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If you asked me to describe my memory of ‘90s action movies in a single image, it would be this: our hero, wading through thigh-deep water, firing an endless barrage of bullets at whatever bad guy or monster happens to be offscreen. In my nostalgia-addled brain, it seems like every movie from that decade featured […]
REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach Ski jumpers hold their skies in a V shape to maximise air lift once they leave the take-off ramp. By remaining in the air for a longer period of time, skiers can improve their jump distances. Swedish jumper Jan Bokloev first introduced the V Style in 1985, but it wasn’t embraced by all […]
Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Coaches threw away skis after Wednesday’s practice runs at the Winter Olympics. Cold temperatures can cause snow crystals to form sharp edges and ruin the bottom of skis. Temperatures during the practice runs in the morning were in the single digits Fahrenheit. Six people were recently treated for hypothermia during a concert […]
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– Continuing with Nissan’s apparent mission to add tracks to an example of every vehicle it currently builds, the company would like to present you with a concept car based on the 370Z roadster and dubbed the 370Zki. If you looked at the photograph and pronounced it “370-Ski,” congratulations; you’ve won a dog that loves […]
Somehow we doubt Husky, Malamute, or Chinook dogs have anything to worry about, but apparently there are other animals more than happy to schlep a man or woman through the snow. And no, despite the time of the year, we aren’t talking about reindeer. Caught by a woman named Tara and uploaded to Facebook was […]
[unable to retrieve full-text content] This week: Team Canada has a shindig. Meanwhile, Dara Howell finds a way to ski with no snow. CBC | Sports News
Canadian Cassie Sharpe won gold in the World Cup women’s freestyle skiing halfpipe event on Tuesday in Tignes, France. Sharpe scored 90.80 at the season finale, with Japan’s Ayana Onozuka and France’s Marie Martinod rounding out the podium. Canada’s Cassie Sharpe celebrates her gold medal in Tignes, France0:36 The 24-year-old native of Comox, B.C. now owns two World Cup golds after […]
Today, PIQ — a company that makes an advanced sports tracker— announced that it’s taking its smart device ambitions even further, showing off prototypes of what it claims are the world’s first smart skis and kiteboard. While the current version of PIQ’s Robot tracker requires wearing the device separately, or manually mounting it to the […]
