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      <title><![CDATA[Long and short of it- Shaun White mulls a haircut]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Snowboard Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1278614354" delta="3 weeks ago"><![CDATA[7/8/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[NOOOOO! DON'T DO IT! Those comments reflected the general feeling about a picture on Shaun White's Facebook page that show the redheaded snowboarding star staring whimsically at a sign in a barber shop window that says, 'All Haircuts, $5.00.'"I I don't know .... Is it time?" reads the caption underneath the picture, added to the snowboarder's page on Monday.Sheer lunacy, insist most of the 3,500 people who have responded to ...]]></text>
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    <bigarticle id="12590">
      <title><![CDATA[How to buy a used snowboard]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Snowboard Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1278613816" delta="3 weeks ago"><![CDATA[7/8/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Even with end of season sales and shops slashing up to 40 percent off of the latest models, snowboards can still fetch a pretty high price.  If you've shopped around locally with no luck finding a board in your price range, buying a used snowboard might be the best way to go. Unfortunately, used snowboards are just that, and buyers need to beware of the brand, age, and condition ...]]></text>
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      <title><![CDATA[Snowboarder Kevin Pearce welcomed home in Vermont]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Snowboard Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1276301218" delta="6 weeks ago"><![CDATA[6/11/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[ Kevin Pearce doesn't remember what happened that day at Park City Mountain Resort when he hit his head on the halfpipe while practicing for the Olympics. He's just grateful to be alive and plans to snowboard again. The 22-year-old Pearce, whose road to the Vancouver Olympics ended with the Dec. 31 accident, spent four months in hospitals and rehabilitation centers, recovering from a severe traumatic brain injury. He still ...]]></text>
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    <article id="12085">
      <title><![CDATA[Snowboard Boot Bindings Recalled for Fall Hazard]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Snowboard Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1273863944" delta="10 weeks ago"><![CDATA[5/14/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Rome Snowboard Boot Bindings are being recalled-about 2,900 in the United States and 22 in Canada, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Health Canada (HC) just announced. The Snowboard Boot Bindings were manufactured in China by Rome Snowboards Company of Waterbury, Vermont. The snowboard binding's base plate can break at cold temperatures, posing a fall hazard to snowboarders. To date, the firm has received 14 reports of base ...]]></text>
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    <article id="11833">
      <title><![CDATA[Snowboarder Found Safe On Mount Hood]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Snowboard Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1273081545" delta="12 weeks ago"><![CDATA[5/5/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[A snowboarder reported missing on Mount Hood has been found in good condition. The family of Curtis Dahl said they reported him missing Saturday afternoon after he didn't return from his trip up to the mountain. According to the family, Dahl went up to Timberline to snowboard with a friend, but the two became separated.Portland Mountain Rescue volunteers found Dahl near Enid Lake. Dahl, who lives in Tacoma, was fatigued ...]]></text>
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    <article id="11832">
      <title><![CDATA[Injured snowboarder returns home to Vermont]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Snowboard Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1273081362" delta="12 weeks ago"><![CDATA[5/5/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Kevin Pearce no longer focuses on pushing envelopes inside the halfpipe or winning gold medals at the Olympics. Instead, he works on walking with less effort, seeing clearly, maybe even someday getting back on that snowboard - simply for an easy ride down the mountain. The 22-year-old, once one of the best halfpipe riders in the world, has returned home to Vermont more than four months after an accident that ...]]></text>
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    <article id="11383">
      <title><![CDATA[TELUS World Ski And Snowboard Festival, April 16-25]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Snowboard Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1270771306" delta="15 weeks ago"><![CDATA[4/8/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[When it comes to going up and coming down, Whistler enjoys an embarrassment of riches. This year, the Festival puts the world's best skiers into an Olympic-sized half-pipe to celebrate 4/20, the Orage Masters brings its antics, outfits and team slopestyle anti-comp down to the valley for all the world to see, and the Grenade Games deploys the galactic leaders of the snowboard universe for the ultimate 5 day shred ...]]></text>
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    <article id="11382">
      <title><![CDATA[Peters claims snowboard crown]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Snowboard Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1270771148" delta="15 weeks ago"><![CDATA[4/8/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. - Dylan Peters of Williston won the junior men's slopestyle championship at the USA Snowboard Association national championships over the weekend. The 17-year-old scored 74.5 points on his second run to beat out Randall Stacy of The Stratton Mountain School by 3.5 points in the 16- and 17-year-old competitors' event.Charlotte's Charlie Shea added a fourth-place finish with a score of 69.3 while Shelburne's Garrett Mernick (65.7) placed ...]]></text>
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    <article id="10732">
      <title><![CDATA[CA bills push rules for ski, snowboard industry]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Snowboard Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1268690260" delta="19 weeks ago"><![CDATA[3/15/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[ALPINE MEADOWS, Calif. - On a ridge near the 8,600-foot summit of Alpine Meadows ski resort, 17-year-old snowboarder Lucas Fuller scopes out the many chutes and bowls that radiate out from Ward Peak. It's a perfect powder day, with clear skies and fresh snow delivered to the Lake Tahoe area the day before. The teenager from Reno, Nev., likes the resort because it has numerous ungroomed, expert-level slopes that approximate ...]]></text>
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    <article id="10731">
      <title><![CDATA[Ligocki in Polish first]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Snowboard Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1268690128" delta="19 weeks ago"><![CDATA[3/15/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Michal Ligocki became the first Polish snowboarding World Cup halfpipe winner as he stormed to gold in Valmalenco. In only his second final in 56 World Cup starts, the 24-year old scored 40.7 with his impressive first run to finish ahead of Norway's Roger Kleivdal, who scored 37.2 to finish second, and Sweden's Patrick Burgener, who scored 37.0 for third. "A dream came true for me today," said the Pole."I ...]]></text>
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    <article id="9903">
      <title><![CDATA[Michigan snowboarder to miss Olympics following four-wheeler crash]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Snowboard Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1264107958" delta="27 weeks ago"><![CDATA[1/21/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[Olympic snowboard hopeful and Michigan native Danny Davis will miss the Vancouver Games after breaking a bone in his lower back in an all-terrain vehicle crash this past weekend. He had surgery successful surgery Monday in Salt Lake City.According to a New York Times report, the accident occurred at 3:30 a.m. Sunday when he crashed a four-wheeler into a gate at the end of a driveway. The police report, according ...]]></text>
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    <article id="9902">
      <title><![CDATA[Injuries leave thin field for final snowboard qualifying]]></title>
      <author><![CDATA[Snowboard Network Staff]]></author>
      <createdate unixtime="1264107814" delta="27 weeks ago"><![CDATA[1/21/2010]]></createdate>
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      <text><![CDATA[ARK CITY, Utah  At the top of the massive halfpipe here, the nation's best snowboarders are getting ready to drop in and duke it out for U.S. Olympic team slots. But as the last two qualifying events loom Friday and Saturday, athletes have more than medals on their minds:•About 30 miles away in Salt Lake City, Olympic podium contender Kevin Pearce remains in serious condition, undergoing therapy for a ...]]></text>
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