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FREESTYLE WORLD CUP AT LAKE PLACID
American skiers Hannah Kearney (Norwich, Vt.) and Ashley Caldwell (Hamilton, Va.) will try to defend their World Cup crowns when the FIS Freestyle World Cup returns to Lake Placid, N.Y. and Whiteface Mountain, in Wilmington, N.Y., Jan. 19-21. Come to Whiteface and watch the event with me. Action begins Thursday, Jan. 19, at Whiteface, when Kearney begins defense of her moguls' World Cup crown and France's Guilbault Colas tries to hold off a deep men's field and capture his second World Cup win on the mountain's Wilderness Trail. Competition on 240-meter long course begins at 9:15 a.m. with the women's qualifications, followed by the men's qualifications at 11:35 a.m. MORE

GREEK PEAK 2011 - 2012 EVENTS SCHEDULE
December 10 ACME Mystery Dinner, December 17 Media Appreciation Day, December 24 Ski Free Day, December 31 New Year's Eve Celebration, January 1 - 31 Learn a Snowsport Month, January 15 Team Nastar Warm-Up Race January 20 Rail Jam, January 22 Christy's Race JIV & JV & JVI, January 25 Wednesday Night Racing-Qualifying Night, January 28 J3 Cup West GS, January 29 Masters GS Race, January 29 Team Nastar Race # 1, January 30 PSIA/AASI: Snowboard AASI Level I Exam - 9 am, January 30 PSIA/AASI: Snowboard Intro to Trees - 9 am, January 31 MORE

WINTER GATORADE FREE FLOW TOUR FINALISTS
Opening the 2012 season with over 100 competitors, the Gatorade Free Flow Tour returned to Vail Ski Resort for slopestyle and superpipe contests this past weekend. Locking their spot on the Finals roster early in the season, Vail snowboarders Tyler MacRae and Brooke Voigt were joined by freeskier Taylor King atop the slopestyle podiums MORE

U.S. ALPINE TEAM NEWS
Vonn Now Third for All-Time Wins - Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) dominated the Cortina super G to notch the 47th Audi FIS Alpine World Cup win of her career and launch ahead of Austrian great Renate Goetschl to stand alone at third on the women's all-time win list. MORE

RED RIVER SKI AREA EVENTS CALENDAR
Martin Luther King, Jr. Weekend - Jan 14, 2012 to Jan 15, 2012 A Red River Tradition. Rail Jam will start at 5:30pm at the Lift House Bar and Grill then join us for the torch light parade and fireworks at 7:00pm. Red River Winter Carnival - Jan 14, 2012 to Jan 15, 2012 Reintroducing a classic Red River event! Home School Week - Jan 16, 2012 to Jan 22, 2012
Huge Deals for Home School students and their MORE

ASPEN - SNOWMASS 2011/2012 EVENTS CALENDAR
Wintersk÷l(tm), Aspen/Snowmass, Jan. 12 - 15 Men's Health Village at Wintersk÷l(tm), Aspen Mountain, Jan. 12 - 15, Aspen Gay Ski Week, Aspen/Snowmass, Jan. 15 - 22, Winter X Games 16, Buttermilk, Jan. 26 - 29, Bud Light Hi-Fi Concert Series, Aspen Mountain, Jan. 28 MORE

LOVELAND 2012 EVENT CALENDAR
Saturday 28th - Family Race Day -Visit Loveland as we host another free Family Race Day. The race will take place on Firecut off Chair 2 from 10am - 2pm and will be open to skiers and snowboards of all ages and abilities. Come out and race each other for bragging rights and medals for 1st, 2nd and 3rd fastest time in many different age categories. The race is free and open to everyone. Just sign up the morning of on the Basin Patio or at the top of the course. MORE

U.S. FREESKIING TEAM NEWS
Alpe d'Huez Skiercross Brings Sunny Skies and Great Competition - Joe Swensson (Niantic, CT) continued on his ski cross tear finishing 12th at the third stop of the ski cross World Cup tour in Alpe d Huez. John Teller (Mammoth Mountain, CA) finished just behind in 13th after qualifying fifth. The tour moves to Les Contamines, France this weekend, Jan. 14-15. MORE

LAIVISTO 1ST AT RED BULL OPEN!
In his third appearance at the event, Finnish rider Juuso Laivisto today claimed his second first-place finish at China's TTR 5Star 10th Red Bull Nanshan Open. "It's been awesome to see how the event has grown the last few years, and to see such legends in the judging booth made it extra special to win here today!" Juuso said as he celebrated his win. With the aforementioned judges including Michi Albin, Ingemar Bachman and Scotty Wittlake in charge of narrowing yesterday's 12 top-ranked riders down to four for the afternoon's Super Finals, the level of riding was significantly elevated from the qualification round as riders gave their all for promises of fame, glory and of course TTR points and prize money! MORE

U.S. FREESTYLE TEAM NEWS
Kearney's Year Long Win Streak at 10 - Olympic champion Hannah Kearney (Norwich, VT) captured her first victory at Mont Gabriel, extending her FIS Freestyle World Cup win streak to 10 consecutive. Jeremy Cota (Carrabassett Valley, ME) joined Kearney on the podium with a career best second behind winner Mikael Kingsbury of Canada.Action continues Sunday with the opening aerials event of the season before the World Cup swings to Lake Placid. Hannah Kearney won her third FIS Freestyle World Cup of the season, retaining her top overall ranking. MORE

SKI AREA NEWS
$29 Lift Tickets are "Popping Up" In Vt.
In an effort to show that winter has finally "popped" in Vermont, Bolton Valley, big mountain skiing and riding packed with value just 30 minutes from Burlington, will be selling through this Friday at four Vermont ski and snowboard shops, a limited number of $29 lift tickets valid during the 2011-2012 season. Only 250 tickets will be sold at the South Burlington, Burlington, Montpelier, and Richmond shops, and there is a limit of two tickets per customer. MORE
SNOW SNAKE WINTER SCHEDULE
Hawaiian Night, January 21st - Wear something that takes us to the tropics and get entered in a drawing to win a free twin zip ride! Winner announced at the end of the evening. Jan. 22 Free Lesson Sunday
Sundays throughout the month of January, Snow Snake will be offering a free, one hour, beginner group lesson at 1:00 p.m. This is a great event to bring a friend that's been wanting to learn. Ages 8 and above welcome. All you need is a lift ticket and proper equipment, and we'll provide the instruction! Call 989.539.6583 to sign up. Jan. 24 High School Jamboree Race, Jan. 26 MORE

U.S. SNOWBOARD TEAM NEWS
Rookie Ben Ferguson Brings Home Gold At Innsbruck - The 2012 Winter Youth Olympics Games saw three medals for the USA including two for snowboarding. Ben Ferguson (Bend, OR) of the U.S. Snowboarding Rookie Team, took the gold in halfpipe snowboarding with a huge MORE

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