Rocky Mountain News: Other Sports: "You go, girls!
Former Olympics skier Wendy Fisher debuts ski camps to help teenage girls excel on the slopes
By Cindy Hirschfeld, Special to the News
Since the advent of women's- specific ski clinics in the mid-1970s, almost every ski school offers some variation of the concept.
But an even more specific niche - clinics for teenage girls - is much newer and rarer. That is why, in part, Wendy Fisher, considered one of today's preeminent skiers, is so excited about her latest venture, FishSki Girls Camps, for girls 12 to 16 years old.
'I love trying to empower girls,' said Fisher, 33, whose skiing r�sum�includes a seven-year stint on the U.S. Ski Team, an Olympics appearance (1992) and two first- place finishes in the World Extreme Skiing Championships at Valdez, Alaska. 'I want girls to feel confident and strong. I grew up with two older brothers who I followed around (on the slopes), and I gained confidence through them."
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