Skiing News February 2008

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THURSDAY, 28 FEBRUARY 2008
	SOS Outreach Celebrates Growth and Graduations
	Summit County, CO – SOS Outreach, formerly Snowboard Outreach Society, will celebrate the graduation of 99 Summit County participants this weekend. Participants are graduates of SOS’s introductory Learn to Ride curriculum. SOS Outreach is a not for profit organization that builds character and self-esteem in at-risk youth through snow sports. SOS expanded to include skiing during the 2007 Read Full Story
	Mt. Hood Skibowl Partners with SOS Outreach
	PORTLAND, OR – SOS Outreach, a non-profit organization that works to build character and self-esteem in at-risk and underprivileged youth through snow sports instruction and an associated curriculum, is pleased to announce a new partnership with Mt. Hood Skibowl. Skibowl joins Mt. Hood Meadows and Timberline as the third resort on Mt. Hood to donate lift tickets, equipment rentals, and snowboa Read Full Story
WEDNESDAY, 27 FEBRUARY 2008
	Ski Jumper Suspended for Breach of Team Rules
	Finland’s ski jumper Harri Olli was banned Tuesday for the rest of the season for breaching team rules and unsportsmanlike conduct at the ski flying world championships. According to the Finnish Skiing Association, Olli reportedly disappeared late last Friday and just turned up on Saturday, three hours before the second day of jumping at the worlds in Germany. The association also st Read Full Story
TUESDAY, 26 FEBRUARY 2008
	Skiing Community Laments Loss of Sports Writer
	Skiing journalist and anchor Paul Robbins passed away on February 23 at the age of 68. Robbins served as a primary writer of the U.S. Ski Team for more than 20 years and anchored CBS and NBC Olympic telecasts and the public address system at world-class races. Friends describe him as “the older guy with the bigger-than-life personality and the trademark Scottish tam perched jauntily on hi Read Full Story
MONDAY, 25 FEBRUARY 2008
	Loon Mountain Now Offers SkiGreen Tags
	SkiGreen Tags can be used by skiers and snowboarders who wish to actively show their support in reducing the associated environmental impacts of skiing and snowboarding. Initiating the said campaign in Eastern United States is the Loon Mountain ski resort in New Hampshire. Loon recently teamed up with the Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) in making SkiGreen Tags available to skiers and Read Full Story