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Adaptive Ski and Snowboard Awareness Day this weekend

Community members of all abilities are invited to explore adaptive skiing and snowboarding as part of the annual Adaptive Ski and Snowboard Awareness Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 20 awt Eaglecrest...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2013-01-18/adaptive-ski-and-snowboard-awareness
Outdoors
Girdwood's Rosey Fletcher claims snowboarding bronze medal

...posted her first big-time Olympic result. "It's just snowboarding," the surprise American bronze medalist said Thursday after...podium in a discipline that combines American-invented snowboarding with old-style racing through gates. Because of that...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/022406/spo_20060224001.shtml
Sports
Alaskan Fletcher wins snowboarding event

...Rosey Fletcher of Girdwood and Mathieu Bozzetto of France won the women's and men's divisions of parallel slalom snowboarding events Sunday on the World Cup circuit. Fletcher was followed by Jana Sedova of Slovakia and Isabelle Blanc of France...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/010801/Spo_Fletcher.html
Sports
Two Alaskans carving into top U.S. snowboarding ranks

...said. "Really I don't think of snowboarding as training, which you have to do...skateboarding so his transition to snowboarding came easy. At about age 8, he saw...naturally. "He has had a love of snowboarding ever since he strapped one on," he...

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YAC funds teen activities

...youth to Eaglecrest in February for snowboarding, skiing and fireworks. "The Foundation...girl was able to take a lesson in snowboarding, and by the end of the day was having a great time snowboarding down the mountain," Brown said...

http://juneauempire.com/neighbors/2013-03-24/yac-funds-teen-activities
Neighbors
Sports Shorts

...captures 6th US Open halfpipe title VAIL, Colo. (AP) - Kelly Clark has won her sixth halfpipe title at the U.S. Open snowboarding championships on Saturday, the most in the history of the competition.Clark's electric opening run earned a score of...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-03-03/sports-shorts
Sports
Spring season ski passes now on sale

JUNEAU - For anyone looking to take advantage of spring skiing or snowboarding at Eaglecrest, now's the time. Sale prices for the spring season are now on sale at Juneau's local ski area and are effective...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/030510/out_571150647.shtml
Outdoors
Volunteers end search for missing snowboarder

KETCHIKAN - Volunteers have suspended their search for a 35-year-old man missing on a snowboarding trip outside Ketchikan. Michael Madden has been missing since March 12. The Ketchikan Daily News reports he was reported overdue...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/032411/sta_804504359.shtml
News
'Senior's Edge' offered for alpine skiers or boarders

JUNEAU - The Eaglecrest Snowsports School is offering instruction in either alpine skiing or snowboarding for those 50 and over from 12:30-3:30 p.m. today at Eaglecrest Ski Area. The program runs every Friday afternoon during...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/012111/out_773778702.shtml
Outdoors
Hitting the slopes

...Financial and Logan Tax Practice, Bigs and Littles from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Alaska took in lessons, skiing and snowboarding March 19 at Eaglecrest Ski Area. Seventeen Big-Little pairs took part. Pictured above are, from left to right, Mark...

http://juneauempire.com/neighbors/2011-04-23/hitting-slopes
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