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• Finnish Guy Attempts To Kickflip In Ski Boots

  29-06-2023 23:25 via powder.com
  
  Ski boots don't make good skateboarding shoes. I'm not sure that statement needs further explanation. It's true. Did that stop Finnish skier and filmmaker Juho Kilkki from attempting a kickflip in ski boots? Nope.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Real Skifi (@realskifi)
  That's gotta be a no from me. Not the fact that Juho pulled it off; that's awesome. I'm talking about not trying this myself.I had a semi-brief skateboarding phase in my late teens and early twenties. During this phase,
  
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• Maine's Finest Athlete Thinks California Ski Resort Is Shipping In Snow From Antarctica

  29-06-2023 20:10 via powder.com
  
  You heard it here first, folks. Palisades Tahoe, California, is shipping in snow from Antarctica to remain open during the warmer months. Or, at least, internet and ski hill goofball Donny Pelletier -- Maine's finest athlete -- thinks that.Here's the East Coast legend giving a conditions report from the Alpine Side of Palisades Tahoe.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Palisades Tahoe (@palisadestahoe)
  Is Pelletier on to something with his Antarctica snow conspiracy at Palisades Tahoe? P
  
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• Apology Letter To Ski Shop Employee Proves There's Still Good In Humanity

  29-06-2023 19:37 via powder.com
  
  Reading the news on a daily basis can be depressing. Let me share a feel-good story to break up the monotony.The letter below was written to a ski shop from a customer who allegedly stole a pair of socks while he was trying on ski boots. The customer apologizes for his actions, and included $60 to reimburse the shop.Check it out:Letter shared to r/skiing by u/Cartman9110.I can't speak for everybody, but reading that letter made me feel that there's still plenty of good people left in this world.
  
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• Ski Utah Remembers Historic Winter '22-'23 With Goosebump-Inducing Video

  29-06-2023 18:47 via powder.com
  
  At this point, almost every skier in North America knows that Utah had a season for the books, so I'll keep the background here brief: due to frequent, snow-laden storms, several resorts throughout the state broke snowfall records. In short, Utah's 2022-2023 winter was historically deep.And this video, produced by created by @acpictures and uploaded by Ski Utah on Instagram, shows what a record-setting winter season looks like. Fair warning, if you didn't get to ski Utah this winter and easily g
  
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• Photographer Left In Awe As Humongous Hanging Alpine Glacier Collapses

  29-06-2023 18:29 via powder.com
  
  Photographer Juergen Merz captured the moment of a lifetime last week in Switzerland.Check out Merz's footage of a huge section of the Tschierva Glacier violently collapsing to the valley floor below:View this post on InstagramA post shared by Juergen Merz - Glacier Photo Artist (@glacionaut)
  Juergen Merz: "Yesterday I witnessed how a huge part of a hanging glacier of the Tschiervaglacier in Switzerland collapsed. While I was filming the leftovers from a smaller avalanche suddenly a huge piece b
  
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• Chinook Helicopter Delivers Ski Lift Towers To Colorado Resort

  29-06-2023 18:19 via powder.com
  
  Steamboat Resort, Colorado, alongside what seems like every other ski area in North America, is working on a new lift infrastructure.Watch as a Chinook helicopter delivers towers for the under-construction Wild Blue Gondola expansion.A Chinook helicopter will be active today working on installing the Wild Blue Gondola Towers. While in operation we will have to close a number of trails. 🚁For information on trail closures visit the Steamboat App and https://t.co/PtyOBLRx4n pic.twitter.com/
  
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• Keystone Opens Summer Snow Tubing Park

  29-06-2023 16:51 via powder.com
  
  Skiers are still enjoying summer sliding at places like Mammoth Mountain, CA and Timberline, OR. Now, a Colorado ski resort is joining in on the fun -- well, sort of.Keystone Resort has enough snow to open a summer snow tubing park. The park opens today (June 29th, 2023) and will remain open for as long as conditions allow.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Keystone Resort (@keystone_resort)
  Caption: "Winch Cats: groomers equipped with a winch system that are built to groom some of the
  
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• How To Ride Portillo, Chile's Iconic Slingshot Lifts

  29-06-2023 14:30 via powder.com
  
  Portillo, Chile, is known as a heavy-hitting South American ski resort. It's also talked about for another reason, though: it's weird-yet-iconic slingshot surface lifts.Watch this video to learn how to navigate Portillo's strange slingshot lift. Who knows, if you're lucky, you might find yourself down south making powder turns this summer.Y'know, I've never skied Portillo myself. I also, unfortunately, don't have an encyclopedic knowledge of ski lift technology. Therefore, possibly like you, I h
  
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• Austrian Instructor Loses His Cool On Reckless Skier

  29-06-2023 14:00 via powder.com
  
  Getting angry on the slopes at other skiers, for the most part, isn't justifiable. However, some unique cases call for outsized reactions to outsized stupidity.Watch as a frustrated Austrian ski instructor (understandably) blows a fuse after a reckless skier crashes into one of his pupils.This might be the most flagrant ski collision I've ever seen.Usually, there's a bit of a gray area. "Oh, well, they were both in the wrong," or, "The skier should've looked uphill before merging onto a new trai
  
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