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• n  narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow
• v  move along on skis
  We love to ski the Rockies
  My children don't ski

• Those who have heli-skied before would have you think that it's only for the likes of James Bond.
• In the Indian hill resort of Manali, Tibetan Peter Dorje runs an operation dedicated to the most implausible extreme sport in the world: yak skiing.
• Beirut may be seized by sectarian tensions, but you wouldn't know it riding the ski-lift at Lebanon's premier resort.

News & Articles

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• Utah ski resorts report bounce-back year
  SALT LAKE CITY - Utah ski resorts say the recently-completed season was a bounce-back year.
  June 12, 2013 - Provo Daily Herald
• Water-ski Tradition Passed Down at Tommy Bartlett Show; Four-Year-Old, Third-Generation Skier Takes a Turn
  Popular Wisconsin Dells water-ski show expands to a third generation as grandchildren of early Tommy Bartlett Show skiers begin to learn the sport. (PRWeb June 12, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/MackenzieMaySkiing/2013/prweb10825410.htm
  June 12, 2013 - PRWeb
• Ski area will stay closed a year longer
  A group of volunteers dedicated to reopening the Antelope Butte Ski Area believes it to take a year longer than first expected to get the ski area up and running
  June 11, 2013 - KOTA Rapid City

Quotes

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• Phil Jackson in Daily Press
  I remember him more than anything standing on some ski slope with snow falling around him and covering some downhill ski event somewhere in the world, whether it was the Olympics or not,Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson said from the NBA...
• Bode Miller in New York Times
  Talk about a hard challenge right there,Miller said. "If you ever tried to ski when you're wasted, it's not easy."
• Johnny Spillane in SkiRacing.com
  I had a good jump, put myself in a good position, and just went for it right from the start of the race and didn't worry about where other people were. I just tried to ski my own race,Spillane said. "It's been nice to just be consistent....