RUSSIA Ski, Snow, Resorts News, May 03, 2012

Fire hits Moscow ski-jump Huffington Post The fire in the ski-jump's plastic covering was put out just before midnight, Russiannews agencies cited fire officials as saying. There was no immediate word on the extent of the damage. It was the second spectacular nighttime fire in the city in a ... See all stories on this topic »

Moscow Ski-Jump Fire Extinguished Huffington Post Olivier Rochon of Canada performs his jump during the men's aerials final FIS FreestyleSki World Cup in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, March 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel) MOSCOW -- A fire at a landmark ski-jump overlooking central Moscow has been ... See all stories on this topic »

Free Pussy Riot The Nation. (blog) ... on the eve of Russia's presidential election, it gave an impromptu performance of “Punk Prayer” on the pulpit of Christ the Savior Cathedral—Moscow's Russian Orthodox equivalent of St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. The performers wore ski ... See all stories on this topic » The Nation. (blog)

Russians try to ski over huge puddle CBC.ca Dozens of skiers and snowboarders clad in colourful costumes in Siberia, Russia, ended the season with a splash, attempting to glide over a huge puddle. Some were successful making it across the frigid water, but many were not. See all stories on this topic »

New Zealand World Cup events to give freeskiers first chance at Olympic ... SkiRacing.com ... Games in Sochi, Russia. Halfpipe skiers vying to take part in their sport's Olympic debut will have their first opportunity to qualify for the event at an International SkiFederation (FIS) World Cup contest at Cardrona Alpine Resort in Wanaka, ... See all stories on this topic »

Skier wants world to give MS the boot Salt Lake Tribune By Michael C. lewis Tom Wallisch does a lot of crazy stuff when he's strapped into hisski boots — sliding down rails, hurtling off massive jumps, dizzyingly spinning and flipping high in the air … and sometimes even landing backward. See all stories on this topic »

Heavenly Resort to Host World Cup Freestyle Events San Francisco Chronicle (blog) “Building on our heritage of freestyle skiing and competition that dates back to its roots in the 1970's, we're excited and honored to host the 2012-13 and 2013-14 US Freestyle Championships at Heavenly on Gunbarrel,” said Pete Sonntag, ... See all stories on this topic »

Before she became a national champion on the ski slopes, before she started ... Wilkes Barre Times-Leader ... at Wyoming Area High School became a US national champion by winning the gold medal in slalom at the Waterville Valley Resort in New Hampshire last year and was selected to the US ski team that will compete in the 2014 Paralympics in Sochi, Russia. See all stories on this topic »

Siberian Ski Season Comes to a Soggy End First Coast News Siberian skiers finish the season by staging a costumed alpine skiing event where the downhill course ends in a big puddle. http://www.firstcoastnews.com/video/1594195254001/1/Siberian-Ski-Season-Comes-to-a-Soggy-End ... See all stories on this topic »

Moscow Property Tycoon Rebuilds in Exile After Husband's Ouster BusinessWeek By Lyubov Pronina on April 27, 2012 Elena Baturina, for many years Russia's only known female billionaire, is prowling for real estate opportunities in Europe and the US as she seeks to expand her property empire in exile. Baturina, who began building ... See all stories on this topic »

Pen Hadow announces Arctic ski crossing ExplorersWeb He now has announced that he will be heading to the Arctic Ocean again in February 2013; this time to do a solo ski crossing, no resupplies and no kites, from the coast ofRussia to the coast of Canada via the Geographic North Pole. See all stories on this topic »

Para-snowboarding to make Paralympic debut at Sochi 2014 Games insideworldparasport "Snowboard is a fast paced and extremely exciting sport and we are delighted that it will form part of the alpine skiing programme at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games," he said. "I would like to thank Sochi 2014, NPC Russia, Russian Government, ... See all stories on this topic »

The 2013 and 2014 US Freestyle Championships are Coming to Heavenly and Lake Tahoe Ski Channel There's even more to love about Lake Tahoe with the announcement by the US Ski and Snowboard Association that it will once again hold its US Freestyle Championships in Heavenly for the next two seasons. The decision was made in part due the ... See all stories on this topic » Ski Channel

