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Henniker, NH, April 23, 2012 - PATS PEAK in Henniker, NH will host the 11th Annual PATS PEAK Mountain Bike Festival the weekend of June 9 & 10, 2012. The weekend is presented by PATS PEAK along with S&W Sports, USA Cycling, Root 66 Northeast XC Race Series and the Eastern States Cup Downhill Race Series. Bicycle riders from all over New England come to PATS PEAK to participate in this exhilarating mountain bike weekend. The Mountain Bike Festival ...

Edison Awards honors companies and individuals for excellence in innovation NEW YORK - April 27, 2012 - Recon Instruments is proud to announce it has been named a 2012 Edison Award Winner for MOD Live, the world's first and only Heads-up Display (HUD) for alpine goggles. Named after Thomas Edison, an Edison Award is one of the highest accolades a company can receive in the name of innovation and business. "It is an honor to be recognized by such an estee...

GOLETA, Calif., April 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Fulfilling a lifelong dream, professional freeride mountain bike athlete, Paul Basagoitia can now add a natural terrain double backflip to his list of accomplishments. Taking place just outside Page, AZ, Paul has cemented himself in his...

CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine (April 30, 2012) - The Sugarloaf Golf Club announced today that Maine golf legend Abby Spector, a seven-time Maine Women's Amateur Golf Champion and a member of the Maine Golf Hall of Fame, will join the Club as Head Golf Professional. Spector will beco...

BROOMFIELD, Colo., May 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN) today reported certain ski season metrics for the comparative periods from the beginning of the ski season through April 22, 2012, and for the prior year period from the beginning of the season through April 24, 2011. The data mentioned in this release are interim period data, exclude Kirkwood, which was acquired on April 12, 2012, and are subject to fiscal quarter end review and...

Three remarkable snowsports instructors were honored with the PSIA-AASI Award for Educational Excellence at the PSIA National Academy this week in Snowbird, Utah. Dave Merriam , Linda Crockett and Katie Ertl received the very prestigious award, which recognizes those exceptional members who, over the years, have authored PSIA-AASI educational materials, and have contributed significantly to, and possibly even changed, the educational direction of PSIA-AAS...

Bartlett, NH - Alissa Whittle has been named the new General Manager of the Attitash Grand Summit Hotel & Conference Center. Whittle has previously served as the Attitash Grand Summit Hotel Lodging Controller for more than four years and she has over 15 years of resort hospitality experience including prior positions in her native California as well as Alaska and Maryland. "I'm very excited that I have been given the opportunity to continue and add to the ...

Outdoor Retailer Returns to Maine Mall Area, Grand Opening Celebration May 11-13, 2012 SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine, May 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Eastern Mountain Sports, one of the nation's largest outdoor retailers, will host a grand opening of a new store in South Portland, ME on May 11-13. Located next to Toys R Us across from the Maine Mall, the 20,442 square foot space triples the company's presence in the Portland market where the Marginal Way store has be...

WILMINGTON, N.Y. --- When people are first asked what they think of when they're asked about Wilmington, N.Y., they may answer with alpine skiing, fishing, hiking and some... Santa's Workshop. After all, the tiny upstate New York community, with a population of about 1,300, is easily recognized for all of those things. Wilmington is home of Whiteface Mountain, famous for having the greatest vertical east of the Rockies; the Ausable River, long known for s...

Reuel Sheldon who has been the Operations Manager at Ski Butternut for 25 years, and has worked at the mountain off and on for 30 years, retires. He steps down after seeing the mountain through many great years and some challenging times. Challenges included the life altering injury to the iconic owner, Channing Murdock in 1994 on the heels of the worst winter on record and the devastating F4 tornado that ripped across the mountain May 29th (Memorial Day) ...