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  • lockdowns have devastated Europe ski season on left skiers and snowboarders looking for something to do.

  • Now that's creating a surprise winner.

  • Amidst the business turmoil, demand for snowshoes has rocketed.

  • Using them doesn't require a ski lift, and hiking into the wilderness is natural social distancing.

  • Philip Galle is the boss off TSL, the world's biggest maker, or snow shoes, he says.

  • Orders are off the chart.

  • For us, it is quite stressful, but it's a good stress because we're crumbling under orders.

  • We don't know how we will make it.

  • It's rather a good stress.

  • Free.

  • Last month, TS sells factory in an ISI took orders for 100,000 pairs that is three times what it would normally do in a whole year.

  • Gal A has quadrupled his usual workforce and has the factory running 24 7.

  • But he still has a backlog off 40,000 orders.

  • Over at the ski school, Director Gregoire Shaven l has noticed the change Looking.

  • We rent equipment at the ski resort on.

  • We have around 100 snowshoes, which is usually enough, but right now, on busy days, it's taken by storm on by nine or 9:30 a.m. There's not a snowshoe left government.

  • Sources say France's ski lifts looks set to stay closed until the end off the season.

  • Snowshoes at least offer something to do instead, that is, if you can get a pair.

lockdowns have devastated Europe ski season on left skiers and snowboarders looking for something to do.

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Snowshoeing is a winner in France

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    林宜悉 posted on 2021/01/21
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demand

US /dɪˈmænd/

UK /dɪ'mɑ:nd/

  • noun
  • A firm request.
  • Desire customers have to buy product, service
  • A legal requirement.
  • A firm request.
  • A strong request for someone to do something
  • other
  • To require or need something.
  • To need something.
  • To ask for something forcefully, as though it is your right.
  • To require or need something.
  • other
  • An economic principle referring to a consumer's desire to purchase goods and services and willingness to pay a price for a specific good or service.
  • A need for something to be sold or supplied.
  • The need or desire that people have for particular goods or services.
  • A need or desire for goods or services by people wanting to buy or use them.
  • other
  • A specific thing that someone needs or asks for.
  • verb
  • To strongly request someone to do something
stress

US / strɛs/

UK /stres/

  • noun
  • Emphasis on part of a word or sentence
  • Pressure on something or someone
  • A state of mental tension, worry due to problems
  • verb
  • To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
  • To put pressure on something or someone
  • To say your opinion strongly
  • To be in a state of mental tension due to problems
require

US /rɪˈkwaɪr/

UK /rɪ'kwaɪə(r)/

  • other
  • To order or demand something
  • To demand something
  • To need something; to make something necessary.
  • To need something
  • To order or demand something.
  • verb
  • To demand that someone does something
  • To need to do something, to make it necessary
turmoil

US /ˈtɚˌmɔɪl/

UK /ˈtɜ:mɔɪl/

  • noun
  • Very confused situation where things are not clear
  • other
  • A state of emotional disturbance or agitation.
  • A state of great disturbance, confusion, or uncertainty.
  • A situation characterized by great violence or disorder.
create

US /kriˈet/

UK /krɪ'eɪt/

  • verb
  • To make, cause, or bring into existence
  • other
  • To cause something to happen; to give rise to a particular situation or state.
  • To invent or design something new
  • To bring something into existence; to make or produce something new.
distance

US /ˈdɪstəns/

UK /'dɪstəns/

  • noun
  • Lack of friendliness toward another person
  • A point or place that is far away.
  • Amount of space between two places or things
  • A point or place that is far away.
  • A long race.
  • verb
  • To make it clear that you are not involved
  • other
  • To create a space or separation, either physically or emotionally.
  • To create a space or separation, either physically or emotionally.
  • other
  • A lack of friendliness or emotional connection.
  • The amount of space between two places or things.
resort

US /rɪ'zɔ:rt/

UK /rɪ'zɔ:t/

  • noun
  • Act of choosing something to help with a problem
  • Vacation hotel or complex; area for holidays
lift

US /lɪft/

UK /lɪft/

  • noun
  • Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
  • Machine carrying people up or down to other floors
  • Movement of something to higher position
  • verb
  • To stop or cancel something, such as a rule
  • To move something to higher position
  • To make something increase in amount
  • To make something disappear often by stealing it
social

US /ˈsoʃəl/

UK /ˈsəuʃəl/

  • adjective
  • Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
  • Living together and depending on each other
leave

US /liv/

UK /li:v/

  • noun
  • A period of absence from duty or work, especially when granted permission.
  • Permission to do something
  • Vacation time; time off work
  • other
  • To cause someone to be in a particular state or condition.
  • To allow something to remain in a specific place or condition.
  • other
  • Permission to be away from work or duty.
  • Remains of food.
  • verb
  • To go away from; depart
  • To gift property to someone after you die
  • To allow something to continue happening
  • To let something remain unused or available
  • To let something or someone remain somewhere
  • other
  • To go away from a place.