Steven Agar

SnowBrains Chief Operating Officer. Summers running, hiking, climbing, and camping in the mountains of the Lake District, UK. Winters skiing in North America.

Female Skiers Earned More than their Male Counterparts Last Year for the Second Year in a Row

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The top female alpine ski racers in the world out-earned their male counterparts for the second season in a row thanks to equal minimum prize money offered at all Audi FIS Alpine World Cup events, reports FIS-Ski. Though individual organizers are permitted to offer more than the minimum should they have the funding to do so, both the female and […]
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Ski Patroller who Fleeced His Colleagues of $5.4-Million Faces Years in Jail after Failing to Repay Them in Full

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A stockbroker who worked as a part-time member of the ski patrol at Windham Mountain, NY faces a decade in prison after failing to repay $1.2 million he stole in an elaborate scam that targeted other members of the ski patrol, according to Times Union. Marone carried out the scam between 1998 and 2004, prosecutors said. Franklin S. Marone, 55, of […]
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Marijuana Industry in Colorado Maturing as Sales Start to Plateau

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Colorado’s cannabis industry appears to be inching closer to an anticipated sales plateau, reports the Denver Post. Marijuana sales in April were practically flat from the same month last year, and the year-over-year sales growth rate continues to slim down to the low-single-digits, newly released state data show. The state’s dispensaries sold $124.31 million in medical and recreational cannabis during April, […]
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