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Answer for the clue "Skiing fan ", 8 letters:
snowbird

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Snowbird is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics .

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also snow-bird , from 1680s in reference to various types of birds associated with snow, from snow (n.) + bird (n.1). From 1923 in reference to northern U.S. workers who went to the South in the winter months to work; by 1979 in reference to tourists.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ After all the snowbirds, Tourons, sissies and failed Californios dry up and blow away. ▪ Baseball was a one-month gig that left like the rest of snowbirds come April.

Usage examples of snowbird.

Jonthose snowbirds would have left me in that sandpile until all hell froze over.

It would be easy to blame the snowbirds for the mayhem against the manatees, but Hamilton said this is not fair.

Think of how many freezing snowbirds would try to weasel a free vacation to Florida this way!

Bare lots were sold to aspiring snowbirds for three to five times the true resale value.

The snowbirds live like gypsies: some in expensive RVs, some in cardboard shacks.

Rudy Graveline could not accommodate all the snowbirds, but he did his damnedest.

They've all ready lost Jokertown to the Demon Princes and the other joker gangs, and a Chinatown gang called the Egrets or Snowbirds or something like that has run them right out of Chinatown.