The 2022 Women’s Frontside Field

The pandemic may have slowed down the amount of model turno On the men’s side of the gender divide, the Frontside category is a nearly homogenous field of powerful carving machines.  About the only characteristics of the Women’s Frontside field that unite them are...
Cascading Rivulets of Thought

Cascading Rivulets of Thought

  As the photo above attests, I’ve been composing my thoughts about skis and skiing for a long time. This week’s Revelation recaps the 2020/21 season as captured in the pages of Realskiers.com.  Oh, what a year it’s been.  The ski community has gone...
How Not to Buy Ski Boots

How Not to Buy Ski Boots

  Of all the nefarious practices in our little business, none is more inimical than a consumer shopping a website for price while extracting the vitally important technical expertise from a talented bootfitter.  It’s like eating a five-star meal, then...
52 Weeks

52 Weeks

Your Esteemed Editor en route to his next descent in the Wasatch backcountry. If you’re a skier, and you believe in the afterlife, this is where you wind up. (Provided you’ve been very, very good.)   We skiers are a resilient lot. One year ago, give or take a day...

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