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• Aleksander Aamodt Kilde Back in Hospital

  31-07-2024 23:20 via powder.com
  
  31-year-old Norweigian alpine ski racer Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, best known for his performances in Super-G and Downhill events, suffered a dislocated shoulder last January at the Lauberhorn races in Wengen. Kilde was airlifted off the site and is still dealing with the aftermath.Aleksander Amodt Kilde rests with fiancé and fellow ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin in the hospital. Photo shared to Instagram on July 30th, 2024.Instagram/@akildeThe ski racer reported feeling
  
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• Freeskiers Absent on ESPN's List of Greatest Olympic Athletes

  31-07-2024 23:07 via powder.com
  
  Earlier this week, ESPN ranked the top 25 Olympians of the 21st century, with two alpine skiers—Mikaela Shiffrin and Lindsey Vonn—making the list. Lindsey Vonn (left) and Mikaela Shiffrin (right) pose with medals at the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Finals on March 22, 2015 in Meribel, France. Shiffrin (97 wins) and Vonn (82 wins) have the most alpine World Cup wins in Women's history.Photo: Alexis Boichard/Agence Zoom/Getty ImagesShiffrin and Vonn ranked fi
  
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• Chance for La Niña During Winter '24/'25 is Weakening According to Canadian Model

  31-07-2024 19:12 via powder.com
  
  The talk of the summer has been the increasing likelihood of La Niña occurring during Winter '24/'25, but one forecast model is changing its tune.CanSIPS (Canadian Seasonal to Inter-annual Prediction System), which can also be used to forecast weather in the continental United States, is showing a decreasing chance of La Niña forming this winter. See below.La Niña is observed when Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Anomalies dip below -0.5 degrees celsius. The July 31st, 2024 for
  
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• Cold Smoke- A True Story About Love, Loss, and Skiing.

  31-07-2024 18:56 via powder.com
  
  By: Grayson ZulaufHoot and I grew up in a Colorado town so small that you can see all the way down Main Street. Anyone you needed could be found in the Lift 9 line. At the noon bell, our high school classes gave way to ski P.E. We’d throw our books into our lockers, put on our boots, grab our skis, and walk three blocks to the chairlift for the afternoon of "school." We were graded on attendance and attitude.Winter afternoons and weekends were spent hanging out on the lifts, grinning in th
  
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• Gerard Garcia Returns to Form With "Back At It"

  31-07-2024 16:30 via powder.com
  
  Freeskier Gerard Garcia is once again doing things on his own terms. For several years, an injury and a stint as a ski instructor prevented him from pushing his skiing. This winter, that changed, resulting in the recently released Back At It, which chronicles Garcia's return to form. Check it out below.The creation of Back At It isn’t Garcia’s only noteworthy accomplishment from this past ski season. In March, he attempted a triple before a crowd gathered at Whistler’s Peak Exp
  
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• I’m a Diehard Skier, but I Love Summer

  31-07-2024 16:22 via powder.com
  
  The doldrums. The dog days. The constant sunburns. The hazy, drawn-out evenings.Look: summer's great. Put me on a beach with a cold beverage, and I'm good. But as the warmer months progress, a certain itchiness creeps in. Those odd blasts of summer chill—when the temperature drops to 60 degrees inexplicably—start tasting like fall and the eventual return of winter. Summer isn't just about waiting for the snow to start again.Photo: Ian GreenwoodOccasionally, I'll wander
  
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