December 2007
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR 12/25
THO OTHER PART OF LIFE
King Henry the Eighth died in 1547 at the ripe old age of 55. But that age is not considered old today. We have added nearly a third to the human life span since medieval days---but we have not accepted those extra years...
APOLO AND THE SHORT TRACK NATIONALS
It's a good thing that Apolo Ohno is cool. He's in a very strange position, but he's handling it amazingly well. He's also kicking butt...
TO WIN: BUILD YOUR ANAEROBIC ENDURANCE
Lance Armstrong once said of bike racing, "He who can stand the most pain, wins." But by training for anaerobic endurance, you can lower your pain threshold enough to keep going longer than the competition...
ONE DOWN, THREE TO GO
One of the last remaining resorts to ban snowboarding has caved. Taos will now allow riders. Still, three resorts remain holdouts. That's too many for Burton Snowboards, which is offering a $5,000 prize for a little civil disobedience...
THE DAY BODE HAD A SCREW LOOSE
He did the incredible, and all because of a loose screw. Bode Miller finished a World Cup slalom on one ski! Unfortunately, it didn't count. Meanwhile, Bode's new networking site, MySpace on skis, is a little slow out of the start...
ADVENTURE SPORTS by WINA STURGEON
Holcomb unbeatable in bobsled...Rohbock, not quite; but in skeleton, Uhlaender rules...Try a ballsy big mountain backcountry clinic or a women's only workshop, specialty clinics are special...This much money in curling?...Support the trooper...
HOW PHIL MAHRE TRAINS ON SNOW
Phil Mahre is training to qualify for the U. S. Alpine Nationals; where he will race against guys who weren't yet born when he won his Olympic medals. Mahre is 50. Every skier can learn from his on-snow workout...
SNOWBASIN PUTS IT ON
The Intermountain Masters season opener, two slaloms, was held in worse than marginal conditions. Yet Snowbasin put on a classic race. Here's why the 'Basin is the new race king...
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR 12/10
STOP BEING STUPID ABOUT GREEN
Al Gore's Nobel acceptance speech was great, but how about some details? For example, how does your heating bill stack up against a few energy-saving light bulbs?...
WORLD SNOWBOARD DAY
The press release proclaims World Snowboard Day is December 23, and says the 'day' has expanded to the U. S. from Europe. But it may just be yet another attempt by some would-be organizers to control the sport of snowboarding...
HOCKEY PLAYER'S WORKOUT
A former Calgary Flames player says every athlete could benefit from a hockey workout, because hockey uses every muscle in the body, plus it develops athletic quickness and endurance...
EVERYONE WANTS IN ON SKIER CROSS
The Ski Tour, a four-stop event with a big cash purse, has merged with Jeep King Of The Mountain. There are open qualifications in the first stop at Telluride. It could be the start of your trip to the Olympics as part of the U. S. team!...
ADVENTURE SPORTS by WINA STURGEON
Ski Racing Editor busted in pedophile sex sting...Bieler and McCartney star as supermodel athletes...Austrian Olympic Committee being investigated by the IOC...Roxy factory team does "Labor of Love"...Bode catching up with Phil Mahre...Call a friend from the top of Everest...
HOW TO TRAIN FOR A COMEBACK AT 50
Phil Mahre is training to qualify for the U. S. Nationals. He's 50. But he doesn't work out hard, he works out smart. Here's his routine...
SEMI-CELEBRITIES RACE AT DEER VALLEY
Deer Valley plans a festive opening Dec. 8, with the annual 'celebrity' ski race. You may not have heard of the TV or movie 'stars,' but the ski racers are legends...
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