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Article: Winter Enthusiasts Endure Another St. Paul, Minn.-Area Early-Season Drought.
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- December 11, 2002
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By Melinda Rogers, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Dec. 11--Josh Sustarich lives for snow.
Life for Josh is tough right now.
The University of Minnesota senior has been a winter sports fanatic since age 4, snowboarding powdered slopes whenever he gets the chance. So a mid-December thaw isn't exactly what he and his friends at the school's ski and snowboard club were hoping for this year.
"There's plenty of fake snow. We're hanging in there," said Sustarich, who still manages to snowboard twice a week at places that produce their own snow, such as Afton Alps in Hastings. "But we like to set up ...