But Torin Koos can't let a little thing like the lack of snow interrupt his training for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver. He's a member of the U.S cross-country ski team. He and some teammates are training with roller skis in the area around Oregon's Mount Bachelor. The skiers say roller skis come close to the snow variety, but with some important differences. One skier tells The Register-Guard newspaper it hurts a lot more to fall on pavement than snow. The roller skies also have brakes, something snow skis lack.
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