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I just got a new puppy!!! Another red Siberian Husky, his name is AXL and he's 10 weeks! I flew him all the way from Missouri and it was worth it!! I thought it would be good to get a buddy for my other one Mika, but unfortunately she's pissed! Hopefully she'll come around and realize that it will be lots of fun when he gets bigger and faster!! Well i got my hands full now!!

Portland, ME - Maine's ski and snowboard resort industry set a new attendance record during the 2007-08 winter season. Ski Maine Association Executive Director, Greg Sweetser announced Tuesday that record snowfall helped boost Maine to new benchmark of 1.42 million skier visits.

Wanaka, New Zealand - The Lee family in the South Island's Cardrona Valley received approval today to build the first gondola in New Zealand to access a ski resort.

Perisher Valley (NSW), Australia - Perisher Blue reached a milestone this week with the first operation of the Australian ski and snowboard resort's new automated snowmaking system in Perisher Valley.

San Francisco, CA - Icer Air has announced a three-year extension of its partnership with auto insurer Esurance. Esurance has been a title sponsor of the urban big air ski and snowboard competition for the previous two years.

San Diego, CA - What might seem like another day in the sun to some is actually an intense week of training for the moguls skiers of the U.S. Freestyle Ski Team. The Team started its off-season strength and conditioning program on the beaches near the Olympic Training Center outside San Diego.

Saturday, May 3rd marked a momentous occasion for the Sandbox crew and for our new film, 'ALL DAY EVERYDAY'. We finally had our first bad ass helicopter shoot. The Whistler/Blackcomb marketing team, along with the park staff put together one of the best sunset film shoots ever done in Whistler. The jump was perfect and the riders had a lot of time to warm up and get it dialed while the sun dropped below the clouds. We called in the heli and got Clayton and Hockenstein suited up in their harnesses ready to hang out of the doorless chopper. Clayton had never even been in a helicopter before and now he was hanging out of one. By the time the riders, filmers and the pilot got their timing right, the sunset was perfect. The pressure was definitely on and everyone stepped up to the challenge. The pilot got the chopper really low and tight to the riders, Clayton's shots were smooth and the riders stomped 900's and 1080's as the sunset lit up the sky. After waiting anxiously through three days of bad weather and all the work and effort to build and maintain the jump, it all came together in a fast paced, two hour session of flying, filming and riding. Wish you could have been there to see and feel the energy of it all. Can't wait for everyone to see the shots in the new film. Special thanks to everyone who helped make this shoot such a huge success. 

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Riding BMX - A good action montage from the FUEL TV show Props.

San Francisco, CA - At the close of what has been a record-setting season for many ski resorts across the U.S., hundreds of ski area executives are scheduled to meet at the annual National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) National Convention and Tradeshow to examine and address leading industry issues. The annual convention, to be held at the Hilton San Francisco, May 28-31, features a host of educational sessions focusing on the growth of the sport, risk management and insurance issues, real estate, finance, marketing technology, customer relations, environmental issues and more. Preliminary national skier visitation figures will be announced during the convention.

Methven, New Zealand - New Zealand's Mt. Hutt ski area received approximately 10cm of snow across all trails on Sunday evening with the start of the ski and snowboard season just one month away.

Wanaka, New Zealand - New Zealand’s only ski-in/ski-out luxury apartments are open for business this winter at Snow Park NZ, offering guests the chance to ski or snowboard to their front door and enjoy the unique experience of waking up to the spectacular scenery of New Zealand's snow-capped Southern Alps.

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Newry, ME - Strong season pass sales, momentum brought by new ownership, a lengthy ski season, a snowy winter in New England’s urban corridor and continued snowmaking enhancements combined to make 2007-08 the busiest winter ever at Maine’s two largest ski resorts. The record seasons come during Sunday River and Sugarloaf's first year as a member of the Boyne Resorts family.

Whistler (BC), Canada - Eager to master the 2010 Olympic trails early on, the U.S. Cross Country Ski Team headed to Whistler for its summer training camp to get a feel for the terrain they will be competing on in less than two years.

McCall, ID - Brundage Mountain celebrated its latest closing day ever on Saturday, after abundant and consistent snowfall allowed the the Idaho ski and snowboard resort to extend its operations four weekends longer than originally scheduled.

Mt. Hood, OR - Oregon's Mt. Hood Meadows ski and snowboard resort ended its 2007-08 winter season on Sunday in the face of a warm weather forecast for the week ahead.