Anna Marno stands in front of Howelsen Hill with her skis. The 16-year-old is a member of the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club, and she is working toward joining the U.S. Ski Team in the next few years.
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Mitchel Doolin works from the bottom Thursday at practice in the Hayden High School wrestling room. Doolin is one of four seniors eager to hit the mats this fall after a disappointing football season left the Tigers out of the playoffs.
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Steamboat Springs High School hockey players Cody Fritz, Eric Bonner and Matt Dawes are continuing the legacy of Steamboat hockey. All three had brothers play in the program.
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Soroco High School flute player Caitlyn Berry practices Friday.
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Soroco High School band members, from right, Jake Hange, Wesley Peters, Katrina Maes and Alex Smith rehearse Friday at the school. The four musicians were selected to play in this year's Colorado Music Educators Association honor band.
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Soroco High School senior Katrina Maes practices the baritone alongside trumpet player Alex Smith, left, a sophomore, during school band rehearsal Friday afternoon. Maes and Smith were among the students selected by Soroco Music Director Kelli Turnipseed to attend this year's Colorado Music Educators Association honor band with other musicians from across the state.
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The I/O goggles from Smith, left, priced $160 at Christy Sports, can be easily opened up, allowing wearers to switch lenses as quickly as the weather can change atop the Storm Peak Express chairlift. The polarized pair, right, help reduce glare and are available at Christy Sports for $170.
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The K2 Extreme skis, priced $514 at Christy Sports, shout "1980s!" from the top and bottom. They represent a retro trend in ski design that will be popular on the slopes this winter. The Salomon Mission RS10 boots, priced $469 at Christy Sports, feature Second Skin shell technology.
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The Love snowboard series from Burton, priced $429 at The Click, features scantily clad women and might not be for everyone. The controversial series has been banned for use by employees of some Colorado resorts, but it remains a popular choice for the season.
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Steamboat Springs Middle School cheerleading squad members practice their cheers Wednesday.
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Cheerleading squad members practice moves Wednesday.
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ThirtyTwo snowboard boots, priced between $199 and $249 at The Click, are popular because of their weight and warmth. The board on display beneath, from Lib Tech featuring the Skate Banana snowboard technology, isn't new this season but has become more available and popular and is expected to emerge everywhere on the slopes of Mount Werner. Priced at $469.95 at The Click, this design allows the tip and tail of the board better float in deep powder.
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Alohi Madrigal, a third-grade teacher at Strawberry Park Elementary School, coaches the Steamboat Springs Middle School cheerleading squad during practice Wednesday.
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Zeke Kinnison a makes pumpkin pies with classmate David Fleeson at the city-run after-school program earlier this week.
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Alexis Wolf, who works in the city's after-school program, tells Bryan Ayer, left, and Brad Setter where to take a cabinet Tuesday at the program's new facility at Soda Creek Elementary School.
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Miri Frasier makes pumpkin pies with classmates Courtney Wester, center, and Tyra Whitmore at the city-run after-school program earlier this week. The program is in the process of moving from the Igloo building behind the ice skating rink to a new location inside Soda Creek Elementary School.
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David Fleeson and classmates Anna Nell and Natasha Curzon listen to a camp adviser during the city-run after-school program at the Igloo this week. The program will be moving to a new space inside Soda Creek Elementary School.
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Tyler Johnson works on his writing Friday at Soda Creek Elementary School.
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Tyler Johnson, left, does work Friday alongside fifth-grade classmate Nick Pagliaro at Soda Creek Elementary School. Tyler took off his prosthetic legs, which he has had since an illness this past summer resulted in amputation.
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Oak Creek resident Carmen Strait checks out a purse with Steamboat Springs resident Janice Johner on Saturday at the Work of Human Hands Holiday Craft Bazaar held at Holy Name Catholic Church.
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Competitive skier Buddy Werner
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Judi Fabbri Williams
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Christy Sports assistant manager Kelly Hanna shows off a jacket and pants from Oakley's Gretchen Bleiler line. Hanna said the line - which takes classic winter coat elements, such as a buckled waist and fur-lined hood, and matches them with stand-out colors - could be big this season.
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The Click employee Casey McGlone models a printed jacket with solid blue pants and a matching hat. McGlone said prints have stayed big for jackets this year. Suspenders on the pants he's wearing also have shown up in snowboarding fashion, as have oversized, waterproof coveralls.
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Solid, neon colors for pants are a noticeable trend this season.
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This one-piece features metallic stripes on the elbows and eye openings on the hood.
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Men's snowboarding jackets at The Click come in a variety of styles. Here, a blaze orange one-piece snow suit sits under an electric blue and salmon colored jacket, which sits under a green, graffiti-inspired print.
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The Click employee Casey McGlone models some of the fashion trends for the 2008-09 snowboarding season, including a printed jacket and brightly colored pants.
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Cook Chevrolet/Jeep/Subaru general sales manager Steve Dunklin, left, assists customer Jeffrey Carrell with returning a leased vehicle Thursday.
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Steamboat Springs resident Renee Patterson and 5-year-old Molly Summers are reflected Thursday in the glass of a truck for sale inside the Cook Chevrolet/Jeep/Subaru dealership. Patterson was picking up a new car.
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Subarus line the lot at Cook Chevrolet/Jeep/Subaru. Local auto dealers expect a sales slowdown but not a disaster.
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Construction crews are installing granite countertops and hand-texturing walls at Trailhead Lodge this month. Mariana Ishida, development manager for Resort Ventures West, said the 86-unit condominium project is on schedule and on budget. Pictured are, from left, RVW Director of Sales and Marketing Kerry Shea, Ishida, Drahota Construction Project Manager Scott Warner, Assistant Superintendent Mike Rice, Project Superintendent Bob Fluck, Assistant Superintendent Kevin Welu, Assistant Superintendent Travis Shaffer and Project Engineer Mark Teplitsky.
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The design aesthetic of the new model unit at Trailhead Lodge is defined by contemporary mountain furniture, warm fabrics, dark hardwoods and chiseled granite slabs.
Published on November 23, 2008