Inaugural Sports Journalists Forum A Success - Organizers RIA Novosti Potanin's role in securing the Olympics for Russia dates back to a 2003 ski trip to Austria he took with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the billionaire said. "We looked at each other and thought 'why can't we have a resort like this? See all stories on this topic »

Did You See That? SI.com ... the water in that there pool must have been cold. About 100 skiers and snowboarders took part in the fifth "Gornoluzhnik" amateur event at the Bobrovy Log resort nearRussia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk to mark the end of the ski season. See all stories on this topic »

Segal soars to defend world title Australian Jewish News JEWISH skiing sensation Anna Segal has won a second world championship event in as many years, winning gold in the Slopestyle finals at the 2012 AFP World Championships in Whistler, Canada. Segal put in a dazzling performance at the event to win with a ... See all stories on this topic » Australian Jewish News

9 million vertical feet in a season PlanetSKI.eu Charles Alexander is applying to the Guinness Book of Records and all of it has been logged on his video camera and the Epic Mix pass that he uses in the ski areas owned by Vail Resorts. The pass registers a skier as he gets on and off a lift and so is ... See all stories on this topic » PlanetSKI.eu

Baikal Paper Mill Asks Putin for Help in Debt Dispute RIA Novosti The employees at Russia's troubled Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill, located by the world's largest freshwater lake Baikal, have written to President-elect Vladimir Putin asking him to protect the plant from creditors, a spokesman for the mill told RIA ... See all stories on this topic »

Former prosecutor involved in gambling scandal faces no threats - official RAPSI MOSCOW, May 3 - RAPSI. Former Prosecutor General Alexander Ignatenko faces no threats in Russia, Vladimir Markin, the Investigative Committee's official representative, said on Thursday. Poland is considering Russia's request to extradite Ignatenko. See all stories on this topic »

Book: Home-made Europe, published by Fuel wallpaper.com 'I still keep it in case it comes in handy again,' she says A ski-bob made from bicycle frame, wood, skis and screws. Creator unknown, Aigen, Austria Folding school desk made by Vassily Tyrsyne, in Ilyinskaya, Moscow region, Russia, 2007. See all stories on this topic » wallpaper.com

Bode Miller Selects ICON LASIK for Vision Correction Surgery MarketWatch (press release) Millers rehab and training will be focused on preparing for and peaking at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Millers recovery is going well and he plans to be back on skis before the end of the summer. In addition to rehabbing his knee, ... See all stories on this topic »

India's Vikramaditya aircraft carrier prepares for sea trials Flightglobal Although the Indian navy says it has received all 16 RSK MiG-29K/KUBs - 12 single-seat fighters and four two-seat trainers - from a 2004 order, the trials will be carried out using Russian aircraft flown by Russian pilots. See all stories on this topic »

Dual-mode transport - the trend accelerates Gizmag As car ownership grows rapidly in China, India, Russia, South America and Asia in general, congestion grows too and parking in city centers becomes prohibitively expensive. Getting from A to B often involves mixing transportation modes, and a car will... See all stories on this topic »

Johnstone wins Australian snowsports award Ninemsn Ski and Snowboard Australia CEO, Michael Kennedy, said Johnstone remains one of Australia's genuine medal hopes at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. "The standard of competition in World Cup half pipe continues to rise every year, ... See all stories on this topic »

Best pictures from the past 24 hours Globe and Mail An Orthodox priest baptizes a family at Zaozyorny, Russia, on the church car of the Doctor Voino-Yasenecky Saint Luka train, which serves as a free diagnostic medical centre for distant settlements. Ground personnel assist International Space Station ... See all stories on this topic » Globe and Mail

Art for Art's Sake? Or To Protect Wealth? Barron's "Owners are hoping to cash in on the penchant of new, extraordinarily wealthy collectors from Russia, Asia and the Middle East for paying record prices for whatever strikes their fancy, adding that the market for "global icons" is driven by the new ... See all stories on this topic »

RAPALA'S INTERIM REPORT FOR JANUARY TO MARCH 2012: CHALLENGING WINTER IN ... Reuters Rapala is well equipped to exploit this position as it is having strong distribution companies in all main arctic markets: US, Canada, Russia, East European and Nordic countries, Japan and China. Implementation of the Group's strategy also continued by ... See all stories on this topic »

