The latest plans by Hilton to open a new property in a Japan ski area is another clue that a renaissance that may effective reverse a fifteen year decline in skiing. Hilton has announced that a new property would be opened at Japan’s premier resort, Niseko.
Hilton Niseko Village is being promoted as a competitor for established destinations in Europe and the Americas, but this time with a Japanese twist including palate-pleasing cuisine and deeply therapeutic thermal spring baths.
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With the end of March, SportsRebel Media Ventures (SMV) Ltd. is happy to announce that it broke an all time record for monthly unique visitors with a whopping 666.78 % to SkiRebel Magazine in March 2008 to the same period a year earlier. This staggering growth was led with incredible traffic increases of more than 2000 % on March 28th alone.
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German skier Oliver Kern set what he believes is a new world record when he skied in three different resorts, in three countries, in two continents on both sides of the Pacific in one day last month.
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Researchers from Berkeley University in California have found some evidence that begins to substantiate some of the apparently superstitious Japanese belief that children conceived under the northern lights will have certain advantages in life. The researchers have found the male children born in colder climates are likely to live longer than those born in warm climates.
The study uses exact Scandinavian birth, death and temperature data between 1878 and 1914 and led researchers to conclude that women pregnant in colder areas are more likely to abort fetuses growing in the womb during colder years, increasing the lifespan of male offspring. The results showed that males gestated during colder years survived two weeks longer on average than males gestated in climates warmer by one degree Celsius.
This (study) shows that humans are closely attuned to the climate, that even subtle changes in the climate affect us,”
one of the research team commented.
Germany’s Riesch wins TELUS Whistler Super Combined presented by UPS
Brydon in Top 10 as “TELUS presents the Whistler World Cup” concludes
Emily Brydon (Fernie, BC) led the Canadians in today’s TELUS Whistler Super Combined presented by UPS, putting two solid runs together to finish 10th.
Maria Riesch, who led after the super G, won the race in a two-run combined time of two minutes 10.07 seconds with Austrian Marlies Schild coming on strong in the slalom portion to
grab second and Sweden’s Anja Paerson third.
Another IPC World Cup race in Japan cancelled
For the second day in a row officials were forced to cancel an IPC World Cup event in Hackuba, JPN. A Super G was scheduled for today but with the large amount of snow on the ground and in the forecast, officials were forced to cancel.
“About 50 cm. of snow has fallen since yesterday and it still hasn’t stopped,” said Jean-Sebastien Labrie, Canadian Para-Alpine Ski Team (CPAST) coach.
Since the relaunch of the popular skirebel.com portal in February 2007, SkiRebel Magazine has managed to attract more than 22,658 unique visitors with some 67,000 page impressions.
Since migrating the PDF only online ski magazine to a more user friendly online format, magazine management is ecstatic with the initial results. So far 2008, SportsRebel Media Ventures (SMV) Ltd., the main shareholder of the online property is forecasting tripling online visits. So far the first week forecast is blowing that forecast out of the water.
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For the seventh year, independent ski area research company Snow24 plc, based in Scotland, Great Britain, have published their unique comparison of six-day lift ticket prices worldwide. The World Lift Ticket Price Report, sponsored by Liftopia.com, compares the high season, non-discounted, prices of ski passes at more than 550 ski areas in 40 countries* around the world in US Dollars, European Euros and British Pounds. Continue reading ‘WORLD LIFT TICKET PRICE REPORT 2008 PUBLISHED’