I was the fifth of five children. While I naturally lacked the capacity to appreciate my circumstances in my...
The Making of a Skier: Hand-Me Downs
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Revelations
The Making of a Skier, Part IV: Salomon Field Days
I was an experiment. Clay Freeman, Salomon’s Western Sales Manager, and Tom Corlett, the Colorado Front Range rep who...
The State of the Ski Market, Part II: The Pluses and Problems of Standards
In Part I of my 2020 State of the Ski Market Revelation, I describe how the influence of ski width, deep sidecuts,...
The State of the Ski Market: The Origins of Today’s Wacky World
Once upon a time, the Alpine ski market was relatively homogenous. Racing was the sole paradigm of excellence and race...
Why Wide Skis Aren’t Good for Your Knees
In his introduction to an overview of current research on the effects of wide skis, Prof. John Seifert of Montana...
What’s the Big Deal? Realskiers.com Adds Value Rating
The annual rite of spring known as America’s Best Bootfitters Boot Test attracts some of the world’s top product...
Realskiers.com Returns! or How I Spent My Summer Vacation
On those rare occasions when I leave my writer’s cocoon to engage in some form of social interaction, I’m often...
What We’ve Learned This Season
While stumbling through the poorly marked corridors of my cortex searching for an idea that would somehow summarize...
Shell Games
The September 6, 2016 Revelation is titled, “Two Numbers to Know.” In it I explain that boot suppliers have helpfully...
Mixed Media Messages
Regular readers of my Revelations know that my primary communication vehicle is the printed word, which I try to...