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Rigged Ode

Sometimes the best-laid-plans—like a powder-packed RV trip in the dead of winter—get a hard reality check. This is one of those times.

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Combining 10,000+ miles on the road and skiing from the high points of eleven western states, a new short film relives the journey through the American West.

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Kalen Thorien on the mechanics of life on the move.

Just a month after the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver have concluded, the country's best downhill skiers will be competing at Whiteface in the quest for the national title. From March 20-23, Whiteface Lake Placid, for the second time, will play host to the U.S. Alpine Championships, which will feature members of the United States Ski Team as well as the leading up-and-coming racers competing in slalom, giant slalom and super G. Athletes scheduled to appear include U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist Lindsey Vonn, U.S. Silver Medalist Julia Mancuso, U.S. Bronze Medalist Andrew Weibrecht and U.S. Olympians Ted Ligety and Steve Nyman among others.

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Ski Resort Life

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Denja Rand looks good—gorgeous—in ski boots and a bikini. You might think that’s enough to win the Local Lange Girl contest for 2010, but you’d be wrong. She finished with 63,395 “hot votes,” but it wasn’t enough to win the popular vote.So what makes Rand the perfect girl for Lange? Consider this: She’s been skiing since she was two years old, when her mother pushed her and her twin sister, Janne, down the driveway on skis. A former racer whose career was ended by injury, Rand currently teaches English and history and coaches teenagers at the National Sports Academy in Lake Placid, New York. Then there’s her pedigree—her father, Jay, was an Olympian in ski jumping and her mother, Gun, grew up in Norway ski racing. Rand is also comfortable in the public eye, riding shotgun in a firetruck during her boyfriend Andrew Weibrecht’s parade down Main Street of their hometown celebrating his bronze medal in the super G at the Vancouver Olympics.We caught up with Rand after a day of Nordic skiing.

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Spend your spring skiing at Schweitzer for only $99. Their Spring Fling Pass allows you to ski from March 15 until the end of the season. Plus you can use the $99 as a discount towards your 2010/2011 season pass. Find out more here.

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The best type of ski training is the kind you don’t know you’re doing. Like slacklining, which involves balancing on a tight, bouncy length of webbing (a slackline) stretched between two stationary objects (trees, rocks, truck bumpers). This one sets up in about two minutes, is fun at a backyard barbecue or campsite (especially after a few pops), and thoroughly works your balance system. [$80; gibbonslacklines.com]  —S.B.

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