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DATE: December 22nd   LOCATION: MRG, VT SideX
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DATE: Dec 21   SKIER: Jim Rose
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Grand Targhee Rondonnee Jan. 10-11th
Grand Targhee Resort will launch the 2009 National Ski Mountaineering Race Series with the two-day Grand Targhee Randonnee Race on Saturday, January 10 and Sunday, January 11, 2009

Grand Targhee Resort will launch the 2009 National Ski Mountaineering Race Series with the two-day Grand Targhee Randonnee Race on Saturday, January 10 and Sunday, January 11, 2009.

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All in a Name? K2 to Kill "Telemark" Brand
Mike Hattrup on the bus to Vallee Nevado to test K2's new Sidecountry line.

K2 Telemark is dead. After a decade leading the market, next year K2 will abandon the brand that first ushered fat skis into the freeheel movement. Its revolutionary binding-mount insert also will be gone.

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Black Listed - BD's New Telemark Binding on Hold
Black Diamond

It took Norwegian telemark binding manufacturer Rottefella a decade to get the revolutionary New Telemark Norm (NTN) to market. So, in the fall of 2006 when Black Diamond announced they'd come to the table with a revolutionary binding of their own by 2008, critics cawed.

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Hans Saari Fund Ski Exploration Grants Deadline
Hans Saari Memorial Fund

Bozeman, Montana - The Hans Saari Memorial Fund (HSMF), a Bozeman based nonprofit, reminds ski mountaineers that the deadline for submitting Ski Exploration Grant applications is March 1, 2009.

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3rd Annual Targhee Telemark Festival
3rd Annual Grand Targhee Telemark Festival

Black Diamond Equipment and Telemark Skier Magazine present our third annual Targhee Telemark Festival. With a strong legacy of a one day event stretching back 27 years, our expanded multi-day festival has pumped up the vibe volume - don't miss out!

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Backcountry Snowboarding with Crested Butte Mountain Guides
Crested Butte Mountain Guides

Having a backcountry guide that sees terrain from a snowboarder's perspective is key-and pretty rare. But Crested Butte, Colo. is a pretty unique spot, and a gateway to prime Rocky Mountain backcountry. It's the ideal place to work for Jayson Simon-Jones, owner of Crested Butte Mountain Guides.

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Rottefella to distribute NTN telemark binding through boot makers - SCARPA, Alpina and Garmont
Rotefella

Making it easier for retailers to purchase the NTN telemark binding/boot system, Rottefella AS, the leading manufacturer of bindings for Nordic skiing, will distribute its innovative NTN binding in North America through the three ski boot manufacturers/distributors who offer boots compatible with the NTN system.

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G3 Genuine Guide Gear Announces New Ski Program Partnership
Genuine Guide Gear

G3 Genuine Guide Gear is pleased today to announce our partnership with ski designer Francois Sylvain. Previously the lead designer of Line and Karhu skis, and most recently a consultant for K2, Francois comes to G3 with more than ten years of extensive ski design, construction, and manufacturing experience.

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ALL 2009 Backcountry Magazine Editors Choice Selections
2009 Backcountry Magazine Editor's Choice

Colorado to California, Massachusetts to Montana; more than 40 men and women testers from ten states converged on the slopes of Powder Mountain, Utah for Backcountry's biggest-and-best ski, boot, and binding test ever.

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