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Students Developing “Solar Powered” Clothing to Charge Electronics

by Outdoor Hub Reporters May 9, 2012
Solar-powered Clothing to Charge Electronics in Development

One of these days, the outdoors will no longer be disconnected from the digital and electronic world. Colorado State University is helping to bring the world one step closer to that future. Students from the university’s Department of Design and Merchandising are making solar powered clothing prototypes which could be worn while biking, snowboarding, skiing [...]

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Para-Snowboarders Compete for the Gold at 2014 Winter Olympics

by Outdoor Hub Reporters May 3, 2012
Para-Snowboarders Compete for the Gold at 2014 Winter Olympics

For the first time in the winter Olympics, para-snowboarding will be included as a medal event at the next Olympics in Sochi, Russia in 2014. Para-snowboarding used to be called “adaptive snowboarding,” which is a reference to the modifications within the sport that allow people with disabilities to participate in recreational and competitive snowboarding. Because [...]

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Vail Resorts Reports Ski Season Metrics

by Outdoor Hub May 2, 2012

Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:  MTN) today reported certain ski season metrics for the comparative periods from the beginning of the ski season through April 22, 2012, and for the prior year period from the beginning of the season through April 24, 2011.  The data mentioned in this release are interim period data, exclude Kirkwood, which was acquired on April [...]

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Bob Smith, Inventor of Fog-Free Ski Goggles, Dies

by Josh Wolfe May 1, 2012
Bob Smith, Inventor of Fog-Free Ski Goggles, Dies

Robert Earl “Bob” Smith, who in 1965 created one of the most invaluable components in the ski and snowboard world, died on April 18 at his home in La Quinta, California. He was 78. Dr. Smith’s design kick started Smith Optics, a leader in outdoor eyewear. According to Tag Kleiner, marketing director for Smith Optics, [...]

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Video: Camping, Climbing and BASE Jumping in Antarctica

by Outdoor Hub Reporters April 24, 2012
Camping, Climbing and Base-Jumping Antarctica (Video)

Watch four professional mountaineers from France spend two months in remote Antarctica skiing, BASE jumping, climbing, hiking and camping in freezing temperatures. Sam Beaugey, Manu Pellissier, Sébastien Collomb-Gros and Géraldine Fastnacht each bring their own unique backgrounds to the table: three are experienced BASE jumpers, two are mountain guides and one is a Himalayan climber. [...]

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Summer Avalanche Training in the Andes Backcountry

by Outdoor Hub April 19, 2012

North American skiers and snowboarders are flying south for the winter in Chile and Argentina to hone their backcountry skills during the summer months. PowderQuest’s David Owen says that, for many guests on their South American ski and snowboard trips, it is the first time they have had a real chance to get their teeth into avalanche [...]

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Breckenridge Ski Resort Open for Two More Weekends

by Outdoor Hub April 16, 2012

With over 17 inches of snow falling in Breckenridge over the past two days, Breckenridge Ski Resort is reminding skiers and riders the season isn’t over just yet.  The resort announced in March it is extending its ski season two additional weekends in April as a culmination of Breck’s 50 Wishes campaign.  The resort has [...]

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PowderQuest Announces New Ingrid Backstrom Signature Women’s Ski Camp in Chile This August

by Outdoor Hub Reporters April 10, 2012
PowderQuest Announces New Ingrid Backstrom Signature Women’s Ski Camp in Chile This August

PowderQuest, operators of guided ski and snowboard tours in South America for 14 years, partners with La Parva, Chile ski resort to offer the first ever Ingrid Backstrom signature camp for women. For those female skiers, advanced intermediate and higher, that are looking for a taste of endless winter, this freeride focused camp runs from August 3rd-10th [...]

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Awesome Skiing Footage Shot from Quadcopter

by Outdoor Hub Reporters April 9, 2012
Unique Snowsports Video Shot With Small Helicopter Camera

This video was filmed on Oregon’s Mt. Bachelor entirely with the XP2 Quadcopter and GoPro HD. If you’re interested in making your own video, prices  for the XP2 start at paltry $1299. If you don’t have that kind of pocket change laying around, just kick back and watch this:

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Zach Black Wins Breck’s Inaugural Rockstar Throwback Throwdown

by Outdoor Hub April 8, 2012
Zach Black Wins Breck’s Inaugural Rockstar Throwback Throwdown

 In 1984, Breck became Colorado’s first major resort to allow snowboarding, in 1985 Breck hosted the first ever Swatch World Snowboarding Championships, and today Breck paid homage to those historic events by hosting the inaugural Rockstar Throwback Throwdown, culminating 27 years of snowboarding history. Breckenridge team rider Zach Black was the overall men’s winner, and [...]

