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By Sam Collentine, Meteorologist Posted 10 years ago April 4, 2014

Flashback Friday: Origins of Freestyle Skiing

From miners strapping long boards to their feet to pass time during the long winters, to the world's first "hot dog" competition in Aspen, Colorado. It's easy to say that freestyle skiing has more than just progressed since the mid-1800's in North America. 

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Sam Collentine

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Sam Collentine is the Chief Operating Officer of OpenSnow and lives in Basalt, Colorado. Before joining OpenSnow, he studied Atmospheric Science at the University of Colorado, spent time at Channel 7 News in Denver, and at the National Weather Service in Boulder.

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