Earlier this year, I alerted by Dear Readers and Listeners that online advice was about to go from merely shoddy to...
The Con is On!
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Revelations
Boots Matter Most
My central message this week is so primordial, so foundational, that it applies to every skier and every shop that...
What Tomorrow Brings
Last week I dropped by the first regional trade show to retrieve the fresh-off-the-presses 2020 catalogs for most of...
Four Ways to Improve Your Quality of Life
People, a category that includes skiers, are creatures of habit. They repeat their routines, time after time, perhaps...
The Best Ski Test Team Ever
False modesty does not become me, so I'll just say it: it was the best ski test, ever. Instead of running for barely a...
The Great Divide
For nine of the last ten days I’ve been fitting boots and selling skis in the frantic scrum known as holiday shopping....
The Making of a Skier, Part II: Shorties and Other Tales
[In fond memory of many joyful Christmas vacations in the home my parents built in the mountains, where they were...
Why Another Buyer’s Guide?
Yesterday morning the 2019 Masterfit Buyer’s Guide was posted on digital platforms across the Internet. A...
On Sensuality
As the Pontiff of Powder, I have a sacrosanct duty to bestow spiritual enrichment upon my flock. The spirit guide I...
The Making of a Skier, Part I
Dear Readers: I subscribe to exactly one blogger, Bob Lefsetz, whose passion is the music scene, but his restless mind...
Your Next Ski, Revisited
For several seasons we’ve been advising women who want the ideal all-purpose ski to focus their search on the category...