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- BUSINESS, Page 72Business NotesSPORTING GOODSHot Shoes For Cold Days
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- The sport lacks the grace of figure skating and the thrills
- of giant slalom. But what a workout! A growing number of hiking
- enthusiasts no longer give up their pastime during the snowy
- season; they just strap on snowshoes. In the old days the wooden
- shoes resembled giant tennis racquets with rawhide lacing. But
- the newer shoes (prices: $65 to $350) are typically made of
- lightweight plastic or aluminum and allow a hiker to stride over
- the snow.
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- Snowshoeing at a brisk pace can burn more than 500 calories
- an hour, far more than a dry-land walk. So far, the sport has
- caught on most vigorously in the Northeast and California. While
- some enthusiasts prefer a poky pace, the sport has attracted
- speed demons as well. The U.S. Snowshoe Association, in Corinth,
- N.Y., is lobbying to get snowshoe racing accepted as an Olympic
- event.
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