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Lynsey Dyer (born March 13, 1983) is an American freestyle skier and big mountain skier. She co-founded the non-profit SheJumps.org [1] and founded the movie production and apparel company Unicorn Picnic, encouraging girls and women to participate in the outdoors through mentorship.
The documentary follows the process of the girls' lawsuit against the International Olympic Committee for gender discrimination. Although Canadian courts ruled in June 2009 in favor of the IOC, the latter decided less than two years later to accept women in ski jumping competitions starting in 2014 at the Sochi Winter Olympics .
A ski film is a motion picture with sequences of expedition, recreation, competition, or acrobatic exhibition on snow skis. These non-fiction action sport films capture the experience of an athletic outdoor snow sporting culture.
Snowboard Academy is one of the first films to feature snowboarding, which at that time was a burgeoning craze. [4] The movie was not released to general critical acclaim, with reviews best summarised by TV Guide, who stated the film is a "limp ski resort comedy". [5]
Ski School was filmed at ski resorts in Oregon and Whistler, British Columbia. [2] [3] According to Dean Cameron, though, they were able to film on a modest budget because it was shot in the springtime so they "got May rates". [2] Pick-up shots were done in Los Angeles about a year after principal production. [4]
In 2007 the YES Academy was founded to include Career Exploration, College Preparation, Girls Outdoor Adventure Leaders and Junior Volunteers programs. [1] [3] Today, additional programs offered by YES include ski and snowboard lessons, track and field programs, kayaking, mountain biking, and rock climbing. [7] [4]
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Stephanie recounts the day of the ski trip to Lydie. In the preceding days, none of her friends are aware of a pregnancy, only observing she is gaining weight, and Stephanie, possibly in a state of denial, does not tell anyone she is pregnant. On the ski slopes, Stephanie begins to go into early labor.