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Alpine Touring: Ski the Back Country
Ski touring, is also referred to as ski mountaineering, ski randonnée, and alpine touring (or AT). It's a form of backcountry skiing (off-piste skiing) involving trekking from place to place in the wilderness, that has parallels with hiking, backpacking and Alpine climbing or mountaineering.
You have skis that are similar to regular downhill skis, but the heels can detach, kind of like telemark skiing.
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Powderwh*re "Flakes" Gets You Psyched For Snow
I know it is still the middle of Fall, but here's a video that will make you wish it were Winter. Powderwh*re brings you their latest backcountry skiing video appropriately titled Flakes. Last Winter the production company filmed some of the best telemark skiers in the world, with the goal to "capture the joy and freedom that is powder skiing."
Skiing Defined
There are tons of ways to get from the top of a snowy mountain to the bottom. Here are all of the different types of skiing so you can get them straight, and know which one might be right for your personality.
Alpine or Downhill skiing: This requires you to take a chairlift to the top of the mountain, and then you ski down.
Shirtless Tony and Bikini Eva Know the Way to St. Tropez
Eva Longoria and Tony Parker took their romantic tour of Europe to the waters of St. Tropez for some yachting fun earlier this week. On Monday the couple cozied up behind their computers before slipping into their swimsuits and riding jet skis yesterday.
How to Avoid Gaining Weight While Dating
Being in a relationship is so exciting, but when you spend so much time together, your healthy lifestyle can fly out the window. You may even adopt some of your partner's unhealthy habits. That can add up to some extra pounds on the scale, so here are some tips to prevent weight gain while dating.
Coveted Crib: An Unconventional French Cottage
From the exterior, Gary and Samantha Peterson's Chamonix cottage, which was featured in Marie Claire Maison, is resolutely a traditional Alpine house. But push open its front door, and you'll be confronted with cheerfully decorated interiors bursting with acid colors, massively proportioned spaces, and walls dressed in white, throwing you into a ski vacation universe turned upside down. Despite the fact that all conventions have been thrown to the wind, and your average cottage kitsch is notably missing, the Petersons' cottage is a welcoming mountain escape, and certainly what I'd call a coveted crib.
Rihanna and Chris Jet Ski While Forever's Truth Comes Out
Rihanna and Chris Brown continued their tour of the Mid-Atlantic region over the weekend. After last week's trip to King's Dominion amusement park, the duo were jet skiing in Maryland on Saturday. Virgina native Chris's family was around for water fun, where Rihanna showed off that bikini body underneath her life vest.
Condensed Sugar: Celebrity Jet-Setters
Since our favorite celebrities were crisscrossing the country and the globe, there was a lot to keep track of this week. Here's what went down:
- Victoria Beckham and the rest of the Spice Girls kicked off their tour in Vancouver before heading to San Jose and back to LA. Plus we got to see her fab Elle photoshoot and she and David made Barbara Walters' most fascinating people list.
- Tom, Katie and Suri continued their worldy ways, with a stop in Milan, a ski weekend in Italy, and a quick trip to London before heading back to LA to see the Spice Girls.
- Keira Knightley, who is on the cover of next month's Interview magazine, arrived stateside to premiere Atonement in NYC before heading to LA for another screening.
- The Jolie-Pitts were back in New Orleans, where Brad debuted his Make it Right program's pink houses as Angelina and Maddox proudly watched.
- After celebrating Movies Rock in LA on Monday, Kate Hudson went east to NYC for a party with D&G and family time with Chris and Ryder.
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