All about: Skiing

British snowboarder dies in 16ft crevasse fall in Chamonix

By AOL Travel, Mar 28, 2013

A British man has died after falling five metres into a crevasse while snowboarding in the Grands Montets ski area in Chamonix. The 38-year-old, who is believed to have lived 10 miles from...
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Video: Skier buried by avalanche manages to dig himself out

By AOL Travel, Mar 07, 2013

The incredible moment a skier was able to dig himself out from underneath an avalanche has been caught on a helmet camera. The man can be seen gracefully swooshing down the slopes in Vasilitsa,...
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British graduate died after crashing into snow cannon while skiing

By AOL Travel, Feb 22, 2013

A British graduate working as a holiday rep died when he crashed into a snow cannon after drinking four bottles of beer, an inquest has heard. Thomas Lynch, 22, had taken tourists on a pub...
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British soldier missing on French Alps ski holiday

By AOL Travel, Feb 15, 2013

A British soldier has gone missing while on a skiing holiday in the French Alps. Simon Daw, 26, of 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh, was last seen at a bar just after midnight on Wednesday. He...
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Top skier Lindsey Vonn airlifted to hospital after serious race crash

By AOL Travel, Feb 06, 2013

Olympic gold medallist skier Lindsey Vonn has been injured in a crash on the opening day of the Alpine World Championships in Austria. The pro-skier was airlifted to hospital after rupturing...
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Video: Skier's huge surprise jump becomes a hit on YouTube

By AOL Travel, Jan 24, 2013

A skier filming his friend on Mammoth Mountain in California appears to get a shock when the small jump he was meant to be capturing on camera turns into an enormous one. The man in the film,...
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Millionaire grandfather died from infection from dirty needle in French hospital

By Ceri Roberts, Jan 06, 2013

An inquest has heard that a millionaire holidaymaker died from a fatal infection because an unclean drip was inserted into his arm in a French hospital. The Daily Mail reports that David...
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Snowboarder dies in avalanche at Lake Tahoe-area resort

By Ruth Doherty, Dec 26, 2012

A man has died after being buried in an avalanche while snowboarding at a Sierra ski resort in California. Steven Mark Anderson, 49, from Hirschdale, California, died at the Donner Ski...
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