Sep 30th, 2011 at 3:30PM: Swedish architects at the firm of CF Moller have unveiled plans for a massive indoor ski resort which, when built, will be the largest in the world. Dubbed Skipark 360°, the new resort would ensure plenty of powder, even in the worst of winters, and could enable year-round fun on the slopes.
Thanks to its main slope, which is 2300 feet in length and has a drop of 515 feet, Skipark 360° ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Sweden building world's largest indoor ski resort
Sep 30th, 2011 at 3:30PM: Swedish architects at the firm of CF Moller have unveiled plans for a massive indoor ski resort which, when built, will be the largest in the world. Dubbed Skipark 360°, the new resort would ensure plenty of powder, even in the worst of winters, and could enable year-round fun on the slopes.
Thanks to its main slope, which is 2300 feet in length and has a drop of 515 feet, Skipark 360° ...Video of the Day - Tarp surfing
Feb 1st, 2011 at 5:00PM:
Some surfers travel to the ends of the Earth in search of the perfect barrel. When the swell isn't picking up, others get creative and only have to go as far as their front yards. Today's Video of the Day from Kordoruy.tv is a look at a few groms from San Juan Capistrano, California that started the unique sport of "tarp surfing".
Avid surfers Dodge Wyrath and Wyatt Brady came up with ...
A Canadian in Beijing: Summer Ice Skating
Jun 3rd, 2007 at 5:47AM:
Here it is the heat of summer in Beijing and I found myself on ice skates last night. I looked down at the ice rolling under my skate blades in the "You Yi Shopping City" mall ice rink last night and I laughed out loud. I was wearing a light shirt and jeans and the sweat was dripping down my back. Ice skating in the summertime? I don't think this Canadian has ever been skating without mittens ...Skating in NYC
Dec 29th, 2006 at 9:41AM: It would not be a winter-time romantic comedy set in New York, if there was no ice-skating involved. Not sure why the idea of wearing a trendy hat and matching gloves while attempting to slide across a frozen body of water screams romance, but it is one of those things that filmmakers made into a NYC must-do.
While I don't know many New Yorkers who have actually skated any of those famous rinks, ...
