Helicopter Skiing , known more commonly known as heli-skiing is skiing in specially selected places far less effort and equipment needed for skiing in these areas. Access to these areas is not a lift, but a helicopter. What is unique heli-skiing? Heli-Skiing started way back in the 1960s and became increasingly popular with skiers. Heli-skiing [...]
The Summer Iowa Games has a reputation that goes along with Iowa summers in general: simmering hot days of soccer, track and baseball. But over at the Ames/ISU Ice Arena, cooler heads — and skates — prevail. Figure skating is indeed an Iowa Games summer event. Young girls sport pony tails and glittery skate costumes, [...]
Newmarket Huskies’ Rita Quibell scampered to gold in two events at the World Masters Track and Field Championships in Sacramento, capped by a win in the women’s 55-59 years 1,500 metres last Friday. Winner at 800 meters a few days earlier, she was nervous as heck. Still, the dual champion for her age group wonders [...]
Coming off a dramatic Stanley Cup Finals, in which a legendary team broke a lengthy title-less streak, the state of the NHL appears strong. Game 7 earned the highest ratings for a hockey game in 38 years. Furthermore, attendance remained solid, with 12 teams reporting 100% capacity for the entire season. With this success, free [...]
It is well over 30 degrees outside, but it dropped to 4 degrees below zero here in this ice climbing facility in Ui-dong, northern Seoul, just at the entrance of Bukhan mountain. The 20-meter wall is the tallest indoor ice climbing wall in the world, according to Guinness World Records. [Reporter : Song Ji-sun song@arirang.co.kr] [...]
