing
Ski Magazine Review - Top Five Skiing Magazines in Review
2007-11-22 14:35:00 There are many good ski magazines available for traditional on-piste skiers, backcountry skiers, Sunday skiers, racing tigers, freestyle skiers and even for those who run a ski resort. This article provides you a quick review of five top ski magazines. Notice that this is our opinion, not a generalized view to skiing magazines. If you ... More About: Magazine , Magazines , Review , Skiing , G Magazine
Cool Skiing Video Found by Ben Carr
2007-11-21 10:45:00 Ben Carr sent me email a while ago and gave some really good positive feedback of Homeboyski.Com. Thanks Ben, I really appreciate you took the time and sent me your feedback! Ben enjoyed my skibum articles, namely Life of a Skibum and Being a Skibum. Receiveing positive feedback motivates writing and helps to keep up our ... More About: Video , Cool , Skiing
Renting a Car at Geneva International Airport (GVA) or Taxi Transfer to Meg
2007-11-20 15:25:00 Today our guest blogger and friend, “Megeve Mike” Beaudet gives you the best tips in getting to Megeve skiing area from Geneva International Airport . Megeve is located in France, just like Serre Chevalier that was discussed in our previous resort review. Mike is an experienced skier and private instructor who holds Full Certification in Professional ... More About: Transfer , Renting
Bode Miller Wants Doping To Be Allowed
2007-11-19 14:46:00 According to Welt am Sonntag, the alpine ski star Bode Miller wants doping to be allowed. 30 years old American alpine skiing world champion (2005) says that there is no point to ban doping as long as we cannot identify all the doping users. According to Miller, doping tests have nothing to do with ... More About: News , Doping , Allo
Eric Pollard for President?
2007-11-19 09:00:00 Monday. If you’re having tough time at the office/work place, check these videos out… I did a review about the new ski film Idea few days ago…and when searching the trailer from the web I also bumbed into these clips of Eric Pollard . Hard to admit to idolize anyone at the age of 34 but this guy ... More About: President , Resident , Lard
Sunday Ski Movie Review - Ski Porn!
2007-11-18 13:00:00 Now, it is time to rock and roll! Ski Porn! is a skiig DVD that really got my attention. Just play the teaser below and you will understand. As all the skiing movies nowadays start with helicopter images, this one does not make a difference. Next my good old skiing hero Seth Morrison shows some ... More About: Movie , Movie Review , Review , Sunday
Ski Movie Review: ?Idea? by Poor Boyz Production and Erik Iberg
2007-11-17 07:00:00 Skiers with no poles, small label reggae/beats, no actual parts or names anywhere, smaller mountains, even skiing at the resort (vs. the usual heli footage), switch landings and take-offs anywhere, nice “normal” tree skiing, insane mt. Baker powder, a part including pro skiers snowboarding, very mellow editing… Idea by Erik Iberg and Poor Boyz Production is ... More About: Movie , Movie Review , Review
Where Would You Go Skiing In Europe? - 5 Resorts That Rock!
2007-11-16 12:31:00 Ski seasons are starting in US and Europe . Although Dave started it few weeks ago, some resorts are still not sure if there is snow enough. Here in Finland it has been rainy, but today get received the first snow. Anyhow, the fact is that the winter is almost here and the ski season is ... More About: Rock , Resorts , Skiing , Rope
Skibum?s World - To Work or Not To Work in a Ski Resort
2007-11-16 00:57:00 Yesterday I wrote about becoming a skibum and dedicating months for skiing, year after year. I would like to continue with this same topic, but this time the focus is in financing your skiing project. A while ago I read few skibum related threads in a skiing discussion forum. The topic was about working in ... More About: World , Work , Resort
Life of a Skibum - a Real-Life Story of Becoming a Skibum
2007-11-14 21:45:00 Glorious life, awesome powder skiing, living like a rock star. Great friendships, easy living, money and exposure. Travelling around the globe, dangerous moments, unexpected situations. Is that the life of a skibum? Well, some things might be true, some not. Let’s find out. This article talks about the life of skibums, those free radicals of ... More About: Life , Story , Real , Real Life
Vail Mountains Going To Open Soon But Still Waiting For Heavy Snow
2007-11-13 15:15:00 According to Vaildaily, the Vail Mountains will be opened on Friday, but they are still waiting for the big snow. We also opened the season here in Finland a couple of weeks ago by getting together in a expo, but as you probably have heard, we don’t have snow enough for one alpine skiing race. Jim ... More About: News , Open , Snow , Heavy
Awesome Heli-Skiing in Sweden with Arctic Elements
2007-11-12 10:00:00 I started skiing as s little kid, some 27 years ago. Since those days I have been skiing alot. I thought I knew pretty well what kind of skiing there is in France, Switzerland, Italy and Austria. May be yes, but there is one thing I never had a clue and it is pretty close ... More About: Sweden , Elements , Awesome , Arctic , Skiing
Marc Gini Won the Men?s World Cup Slalom Race in Reiteralm
2007-11-12 04:24:00 Swiss Marc Gini has taken the first position in World Cup slalom race in Reiteralm in Austria. Unexpected winner took the gold medal in Sunday’s windy and snowy race. This young (23 years) alpine skier was leading after the first run and kept the position until the end. Gini was 0:0.28 seconds faster than the ... More About: Race
Sunday Video - Patagonia: JD Hare, Dave Gauley Ski Waddington BC
2007-11-11 10:00:00 Glooooorious morning! We have no snow yet, but winter is coming to Finland. It comes always, we just need to wait a little longer than in the Alps. Isn’t it strange? Winter comes later to arctic circle than to the Alps? I find it strange but that’s how it is. Anyhow, one more month and ... More About: Video , Sunday , Patagonia , Dave
Marlies Schild Won the Ladies Alpine World Cup Slalom in Reiterlam
More articles from this author:2007-11-11 02:26:00 Austrian Marlies Schild, who dominated the cup in last year, took again the first position in Reiteralm. Even though she made a clear mistake in the second round, she was able to climb from third position to the first one. Second position was taken by Austrian Nicole Hosp, 0.06 seconds behind Schild. Italian Chiara ... More About: World Cup , World , Ladies , Alpine , Adie 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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