The Mail Bag

The Mail Bag

This week, I share some Realskiers.com subscriber perspectives I found instructive, on pedicures, gloves and proper ski size selection, with my responses appended. One word: pedicure! I may have “discovered” something that can benefit all skiers! There is no question...
Tales from the Boot Bench: Between Two Extremes

Tales from the Boot Bench: Between Two Extremes

A leitmotif in western philosophy is the observation that the everyday world of mankind resides between two extremes; today, we have a better idea than ever just how extreme the extremities are, the gulf between them so vast that the laws of the quantum world of...
The Best Women’s Skis of 2016/17

The Best Women’s Skis of 2016/17

This week we celebrate the stars of the women’s ski market as identified by Realskiers.com Test Shops’ female staff. The same caveats that applied to last week’s selection of the best unisex skis of 2016/17 pertain here: There are a lot of great skis. Any of the 37...
The Best Skis of 2016/17

The Best Skis of 2016/17

Before we begin doling out victory laurels, we pause to recognize all the great skis of 2016/17 not being singled out below. Every unisex ski that earned a Realskiers.com Recommended medallion is by definition one of the best skis of the year. We award a lot of...
On Gratitude & Asking Permission

On Gratitude & Asking Permission

On a day when we all pause to remember the people, events and things in our lives for which we are deeply grateful, I offer this meditation, On Gratitude, Chapter 19 of Snowbird Secrets.    “It’s more, I’d say, not so much a word as kind of a state of...