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Texas Pete Catches Big Air with Snowboarder Chas Guldemond

by Outdoor Hub April 5, 2012

Snowboarding will be a bit hotter during 2012. Chas Guldemond, one of the world’s top-ranked snowboarders, has signed on with Texas Pete to endorse the hot sauce on slopes around the world throughout 2012. Guldemond is enjoying a scorching 2011-2012 season: taking first place at the World Snowboard Championships in Oslo, Norway; first at the [...]

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No Walk in the Park: Video from the Sennheiser Backcountry PicNic

by Outdoor Hub Reporters April 5, 2012
No Walk in the Park: Insane Highlights from the Sennheiser Backcountry PicNic

When invitation to a freeride goes something like this, you know you are in a unique snowsports event. The Sennheiser freeride produced some awesome video and created a lot of buzz for a number of reasons. Not the least of which was this phrase, as coined by a blogger on UnofficialNetworks.com, “Pants optional, beacons mandatory.” [...]

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USASA Snowboard Championships Returns to Copper Mountain Colorado

by Outdoor Hub March 29, 2012
USASA Snowboard Championships Returns to Copper Mountain Colorado

The 2012 United States of America (USASA) snowboard association championships arrive in Copper Mountain Colorado March 31 – April 5, 2012. The annual event promises the very best amateur snowboarders in the country during competition that includes the Superpipe, Slopestyle, Boardercross, Slalom and Giant Slalom over the six days of competition. Although scarce, Copper Mountain lodging is [...]

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Innovative Snowboard Transforms Into Skis and Packs Survival Gear

by Outdoor Hub Reporters March 27, 2012
Snowboard Transforms Into Skis and Packs Survival Gear

The guys at Signal Snowboards are some of the most creative people in the business.  They are responsible the iShred, a snow board with a built-in MP3 player– for those of you who want to bring your iPod out on the slopes by can’t be bothered to put it into your pocket. Now they bring you [...]

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Amateur Snowboard Volcom Peanut Butter and Rail Jam Series Stops at Keystone Resort

by Outdoor Hub March 26, 2012

Each year hundreds of kids from all over Summit County and Colorado flock to Keystone Resort’s A51 Terrain Park to prove they have what it takes to be the next victor of the Volcom Peanut Butter and Rail Jam. The event aims to give something back to the future generation of kids who could become [...]

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H2O Guides Seeks to Change Heliskiing Perception, Gender Ratio

by Outdoor Hub March 19, 2012
H2o Guides Seeks to Change Heliskiing Perception, Gender Ratio

Dean Cummings H2O Guides, Alaska’s premier heliskiing operator, is testing the women’s market for remote wilderness ski adventure by giving outdoor, ski and adventure travel industry women a unique opportunity to ski on the record-breaking 900-inch snowpack in the Chugach Range surrounding Valdez. H2o Guides’ Wild Women’s Wilderness Heliski Adventure(AW-HA!) is a specially designed women’s-only [...]

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New Arachnid Event Will Feature Pro-Style, Dual Alpine Slalom Racing Apr. 6-7

by Outdoor Hub March 19, 2012

Inspired by the tale of American alpine ski racer Vladimir “Spider” Sabich and his reign of the former alpine skiing pro tour in the early 1970’s, General Manager Josh Boyd at Wildcat Mountain wants to help revive that spirit of alpine ski racing in the Mount Washington Valley with the Arachnid pro-style, dual slalom race [...]

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Catching the Last Run by the Last Light

by Outdoor Hub Reporters March 16, 2012
Catching the Last Run by the Last Light

Right at the inland edge of the Glacier Bay Wilderness and Park, three Patagonia skiers/snowboarders try to catch the last light of day, when the pink and yellow sunset washes over the crystal white of the mountain. Stephan Drake, Forrest Shearer, and Johan Jonsson took on untouched mountains in Haines, Alaska, climbing up the peaks [...]

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Breckenridge Grants 50th Wish, Extends Ski Season

by Outdoor Hub March 15, 2012

Breckenridge Ski Resort announced today it will extend its ski season two additional weekends in April as a culmination of its 50 Wishes campaign.  The resort has been granting wishes all season to celebrate the ski area’s 50th anniversary season, fulfilling experiences of a lifetime submitted by guests from around the world. “We had one [...]

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Keystone Resort Celebrates St. Patrick’s Day and Spring Skiing

by Outdoor Hub March 15, 2012

Keystone Resort, is celebrating spring skiing and St. Patrick’s Day with a weekend jam-packed with family events, live music, and great on-snow conditions. The final Kidtopia event of the season is the perfect Spring Break escape for families and kids of all ages. From the crazy antics of The Lost Circus to a mountaintop fireworks [...]

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