The best snow-sports gear (Seattle Times)
Seattle Times gear reviewer looks at snow-sports gear for this winter.
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Scotts Valley woos helmet maker Giro (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
SCOTTS VALLEY -- Giro, an international company that makes protection gear for action sports enthusiasts, is looking to leave its longtime Santa Cruz headquarters and move into a new spot in Scotts Valley, bringing along about 125 employees.
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Snow making in high gear at Jiminy (Capital News 9)
Winter sports enthusiasts are clicking their ski boots in excitement for opening day at some local ski destinations. But how will the tough economy hurt the downhill ski industry this season? Our Ryan Burgess went to Jiminy Peak in Hancock to find out more.
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Sports gear stolen from disabled Ottawa athletes found in field (CBC)
A team of disabled athletes will get their stolen equipment back after it was been found in an Ottawa field.
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Sports Notes (St. Tammany News)
Mandeville Lightning tryouts The Mandeville Lightning, an 11-year old United States Specialty Sports Association travel baseball team, is holding open tryouts for the upcoming 2009 season on Nov. 22 and 23 at Harbor Field in Mandeville.
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Sonik Sports Sign up to Troutmasters (FISHINGmagic)
Over the last thirty years, the TroutMasters competition, run by Trout Fisherman magazine, has established an excellent name for itself amongst the thousands of fly fishermen that take part each year - so the chance to become headline sponsor and become involved with the event and the fly fishermen who compete made perfect sense to Sonik Sports.
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The Gear Junkie: Longboards catching on with adults (Billings Gazette)
The tang stench of tar is in my nose. The street ahead is fresh and featureless, a snaking stretch of smooth asphalt put down just days ago by a construction crew. I am surfing on land, the wheels and wide deck of a longboard swooping downhill, carvin ...
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The Week Ahead: Playoff action heating up (The Union)
Now that the regular seasons are a wrap, western Nevada County's prep sports scene kicks into high gear with the Sac-Joaquin Section playoffs.
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Thief steals specialized sports gear from disabled players (CBC via Yahoo! Canada News)
A team of disabled Ottawa athletes has lost its specialized equipment to a thief who broke into their coach's van.
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Physical Culture | Gear Test, Children's Exercise Products (New York Times)
Trina Edwards, a youth fitness expert, recruits 15 children between the ages of 3 and 7 to try four exercise products designed specifically for children.
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