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National Brotherhood Of Skiers Hopes To Attract More Black Skiers, Snowboarders

The group has a mission to "identify, develop and support athletes of color" in winter sports.

By Spencer Wilson, CBS Denver:

SNOWMASS, Colo. (CBS4)– Henri Rivers loves to ski, and he loves to ski fast. That much was easy to see as he blew bast CBS4 Mountain Newsroom Reporter Spencer Wilson in Snowmass Sunday afternoon.

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Rivers is the President of the National Brotherhood of Skiers, a group with a mission “To Identify, develop and support athletes of color” in winter sports, and support bids for global competitions. This year, the group is meeting up where the mission started back in 1973.

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