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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Hugo Martin / The Bulletin
January 19, 2013
At the height of the nation’s snowboard craze, Rod Rice was a “blazin’ raisin" — an older dude who loved to bomb the slopes at breakneck speeds.
That is, until he wiped out and dislocated his shoulder on a trip to Canada. The 65-year-old engineer still loves to carve fresh powder, but now....