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PHOTOS: Powder flies at Fernie skijoring event

Freedom Equine Association raised an estimated $40,000 through a skijoring event on Feb. 17

Snow pros and western riders turned heads at Fernie’s first-ever skijoring event on Feb. 17 at the Lions Club Derby Grounds.

Skiers and boarders cut tight corners and launched themselves off jumps as they held tight to a rope tied to a speeding horse. Some teams made a clean break to the finish line, while others wiped out in a fantastic flurry of powder.

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