Laguna Hills girl was born to skate OCRegister She describes it as "hockey heaven" and is among a select group of 40 high school-aged girls who live in an old ski lodge at the academy. They live, eat and breathe hockey from September through March, but academics are also a priority. See all stories on this topic »

Journey of Discovery takes Land Rovers from Moscow to Beijing [Videos] Torque News ... awaiting 'Stans' was completed with a visit to the mighty statue of MotherRussia in Volgograd, which will soon be the subject of a major motion picture under its former name of “Stalingrad” where an immense battle for the city in WWII took place. See all stories on this topic » Torque News

Sweden: From cool city to ice kingdom Irish Independent From Kiruna we travelled on to Bjorkliden ski and mountain resort for a traditional evening of open fires, snow-mobile excursions in search of the perfect waffles and hot chocolate, followed by Northern Lights-gazing. We were blessed and got to see ... See all stories on this topic » Irish Independent

Land Rover completes 8000-mile Journey of Discovery from Birmingham to Beijing Autoblog (blog) The dunes of the Taklamakan Desert presented a playground of adventure with China's most adventurous off-road driving club before the Great Wall offered a clear path to follow all the way to Beijing, via China's biggest sand ski resort and a bizarre ... See all stories on this topic »

Making their marque: Fiat's Gianni Agnelli was powerful and stylish The National Inheriting Fiat from his grandfather in 1966 at the age of 41, he turned around its ailing fortunes to claim 20 per cent of European market share within three years before expanding into South America and Soviet Russiaand bringing Ferrari, ... See all stories on this topic » The National

The almanac UPI.com In 1952, a ski-modified US Air Force C-47 piloted by Lt. Col. Joseph O. Fletcher of Oklahoma and Lt. Col. William P. Benedict of California became the first aircraft to land at the North Pole. In 1960, "The Fantasticks" opened off-Broadway. See all stories on this topic »

Western Environmental Law Center brings 'Wild & Scenic Film Festival' to Taos Taosnews.com Fundraising activities may net ski passes, bed and breakfast stays, hot air balloon rides, restaurant gift certificates and more. Each show features a different selection of short environmental films. Among the many that will be shown here's a brief ... See all stories on this topic »

Parisian elite faces reckoning day National Business Review President Sarkozy may have put the lid on the financing of his apartment and luxury skiresorts in the Caucasus. Some shocks may be anticipated. My article in 2008 on the “new normal” was prescient in predicting the extreme difficulty of incumbents to ... See all stories on this topic »

Sochi Stamps Announced: "The XXII Olympic ... - The Ski Channel By The Ski Channel Tourism on Russia's Black Sea Coast”. Sochi Stamps. Posted By: The Ski Channel on April 28, 2012 1:20 am. Attention stamp collectors. The Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee has introduced the honorary stamp collection for the upcoming ... The Ski Channel

Moscow Ski-Jump Fire Extinguished « News of ... - Windows to Russia By admin Moscow Ski-Jump Fire Extinguished. Written By: admin - May• 03•12. Russia Ski Jump. MOSCOW — A fire at a landmark ski-jump overlooking central Moscow has been extinguished after lighting up the night sky for nearly an hour. News of Moscow...

Russians try to ski over huge puddle - World - CBC News Dozens of skiers and snowboarders clad in colourful costumes in Siberia, Russia , ended the season with a splash, attempting to glide over a huge puddle. www.cbc.ca/news/world/.../video-russia-puddle-jumping.html

Fire hits ski-jump that looms over central Moscow - South Florida ... MOSCOW (AP) — A fire at a landmark ski-jump overlooking central Moscow has been extinguished after lighting up the night sky for nearly an hour. www.sun-sentinel.com/.../sns-ap-eu-russia-ski-jump-fire,0,786...

Russian teenagers return from North Pole ski expedition: Voice of ... Russian teenagers return from North Pole ski expedition ... Russian IT giant Yandex looks to under-developed markets · CSTO Security Council holds meeting in ... english.ruvr.ru/rtvideo/2012/04/25/video_72864836.html

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