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		<title>Book the best ski packages (or just win a bunch of stuff) at the new SkiResorts.com!</title>
		<link>http://www.bloobyrd.com/2009/11/book-the-best-ski-packages-or-just-win-a-bunch-of-stuff-at-the-new-skiresorts-com/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Soldinger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey fellow Bloobyrds.  It&#8217;s been a long while since I posted anything new and although that&#8217;s been in large part due to the fact that snow is just beginning to fall again, the major reason is that I&#8217;ve been occupied by my new full-time gig.  That&#8217;s right&#8230;somebody thought well enough of this little [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Off-Season Training</title>
		<link>http://www.bloobyrd.com/2009/05/video-off-season-training/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 20:49:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Soldinger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that the ski season is coming to close, it&#8217;s time to think about keeping up strength and conditioning through an off-season workout program.  Whether it&#8217;s in the gym, on a bike, in running shoes, or a combination of things, you have to come up with a plan that works for you and your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Final Three Still Standing</title>
		<link>http://www.bloobyrd.com/2009/05/the-final-three-still-standin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 20:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Soldinger</dc:creator>
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Many of you are already probably aware of this, but last year the list of skier-only resorts in the US shrunk by just a little bit.  After 52 years of operation, Taos Ski Valley in New Mexico finally opened its lifts to snowboarders in March of 2008.  The decision, partly inspired by decreasing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>La Bloquera (Thes One + Giant Panda) &#8211; &#8220;Shine On&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.bloobyrd.com/2009/05/la-bloquera-thes-one-giant-panda-shine-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 17:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Soldinger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Courtesy of our good friends over at AudioChicken, where they serve up fresh music on a daily basis.  If you&#8217;re a music fan and love discovering new stuff, check out their site.)
You’ll have a hard time digging up a better summertime hip-hop track than this gem courtesy of La Bloquera, a collaboration from Thes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Game: Ski Jump!</title>
		<link>http://www.bloobyrd.com/2009/05/game-ski-jump/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 23:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Soldinger</dc:creator>
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That&#8217;s right&#8230;it&#8217;s the Holmenkollen Ski Jump!!!  Leave it up to those crafty Norwegians and the good people at VisitNorway.com to offer up yet another well-made free online game for the ski jumper in all of us.  I&#8217;m still having a little bit of trouble gauging the perfect blend of distance and loft but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Worst Luck&#8221; &#8211; Kid Acne</title>
		<link>http://www.bloobyrd.com/2009/05/worst-luck-kid-acne/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 22:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Soldinger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great track from Neon Neon labelmate, Kid Acne, that summons up some big beat 80&#8217;s flavor.  A talented graffiti artist as well, Acne&#8217;s unique pop art has been exhibited throughout the world and has customized everything from skateboards to bar interiors, and even T-shirt collections for Prada.  Who knew?  Hit the link [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SkiPressWorld.com: Snow Report &#8211; Who Is Still Skiing, And Who Is Ready To Start</title>
		<link>http://www.bloobyrd.com/2009/05/skipressworldcom-snow-report-who-is-still-skiing-and-who-is-ready-to-start/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 22:39:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Soldinger</dc:creator>
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written by Peter Kray / SkiPressWorld.com
Wednesday, 06 May 2009 09:14
Snowy Southern Hemisphere (Ski Press) &#8211; Skiinfo.com reports that as the long 2008-9 ski season finally winds down in the northern hemisphere, heavy snow in both Australia and New Zealand has led to
the southern hemisphere’s ski season beginning five weeks early last weekend. Meanwhile there are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Descents on Iceland&#8217;s Troll Peninsula&#8230;going fast!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Soldinger</dc:creator>
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With the current economic distress comes not only fire-sale deals on clothing, cars, and even houses, but also some more interesting items.  Such as a heli-skiing first descent on the Troll Peninsula in northern Ireland.  For serious?!  Yup.  Rabid skiers and snowboarders can finally get in the game and take advantage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 Hollywood Ski/Snowboard Movies: #1 &#8211; Better Off Dead (1985)</title>
		<link>http://www.bloobyrd.com/2009/04/top-10-hollywood-skisnowboard-movies-1-better-off-dead-1985/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Soldinger</dc:creator>
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That&#8217;s right&#8230;just one year after playing Anthony Michael Hall&#8217;s geeky underling in &#8220;Sixteen Candles&#8221; and almost FIVE years before Lloyd Dobler showed up in &#8220;Say Anything&#8221;, John Cusack graced us with Lane Meyer, everyone&#8217;s favorite lovesick ski bum.  After losing his girlfriend Beth to the high school ski team captain, Roy Stalin, Lane fights [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Coffee&#8221; &#8211; Aesop Rock feat. John Darnielle (of The Mountain Goats)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Soldinger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my last Song Of The Day post I featured &#8220;I&#8217;m Confused&#8221; off of Handsome Furs&#8217; new record.  Although I love the band, it was a pretty shitty attempt at a vampire video, and a pretty terrible music video all the way around.  Now, Aesop Rock kills it (no pun intended) with his [...]]]></description>
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