Revelations

The Making of a Skier: Hand-Me Downs

I was the fifth of five children. While I naturally lacked the capacity to appreciate my circumstances in my childhood, the fact that I was an unwelcome accident would cast a shadow across my early youth that only the passage of time and an adult’s awareness have...

Skier, Know Thy Feet

Wherever there’s snow on the ground, the frenzy has started. Last season, the U.S. ski market hit high-water marks in...

Enlightened Self-Interest Explained

One of the principal benefits of membership in Realskiers.com is the right to correspond with yours truly one-on-one,...

Crud, Wet and Beers

The annual Masterfit Boot Test concluded this past Sunday after a 5-day ordeal in which some 35 volunteer testers...

Back to Boot Basics

If you are reading this Revelation on the day of its issue, then I am en route to Silver Mountain, Idaho to assess the...

A Potpourri of Pungent Opinion

The slender rationale for this week’s Revelation is that most recipients of this weekly trickle of wisdom, rarely, if...

The Best of Times

Every day I get the chance to ski is better than a day I don’t. I may get rained on, pelted with grapple with the...

Lessons in Empathy

Last Sunday I concluded another season of bootfitting at Bobo’s Ski and Board in Reno. As a city shop loosely...

Power vs. Finesse

Skiers are not a homogenous lot. The ski community includes Nordic jumpers, runners and biathletes alongside pipe and...

What Makes Specialty Shops Special

Regular readers of my weekly Revelations are frequently reminded of the importance of supporting your local specialty...

On Patience

I composed this piece several years ago in the wake of writing Snowbird Secrets. I’m publishing it now for the first...

Slowing the Pace of Model Turnover or No Time Like the Present

For the past few seasons, the intense competition for the high-end ski dollar drove ski makers to maintain a galloping...

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