Day: March 14, 2011
Stock-car racing on track to become N.C.‘s official state sport
Two new bills introduced in the North Carolina General Assembly last week came directly from the people — 13 elementary-school students, to be exact. And if they are passed, the state will have its first official state sport — one ubiquitously familiar in Asheville and Western North Carolina: stock-car racing.
Slip-sliding away: Video of the Beech Mountain ‘pond skimming’ contest
Beech Mountain Resort celebrated the end of its ski season last weekend with a March 12 “pond skimming” contest. The festive event drew a legion of fearless skiers and snowboarders who tried to speed down the slopes with enough momentum to skim across a small man-made pond built in to the middle of the hill.
