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enter THE VOLUME - Monday 8 March 2010 JEREMY JONES - 60 DAYS TO SAVE OUR WINTER In an effort to raise awareness, 8-time Big Mountain Snowboarder of the Year Jeremy Jones recently took his passion for the slopes to a different kind of hill - Capitol Hill.
enter THE VOLUME - Thursday 4 March 2010 Dealing with unprepared backcountry skiers How do you feel when you're out in the backcountry and you see others without the right safety equipment? Here's Cody Townsend's advice to approach the situation.
enter THE VOLUME - Monday 1 March 2010 Games end on a high for Canada as Australia basks in success It ended with a ceremony inside BC Place Stadium but the ''excellent and friendly'' winter games of the 21st Olympiad had earlier reached a remarkable conclusion, just a couple of hundred metres away and barely 30 minutes beforehand.
enter THE VOLUME - Friday 26 February 2010 Ice Hockey: Canada beat US, capture third straight gold Vancouver (AFP) - Canada defeated United States 2-0 in Thursday's Vancouver Winter Olympics women's ice hockey gold medal final, giving the hosts their third consecutive crown.
enter THE VOLUME - Thursday 25 February 2010 Lydia Lassila wins aerials gold Australian Lydia Lassila won gold in a dramatic women's freestyle aerials final at the Vancouver Olympics today.
enter THE VOLUME - Tuesday 23 February 2010 Cross-Country Skiing: Germany claim women's team sprint title Germany claimed the women's cross country team sprint title on Monday with a battling performance as favourites Sweden took the silver while Russia claimed bronze at the Olympic Winter Games.
enter THE VOLUME - Monday 22 February 2010 Russian skaters continue to use controversial Aboriginal routine Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin are expected to skate to their controversial Australian Aboriginal-themed dance when they do their original routine at the Pacific Coliseum on Sunday afternoon.
enter THE VOLUME - Friday 19 February 2010 Aussie gold medal hope Torah Bright qualifies first Australia's Torah Bright has confirmed her favouritism for tonight's women's half pipe final by qualifying in first place this morning at Cypress Mountain.
enter THE VOLUME - Friday 19 February 2010 An Olympic Sized Rant I woke up this morning and heard my friend Chris Bachmann was escorted to the airport by the IOC for speaking out of line at the boardercross contest.
enter THE VOLUME - Friday 19 February 2010 Bright lights up halfpipe Vancouver (AFP) - Torah Bright won Australia's first gold of the Vancouver Games in women's halfpipe Thursday, ending long-standing US domination of the sport.
enter THE VOLUME - Thursday 18 February 2010 Treble Cone Season Pass price freeze for 2010 LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand, Treble Cone ski area today announced its early bird 2010 season passes prices will remain the same as 2009.
enter THE VOLUME - Wednesday 17 February 2010 Quotes: Who said what at Vancouver Olympic Winter Games "It is the fastest track in the world. It has the highest G-forces and it is really technical so I just had to make sure I've got it all right because I can be a bit of an airhead." - Australian skeleton entrant Melissa Hoar
enter THE VOLUME - Tuesday 16 February 2010 Win a 'flakin good snow package' The 'flakin good snow package' competition has now launched and you can read all about it on our website; www.japansnowreports.com/competition.
enter THE VOLUME - Monday 15 February 2010 Skiing left to Mother Nature's mercy: Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics An Olympic alpine skiing calendar affected by poor weather conditions might be a nightmare for race organisers but it certainly is not unheralded for a sport at the mercy of Mother Nature.
enter THE VOLUME - Sunday 14 February 2010 Lorraine Huber Blog: Podium @ Freeride World Tour At the start of the winter, I was lucky enough to receive a wildcard for the 2nd - of a total of 4 - Freeride World Tour women's stop, the SCOTT Big Mountain Fieberbrunn in Austria.
enter THE VOLUME - Sunday 14 February 2010 Wanaka to host 2010 FIS Junior World Championships Snow Sports New Zealand announced today that all three Wanaka-area ski fields will share the spotlight for this August's 2010 FIS Snowboard & Freestyle Junior World Championships.
enter THE VOLUME - Tuesday 9 February 2010 Boxing Kangaroo gets the okay from the IOC After a week of controversy, the IOC have agreed to let the Australian Boxing Kanagroo flag remain in the Vancouver Athletes' Village
enter THE VOLUME - Monday 8 February 2010 Ski instructor training industry receives trans-Tasman boost New Zealand's longest running independent ski instructor training programme, The Rookie Academy, has seen a 150% increase in Australian clients for the 2010.
enter THE VOLUME - Sunday 7 February 2010 International Olympians Sweep Podium at Canadian Open Halfpipe Finals Six Olympians from four countries swept the podium today during the halfpipe competition at the second annual Burton Canadian Open.
enter THE VOLUME - Wednesday 3 February 2010 Karina Hollekim back on skis In August 2006, during a demonstration skydive in Switzerland, Karina Hollekim's chute failed to open. She hit the ground at over 100 km/hour.