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<description><![CDATA[STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Shooting photos at the Peak Performance King of Style-an event comprised of maybe ten runs by each competitor over two hours slammed in the middle of four days and 11,000 miles of travel (for some of us)-means sometimes the details are lost to generalities.And the judges, hopefully, have been focused on the details. The results are below, but I can concur with their judgment by saying that Andreas Håtveit went bigger, grabbed harder, and stomped cleaner than anyone...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:12:30 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[In the sixth and final episode of Level 1 and ESPN Freeskiing's Making of Refresh series, Tanner Rainville, Arnaud Rougier, and Duncan Adams explore the vast, wintry expanse of Chamonix for some glacial gaps and wide open terrain. Enjoy!WATCH! The Making Of Refresh, Part 5: Chamonix.Check out the whole series at TheMakingOfRefresh.com &amp;raquo;&amp;laquo; Part 6, Colorado]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:20:33 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[120 inches in three days? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Whistler can stuff it. We'll see you all down here once the rain starts.I'm sorry I said that. I got a little hot under the collar for a second because Utah is jealous. And waiting.Impatiently.Utah Early Season Gallery by Erik Seo &amp;raquo;]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:10:47 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[All this snow in Whistler is sort of a drag. The end.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:39:15 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[One lingering question in the aftermath of an opening day like the one Mt. Baker, Wash., experienced on a glorious (last) Thursday, Nov. 12, is whether that's the best it's ever gonna get. It is one thing to rank days as All Time or Top 10, whatever, it's another to nail one legitimately, drink deep in it, snap a few pics, etc.-frickin' ski euphoria, right? Still it's another thing when all that sickness collides on an opening day like it did at Baker. Because, at the end of the day, the inner-ski-bum...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:10:48 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[In my recent interview with rapper Jarred "AllStar" Haynes, he describes a Level 1 v. WME diss track release on his new mixtape as "the most controversial song [he's] ever done." "My Level" by AllStarIt seems that somebody else thought so, too. Now several weeks after AllStar's release of "My Level," a rapper identified only by the handle Lil' Horsey has floated a response track titled "Off Warren." "Off Warren" by Lil' HorseyAllStar might have been the first to notice the track, given the speed...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:51:42 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[If the Tweetdecks are to be believed all the snow in the Pacific-Northwest is forcing Mike Douglas (@MikeDski) toward a fork in the road (will he take it?): To continue the top-secret (apart from tweets) big wave skiing project in Maui or return home to Whistler, which opened early, Saturday, and has something like 1,860 millimeters of base and counting."We are really hoping for one more day of wave skiing, but more and more my thoughts are turning to all that powder back in Whistler," MikeDski tweeted...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:36:46 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The AllStar Interview &amp;raquo;23-year-old Jarred "AllStar" Haynes hails from the town of Wyandanch in Long Island, NY. The aspiring hip-hop artist first appeared on skiers' radar screens after he composed an original hip song for an episode of Salomon Freeski TV. This year, a skiing-related mixtape complete with a controversial courtroom-inspired song has made AllStar into a significant musical figure throughout freestyle skiing.The AllStar Interview &amp;raquo;]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:52:05 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Riley Poor Interview &amp;raquo;In early 2007, Riley Poor and Simon Dumont made a decision to collaborate on a two-year video. Their project began as a documentary on the superlative and influential halfpipe skier. As work continued, Riley's vision expanded Transitions to encompass the development of not only one influential athlete, but also an entire sport. Transitions parallels the life of Simon Dumont with the last ten years of freestyle skiing's history, calling special attention to many of its...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:16:17 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[With Copper Mountain and Keystone opening last weekend, the final Summit County resort came online for the season this morning. Breckenridge locals and the early season pro crew alike showed up and, after filling bellies with free pancakes, the Park Lane triple jump line started going off. I'm sure there will be edits and maybe even an amateur full-length video or two by tonight. But tomorrow snow is in the forecast so hopefully we can get back to the business of winter. Video of the Breckenridge...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:03:58 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[(Ed's note: Read ESPN Freeskiing contributer Ingrid Backstrom's previous dispatch, from the New Zealand Heli Challenge, HERE &amp;#187;.)Traveling through China we encountered so many totally surreal things that by the end, I swear, it wouldn't have surprised me in the least if I'd bumped into a talking tiger. But I'm getting ahead of myself. We just got back, about three weeks ago-Jimmy Chin, Giulia Monego, Kasha Rigby and I-from a month-long expedition through The North Face.&amp;#187; Launch...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:13:19 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This episode contains a spot on Virginia's snowless skiing facility, Liberty Mountain. Normally, I'd link to an earlier relevant article here, but Liberty University requested that my superiors remove that particular article from the blog several weeks ago.This episode also contains some Montreal LARPers. We had a couple Idaho LARPers on the site several weeks ago. They didn't ask to be removed.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:21:10 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Editor's Note: You really should read this article first, in order to get a proper background on the current plight of snowboarders everywhere.Indentured servitude. Slavery. Internment. Racial and sexual disenfranchisement. Censorship. Class exploitation. Segregation. Like so many societies that came before, the United States of America has a history marred by human rights violations. However, what sets this land apart, what makes this nation so great, is our impulse to recognize such injustice -...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 9 Nov 2009 17:16:39 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA["After the first year, I knew I had to go back this year. And after this year, I've decided it's gotta be an annual trip."-Grant GundersonOxymoronical as it may be, diligent readers of ESPN Freeskiing already know that photographer Grant Gunderson was down in South America chasing the Southern Hemi winter for a month of August and September (see appendix below). Well, last Friday, Gunderson was back home in Bellingham, Wash., where since returning he'd helped crank out another issue of The Ski...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 9 Nov 2009 11:28:03 PST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This is a ski blog, right? Lots of people who ski also play soccer. And if they don't play soccer, they at least like the idea of soccer. Put your personal views on soccer, skiing, aside. This video transcends all that.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:49:10 PST</pubDate>
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