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 SUBARU SQUAW USA FREESKIING OPEN: Garbiel And Saugstad Win
The second stop on the Subaru US Freeskiing Series commands the best freeskiers on the planet to chase the championship title.
 CRESTED BUTTE: Live To Tell
Finally, POWDER made it to the Butte. Since mid-December, the little town at the end of the road with the monolithic mountain rising up from the valley has received near record-breaking snowfall.
 URBAN FREESKI: Red Bull Playstreets, February 16 in Bad Gastein
The 2008 Red Bull Playstreets happens February 16th in Bad Gastein, Austria. Playstreets is a on-of-a-kind urban freeski competition sending competitors jibbing through the city off of lots of man-made and "natural" terrain.
 SUPERPIPE IN STYLE: Watching the Superpipe in the PacSun Lounge
POWDER Magazine teamed up with PacSun for a luxurious evening of watching the world’s best halfpipe skiers from the cozy confines of the PacSun Lounge at the base of the Superpipe in Aspen, Colorado.
 WASHINGTON: Heavy Snow and Avalanches Close Pass Roads
Ski areas in Western Washington strangely crossed their fingers in hope for a break from the weather that has discharged up to 8 feet of snow in five days. On Saturday, the Mount Baker, Stevens, and Snoqualmie Pass' were all closed due to avalanche danger forcing the closure of those three ski areas.
 CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN: "Get Here Now!"
Since the Cascades continue to receive storm after storm from North to South, we decided to head south to Crystal after skiing Snoqualmie Pass the day prior.
 ALPENTAL: Cascadian Dumpage On Snoqualmie Pass
I have never seen this much snow on the Pass and in the Cascades. Locals claim some runs have never been this filled in and showing imprudence to any responsibility as storm after consecutive storm forms a queue along the coast.
 ALYESKA RESORT: Jim Kennedy For President
The first and second days of February 2008 are now historical days at Alyeska Resort; and director of snow safety Jim Kennedy made it happen.
 WX SLOPESTYLE: Andreas Hatveit Wins 1st WX gold
On the only cloudy day at the 2008 Winter X Games, Norwegian Andreas Hatveit ignored the grey light and experienced the sunniest day of his life. The 21-year-old, who also won Best Jib at the Powder Video Awards the night prior, defeated New Zealand’s Jossi Wells on the last run of the Slopestyle contest.
 GOODBYE BILLY: SLC ski community mourns Poole
It was a nice get-together --in many ways everything that any of us could hope for when our time comes. A group of tight friends and family who see each other often but have too few excuses to gather like this, sharing beer and wine, hugs and tears, and stories of better times.
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