Every few years I take a deep dive into the women’s ski market, partly to re-visit the latest trends in the overall...
Checking in on the 2024 Women’s Market
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Revelations
Re-Thinking the Fundamentals
What if you had the chance to start over with a clean slate, not with something as monumental as a relationship -...
The State of the Women’s Ski Market II
Solid technical skills translate beautifully to powder, regardless of gender. Photo courtesy of Blizzard. In 1993,...
The State of the Women’s Ski Market I
Much as I loathe the idea of contributing to the demise of my native tongue, I hereby bow before the Zeitgeist of...
Why We Review Non-FIS Race Skis
I don’t know how many Non-FIS Race skis will be sold during the many Race Nights that will most likely convene...
The Making of a Skier, Part V: Salomon Field Days, Part Deux
My first winter season as a Salomon rep was winding down when our Binding Product Manager, Joe Campisi, asked me to...
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...