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Skiing the extra mile

By Melanie Jarrett
ESPNOutdoors.com

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

The sound of snow crunching beneath skis as they slide gracefully across a winter landscape. The creak of logs spinning and whirling in water as metal spikes pound their surface. The two couldn't be further apart — unless you're boom runner and log roller extraordinaire Taylor Duffy, that is. For Duffy, who grew up in Hayward, Wisc. — home to many of the best lumberjack athletes in the world and some of the best cross country skiers — the two sports are symbiotic counterparts ...

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