9 new winter sports to try

[...] have you tried bumper cars on a skating rink? Or carved turns down a ski hill on a snowbike? There's a trend to provide visitors to ski resorts and other snowy destinations with a wider variety of choices, said Troy Hawks, managing editor of the National Ski Areas Association Journal. A high-tech spin on winter tubing, these snow body boards are inflatable sleds with molded plastic runners on the bottom and handles on the top. First Tracks The opportunity for intermediate and advanced skiers to take the first runs in the morning before the slopes open to the public is an option at more resorts. Other resorts, like Eden Mountain Lodge in Eden Mills, Vt., and Devil's Thumb Ranch in Tabernash, Colo., work with experienced skiers and their own dogs to learn what it's like to go mushing on Nordic skis. Bicycles that ride on skis, rather than wheels, have been around in various forms for decades, but now they have the blessing of some ski resorts, which rent the bikes and offer instruction.

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Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 13 review: Flexible in more than one way

Lenovo?s Yoga is aptly named ? it?s flexible in more than one way. Not only can this Ultrabook be used as a laptop and a tablet, its screen can actually swivel around the hinge 360 degrees to maximize the tablet experience.

Sure, at 0.67 inches thick and 3.4 pounds with a 13-inch screen, the Yoga isn?t the most comfortable, portable tablet on the market. But it?s a pretty cool device when you consider that, oh yeah, it?s both a laptop and a tablet.

Our review model, which costs $1099 as configured, has a third-generation Intel Core i5-3317U processor, 4GB of RAM, and a 128GB solid state drive. The Yoga has a 13-inch multi-touch touchscreen, a 720p webcam, and built-in Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, and runs Windows 8.

Performance

In our new WorldBench 8 benchmark tests, the Yoga scores 60 out of 100. This means that the Yoga is 40 percent slower than our baseline testing model, which has a third-generation Intel Core i5 desktop processor, 8GB of RAM, and an Nvidia discrete graphics card. The Yoga?s score of 60 isn?t great for a desktop, but the Yoga isn?t a desktop ? it?s an Ultrabook. Its score is actually quite good for an Ultrabook ? the only other Ultrabook we?ve tested on WorldBench 8 is the HP Envy TouchSmart 4 (57), which has the same i5-3317U processor as the Yoga, 4GB of RAM, and a 500GB hard drive.

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Insight welcomes skater Alex Schmidt to the team

Our favorite purveyors of the strange, Insight Clothing, are pleased to announce the newest addition to their team of board-skaters: San Diegan Alex Schmidt. Born in Leucadia, Alex now resides in the "Williamsburg of the West": Echo Park in Los Angeles.

He is known for a smooth street skate style, and aside from his prowess on a board, he's also got quite the eye for photography. Look for more imagery of or by Alex on Insight's site in the coming weeks. In the meantime here is..

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