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    A dry ski slope or artificial ski slope is a ski slope that mimics the attributes of snow using materials that are stable at room temperature, to enable...
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    Midlothian Snowsports Centre, formerly the Hillend Ski Centre, is the second longest dry ski slope in Europe, situated near Hillend near Edinburgh, South...
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    large slope. They also need to receive sufficient snow (at least in combination with artificial snowmaking, unless the resort uses dry ski slopes). High...
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    Wycombe Summit (category Defunct ski areas and resorts)
    The Wycombe Summit was a dry ski slope situated in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. It has been closed since 22 November 2005, when a fire destroyed the...
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    the time) which featured the only dry ski slope in the area. However due to a decline in the demand for alpine skiing in the South West Durham area, this...
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    skiing Skijoring Ski jumping (ski-flying) Ski touring Dry ski slope Grass skiing Sand skiing Roller skiing Water skiing Stem techniques The Snowplough...
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    Piste (redirect from Ski run)
    Japan and "equivalent" slopes in Europe or North America can be misleading. Cross-country skiing trail Dry ski slope Night skiing Snow road Trail difficulty...
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  • formed and the idea of a dry ski slope was proposed by council architect, Eric Spencer Stevenson. The land chosen for the ski slope was situated between the...
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  • lime pickle and hosting rock climbing. He also attempts to set up a dry ski slope business venture. The divisive character caused Marchant to receive...
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  • for being the owner of the eponymous John Nike Leisuresport chain of dry ski slope complexes. Nike was the Chairman of Nike Land Securities Ltd (trading...
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    country skiing—free-style or skate-skiing Dry slope racing A skier with a disability on a sit-ski, using two outriggers. Glossary of skiing and snowboarding...
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  • during a turn. downhill skiing See alpine skiing. dry ski slope edge The sharpened metal strip on either side of a ski or snowboard, used for gaining control...
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  • approved the plans in November 2016. Plans to build an ice rink, dry ski-slope, and indoor "ski-diving" facility were presented to the public in June 2015,...
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    Charlotte Evans (category Paralympic medalists in alpine skiing)
    School and then MidKent College. She started skiing as a child at the Chatham Ski Centre, a dry ski slope, moving on to snow at the age of 14. At the 2014...
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    Indoor facilities include the oldest indoor velodrome in Britain, a dry ski slope and a climbing wall. Calshot Velodrome is the oldest indoor cycling...
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    1986 On the opposite side of the lake from the village was an artificial ski slope. Control over the local water table with flood defences installed and...
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    quite lengthy dry ski slope and were somewhat negative about competition. However the latter assumption proved incorrect, dry ski slope usage has flourished...
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    at school, at age 17 she learnt to ski on the dry ski slope in Churchill, Somerset, after they offered free skiing lessons. After leaving college Jones...
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    large metal structure, was subsequently stolen. From 1989 to 2001 a dry ski slope, opened by Diana, Princess of Wales, was operated on the small remaining...
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    Sheffield Ski Village was an artificial ski slope complex in the Parkwood Springs area of Sheffield, England which operated from 1988 until it was destroyed...
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    snowboarding and track cycling. There is a small indoor velodrome, a dry ski slope, and facilities for climbing and bouldering. The climbing grades vary...
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    Pete Matthews developed their own snowboards to use at their local dry ski slope. Also during this same period, in 1977, Jake Burton Carpenter, a Vermont...
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  • being jailed for corruption over their involvement in the building of a dry ski slope in Kirkby. A former joint investigations editor of The Sunday Times...
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    Camber Sands, England Dry ski slope Roller skiing Grass skiing Lençóis Maranhenses National Park Dunes (2016) short video "Sand Skiing: The Latest Sand Sport...
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    the town's local weekly newspaper. The Gosling Sports Centre houses a dry ski slope, golf driving range, indoor and outdoor tennis, squash, football pitches...
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    near Waitrose just off the A45, on the site of the former Skew Bridge dry ski slope, also referred to as Rushden Lakes, which had been derelict for some...
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  • Currys, Sainsbury’s and Argos. It is also home to Robert Gordon University, Kaimhill Primary school and a dry ski slope and snowsports centre. v t e...
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  • Eddie the Eagle (film) (category Films about Olympic ski jumping)
    Studios and in London from 9 March to 3 May 2015. Dry slope scenes were filmed at a dry ski slope in Bracknell, Berkshire, UK. In March 2015, it was...
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    capacity stadium near the site of the since-closed Wycombe Heights dry ski slope. Plans were drawn up for a new access route to the ground through land...
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    status. Other amenities include Green Bank Leisure Centre, a large dry ski slope, golf course, library and a '50s American Diner, said to be the largest...
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