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• How Do Pro Skiers Make Money?

  20-06-2024 21:57 via powder.com
  
  We spoke with professionals Nick Goepper and Madison Ostergren about how they make money, where the money comes from, and everything else you've always been scared to ask. Enjoy!Are you self-sufficient from your professional skiing career or do you have outside income?Nick Goepper: "I am self sufficient from my professional skiing career. I have made enough money at different times to diversify some investments and benefit me for the long term."Madison Ostergren: "I am self sufficient from my pr
  
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• Too Much Snow Delays South American Ski Area Opening Dates

  20-06-2024 19:53 via powder.com
  
  Remember the 2022-2023 ski season in North America? Of course you do. The endless powder days, Mammoth Mountain's absurd late-season campaign—it's pretty impossible to forget. Now, South America is getting its own taste of what could become a mythically deep ski season.Skiers make fresh turns at Ski Portillo on June 18th, 2024.Photo: Ski PortilloPowderQuest, a guiding company that operates in South America, among other locales, reported yesterday that Ski Portillo, Chile, an
  
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• Shop Talk: Backpack Ski Carries

  20-06-2024 19:00 via powder.com
  
  Powder aims to feature only the best products and services.If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission.I’ll let you in on a little secret: I strongly dislike bootpacking. Sure, it’s a necessary evil to get to the goods, but I really prefer skinning, even if it’s steep or exposed. Perhaps it’s because even after 15 years of backcountry skiing, I still can’t seem to regulate my pace (and heart rate) while booting and I quickly devolve into a sw
  
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• From the Pipe to Motherhood and Back: Cassie Sharpe Isn't Done Yet

  20-06-2024 18:20 via powder.com
  
  Canadian freestyle skier Cassie Sharpe is an Olympic Gold Medalist in Superpipe, has won the Winter X Games in Superpipe--twice, and won Silver competing in women's halfpipe at the World Championships, twice. Recently, Sharpe gave birth to a baby girl named Lou. While starting a family usually means stopping virtually everything else in a person's life, it is the opposite for Sharpe. Bringing her daughter Lou along for the ride, Sharpe is traveling, training, and skiing harder than ever. We
  
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