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...What's New? Makers like Salomon and K2 are out with bigger, faster wheels and interchangeable parts to customize the look and feel of your skates, while Rollerblade is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year with a streamlined new model featuring a single cord that pulls tight without the need for lacing (see inset). Aero 90s ($289) also have more shock-absorbent soles, an antibacterial foot bed and a formfitting lining so your feet don't sweat so much. Tip: If you're a beginner, stick to smaller wheels for safer skating...
...mistakes," Giger says. "That's his strength." Raised on a mountainside in Franconia, New Hampshire, Miller was home schooled until he was 8 and as a young boy spent every day on nearby Cannon Mountain. Miller was experimenting with different techniques in 1996 when a representative from ski manufacturer K2 handed him a pair of the new hourglass-shaped "side-cut" skis. At the Junior Olympics a week later, he was the first to use them. He won the Super-G and giant slalom - two speed events where the gates are spaced more widely apart than in ordinary slalom...
...marquees. "The scene buzzes," wrote the London Evening Standard in March 2001, noting visits by Sting, Lachlan Murdoch and Steven Seagal. "By day, a sophisticated crowd of models and embassy wives shop for antiques and jewelry ... At night the mood changes?a private view at a gallery, jazz at K2 and dinner at Baithak, a small Nepalese-Mughal eatery with silver trays, Belgian crystal and peeling peppermint walls." But halfway through the scrapbook, the articles stop. The last is dated October 2002. Scores of blank pages follow. Rana leans forward, extends a languid hand from his linen sleeve and silently...
...YOUR KICKS Hey, nobody ever lost money selling kids new ways to break their neck--hence the K2 Evolution Four kickboard ($199), this summer's answer to the Razor Scooter. The kickboard is an unholy combination of skateboard and scooter geared toward stunts. Safety-minded kids may prefer simply to play in traffic...
Peter, rather sensibly, quits climbing and takes up nature photography. Annie, however, joins forces with an egomaniacal mogul (Bill Paxton) for an assault on K2, said to be the world's toughest mountain to master. His inner skankiness comes out when they fall into a snow cave and have to be rescued before succumbing to altitude sickness...