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Professional skier Bode Miller has launched a Los Angeles-based social networking Web site for ski enthusiasts at SkiSpaee.com The site was founded by the 2008 alpine skiing world champion, who serves as chief executive.

SkiSpace.com has reached 3 million page views since debuting in December. It is on pace to continue doubling in size on a month-to-month basis.

SkiSpace offers weather updates, vacation planning, equipment sales and ski reports. Other sections allow sharing of user-generated content such as mobile blogs, photo uploads and ski videos. Users can participate in discussion forums with some of the world's top professional skiers on a variety of topics.

The site was founded in collaboration with Los Angeles-based PathConnect LLC. PathConnect was founded two years ago by Ryan Blair as a way for established name brands to create social networking sites. Other partners with the company include actress Jessica Biel.

Staff reporter David Nusbaum can be reached at [e-mail] or at [phone], ext. 236.