A recent newsletter opened with the sobering statistic that the typical American skier buys a new ski only every 8 to 10 years. As the ski market will have re-invented itself several times over during any given decade, we thought a little coaching might be in order....
On Being LIght (from Snowbird Secrets) Wind slab on Silver Dipper in Snowbird’s Mineral Basin Mineral Basin, on the backside of Snowbird, is a bowl so large if it were any bigger it would be a lake. When storms move into this corner of Little Cottonwood Canyon,...
The device responsible for making skiing an accessible sport instead of a risky form of recreation is the alpine boot. If it isn’t set up to function properly, the expensive slat it’s meant to control and the binding to which it’s connected won’t operate as their...
The question most commonly asked by the new ski buyer, whether in person or via the Internet, is, to no one’s surprise, “What ski should I buy?” When this query is posed on line, the second most frequent question is, “Where should I buy it?” We cannot...
This shot of Austria’s Anna Fenninger captures feminine perfection on skis. Call it gratuitous, but we’ll use any excuse to showcase talent like Anna’s. This week’s pensée isn’t about the four brightest, most talented and photogenic stars in ski racing’s recent...
For as long as skiing has been a sport, skiers have squabbled over the ideal location of the skier on the ski. The emergence in the 1970’s of manufacturer recommended mounting marks did little to settle the argument. For more than a decade there remained two...
