Sentences with phrase «many skiers»

Small plane transport can be of goods or people like hunters or skiers headed to remote territory, delivering goods or mail to islands, or even transporting freight internationally.

ROAM Robotics created a smart exoskeleton to give skiers and snowboarders strength on the slopes.

The only place the authors observed some benefits of vitamin C supplementation was in marathon runners, skiers, and soldiers on «subarctic exercise» — and even in those small populations, the observed effect was small.

Or maybe you saw the bird's - eye - view video of a seagull picking up a camera and making off with it (2.8 million views) or a skier touching off an avalanche in the Alps and flying away from it with a parachute (2.1 million views).

But the Duffs name means nothing to the veteran skier who crosses over into snowboarding, so Switch is trying to attract familiar names there, too.

On the other hand, a step - in system might attract more older people and women to snowboarding, especially from the ranks of experienced skiers, thus sending the sport's growth rate even higher.

As NerdWallet reports, two - time Olympic cross-country skier Sadie Bjornsen worked as a nanny early in her skiing career, and freestyle skier Jaelin Kauf has supplemented her income by cleaning houses and bussing restaurant tables.

Shannon Bahrke, Olympic American women's freestyle skier & author of «Mommy Why is Your Hair Pink?»

Access to the Sella Ronda ski circuit direct from the hotel's ski room makes it popular with skiers, while trails that start nearby attract hikers in the summer months.

The Cristal Palace is a solid choice for vacationing skiers, thanks to free shuttle service to the lifts, and an on - site spa.

Skiers, by contrast, have little interest in equipment that grips the snow.

And J.C. Penney gave a mom - friendly remix of the 1996 Blackstreet R&B hit «Go Diggity,» changing the lyrics to «Go Ligety,» — that would be 2006 gold medalist alpine skier Ted Ligety — to raise money for the U.S. Olympic Committee.

They're among 80 skiers, snowboarders, curlers and hockey players representing TeamUSA at the Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.

«If you have a dream and you're passionate about it then there's no reason why you shouldn't do it,» says the Olympic gold medalist, who has been dubbed the best slalom skier in the world.

It becomes much easier to exceed your goals when you're doing something that genuinely makes you happy, says skier Morgan Schild.

And while the locale's namesake now houses the Canadian Film Centre, residents prefer more active hobbies: 16.7 % are regular downhill skiers.

Residents of this locale have a habit of taking to the hills — fully 17.8 % of the areas inhabitants are downhill skiers.

There will always be people who doubt your abilities, says free - skier Aaron Blunck, 21.

Four - time U.S. Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn told CNBC she stands by her opinions despite the backlash she's endured from internet trolls over her negative comments about President Donald Trump.

Your end goal will seem less daunting if you focus on accomplishing smaller goals along the way, according to freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy, 26.

Give priority to the next hurdle or the next issue at hand and then slowly make your way to your final destination, says the skier.

If resorts no longer have the money to upgrade their lift capacity every year the way some people buy cars, they may have to improve the customer experience in other ways — for example, by limiting the number of tickets sold on any one day and steering more skiers to make mid-week reservations when the slopes are wide open.

It now had a lock hold on both Whistler and Blackcomb mountains, together the largest ski resort by every measure — skier visits, resort beds, lifts, terrain and vertical drop — outside of the Alps.

That's right, Olympic skier Mikaela Shiffrin doesn't like being compared to Lindsey Vonn.

Spring skiers have already dodged two of the priciest periods of the season — the December holidays, and Presidents Day weekend in February, Sherman said.

Those very expensive lifts, which reduced a skier's time spent waiting in line, drew patrons away from the neighbouring Whistler Mountain with its rickety lifts from the 1960s and»70s.

Are we as good as that other blonde skier?

Whistler was not just the preferred weekend retreat for Vancouverites, but also skiers and boarders from booming Seattle, who were willing to drive the five hours to take advantage of superlative skiing on a 60?

Park City was the host of the 2002 Winter Olympics, so you know that they offer top notch mountains for skiers and snowboarders.

«From a skier's perspective, this is just as good as it gets,» says Paul Norrie, president of Mica Heliskiing in Revelstoke, B.C., explaining the luxury ski tours he leads.

Freestyle skier Kenworthy also came out as gay in 2015.

Olympic Freestyle skier Kristi Leskinen prepares to test out the Bellyak, a new kind of «lay - on - top» kayak, and questions whether it can revolutionize the sport.

CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin reports on his conversation with Team Hungary skier Elizabeth Swaney who is making waves over her less - than - stellar performance in the halfpipe.

There are only two openly gay athletes on Team USA at this year's winter Olympics: figure skater Adam Rippon and freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy.

Hirscher remains the No. 1 - ranked alpine skier in the world after a dominant 2015 that saw him win his fifth World Cup title, with eight more victories and 10 other podium finishes, to go with his four world championships.

During the commercial, as a skier gets stopped on a chair lift, a young girl's kite gets caught in a tree and a surfer struggles to take off his wetsuit, Ford explains how «no one likes being stuck.»

They're also the most enthusiastic skiers of their wealthy Calgary peers, with nearly a third hitting the slopes come winter.

Cross a Kenyan marathoner, Jamaican sprinter and Finnish skier, and you get a data - based theory of elite athletes.

One thing to know: Already a gold - medal winner in 2010 and the most decorated female skier in World Cup wins, Vonn is on a hot streak as she heads to Pyeongchang.

She missed Sochi with an injury, so she'll be looking to make a comeback as one of the oldest female skiers in the games.

«There will be naysayers,» says Michelle Roark, a former Olympic freestyle skier.

Clustered around Kerrisdale Arena and Point Grey Secondary School, the residents here are craft beer enthusiasts (16 % of them drank one in the past month) and more than a fifth are downhill skiers.

According to Liftopia «s latest Best in Snow Awards, which incorporates feedback from thousands of skiers and snowboarders to determine the most popular ski resorts in North America, Magic Mountain is the number one ski resort in the country, taking home the title of «Overall Best in Snow.»

Now, the young skier doesn't have to make the huge culture shift.»

Skiers also invaded the halfpipe and terrain parks.

Not too long ago, with its look, feel and soundtrack (JP Auclair in Sherpas Cinemas» «All.I.Can»), it would be a snowboarder starring in the above video, not a skier.

While the «Life Elevated Skier» design features someone skiing down one of the state's famous slopes, the «Life Elevated Arches» version shows the Delicate Arch, an iconic natural formation at Arches National Park.

After a year, however, she discovered that the mechanized browsing system was undercutting one of her company's greatest potential assets: the image of SkiMall as the skier's genial friend and tour guide.

Used to be skiers looking to get away from tight slacks and neon would have to buy jackets and pants made by snowboard companies.

The most recent rulings from the IOC came at the end of December and banned 11 more athletes: Luge competitors Tatiana Ivanova and Albert Demchenko; speed skaters Ivan Skobrev and Artem Kuznetcov; cross-country skiers Nikita Kryukov, Alexander Bessmertnykh, and Natalia Matveeva; bobsledders Liudmila Udobkina and Maxim Belugin; and ice hockey players Tatiana Burina and Anna Shchukina.