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Winter Park Paralympian Mike Shea Looks Forward to the X Games
Mike Shea By Troy Hawks Only two weeks after hanging out and signing autographs at the Denver Ski and Snowboard Expo (Nov. 13-16), paralympic athlete and 2014 silver medalist Mike Shea won his first...
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In the Fall Line: Ski Racer Jamie Stanton’s Winning DNA
By Troy Hawks You would think that having a below-the-knee leg amputation at the age of six months would tend to slow you down. But Jamie Stanton, who was born with a growth deficiency of the fibula...
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Tough Be a Lady: Ski Racer Alana Nichols Defines Strength and Beauty
By Troy Hawks Alana Nichols, a six-time Paralympic medalist, likes to lighten the mood before a ski race. Early last March, while most Americans were sleeping, the 31-year-old two-sport phenom was...
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NSCD President Becky Zimmerman Sees Lives Changing Every Day
Q&A with Becky Zimmermann, President and CEO, National Sports Center for the Disabled By Troy Hawks Stories of perseverance, trauma, determination, struggle, disappointment, hard work, athletic...
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Confessions of a Bootfitter
Photo by Troy Hawks By Troy Hawks If you’re a skier on Colorado’s Front Range then you or someone you know has heard of Larry the boot-fitter. He’s a one-named legend that for the past 35 years has...
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Q&A with Andy Daly, a Ski Town Mayor
Andy Daly, Mayor of Vail by Troy Hawks The mayor of Vail is a closet ski bum. “Closet” that is, if his faint but ever-present goggle tan didn’t give him away. Andy Daly has held the office since 2011,...
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The Life of a Pond Skimmer
Photo by Tripp Fay, Copper Mountain Resort They are merely jesters in the court of ski. For one day each spring people laugh, and jeer, and cheer for them, but few truly understand. For they are the...
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Fun to the Power of Three: Perfecting the Ski Country Trifecta
Photo by Tripp Fay, Copper Mountain by Troy Hawks Ahhh…springtime in the Rockies! We love all the seasons here in Colorado Ski Country, but spring marks that special time of renewal, rebirth, and...
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Five Reasons to Book A Colorado Ski Vacation Early
Best Values on Lodging and Lift Tickets Rewards Those Who Plan Ahead By Troy Hawks It’s a common dilemma for vacationing families: Should they book their ski vacation early, or hold out with the hope...
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Sunlight MTN Elects Inaugural Mini-Mayor
Newly Formed Office Gives Voice to Previously Unrepresented Ski Group Officials at Sunlight Mountain Resort have named four-year-old Elijah Mattson of Glenwood Springs as the ski area’s first elected...
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