Elsewhere, I went to report on Ben Kilner, Banchory's talented half pipe snowboarder.

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Shaun White was amazing in the half pipe!

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Britain's hopes of grabbing a medal in the half-pipe event ended when Lesley McKenna was eliminated in the qualification stages.

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In 2002 he qualified for the Olympic team and went on to win a gold medal in the half-pipe competition in Salt Lake City.

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The joints between the half-pipes have rubber seals to stop the contents leaking, and each half-pipe has a vertical pipe connected to it, to introduce or dispose of the fluid concerned.

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The ancient, all-of-a-piece jumble of khaki fieldstone buildings, wooden shutters and half-pipe roof tiles is as spruced up as a resort these days, with no graffiti in sight or tumbled ruins or paving stones out of place.

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Inside the riser pipe is a space about half a meter in diameter, large enough to hold the spinning drill pipe and bit and to allow the return flow of drilling fluid.

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Jorge walks past a rusty steel pipe, about half a metre high.

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The AP1000 has half the valves, 35% fewer safety-grade pumps, 80% less pipe and 85% less cable than existing plants.

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Denman completely misjudged his jump two fences out, leaving David Pipe's 12-1 shot to pass the post four-and-a-half lengths clear of Exotic Dancer.

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