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PB Snowkiting As fun as skiing and snowboarding are, they can be rather limiting sports. Unless you live in the mountains or near big ski resorts, you probably don't have access to great skiing/riding, and unless you have a big vacation fund you may not be able to afford numerous trips to destination resorts. If this is the case, snow can be a gloomy annoyance and winter can be a long, cold, dull season. Luckily,...

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After a dreadfully slow start that left many snowboarders and skiers wondering if we'd even get a ski season this year, things have picked up out in the Rockies and western US. Utah has received some significant powder over the past week and some resorts in Colorado and California got bombed mercilessly. So if you were considering postponing that Christmas trip or alternately debating whether it was worth planning a late Rockies getaway, things are looking...

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Whether you're gearing up for the best winter ever, or shopping for the other powder addicts in your life, nothing makes for a cool purchase like new skiing gadgets and gear. Make life on the slopes a little more fun this season with any one of these technological marvels. Just imagine their face (or yours) when the wrapping paper is pulled off. Garmin Rino 530 HCx Information. Simply put, you need it. This is never...

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What's all this about getting big air at the X-Games? The real story is that the athletes are getting big, free houses and swanky accomodations (paid for by their sponsors, of course): "They are all trying to get the biggest, baddest, most outrageous houses they can get," said Tricia McIntyre, president of Aspen Luxury Rentals, which rented a pair of $19 million houses to two companies this X Games, charging $30,000 a night for one. One...

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This video would be funnier if I knew nobody was hurt! 

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"Mounting snowboard bindings on to your snowboard deck is very easy and a great way to understand how to adjust and tweak your own setup on or off the hill." [sic]

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Going into the winter season, I figure this is a good time to write a reminder of all the different things there are to do outdoors when the mercury plummets and the white stuff piles up. I know that when I was living in the Midwest, I would have days where I'd wake up, look outside, and think, "No way. I'm going to watch a movie and stay in my PJs all damn day, because...

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