I recently received a brief yet pithy email from an old friend and confrere, Tom Corlett, who posed a seemingly...
A Fresh Perspective On How to Buy in a Maturing Ski Market
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Revelations
The Things We Do for Love, Part II
My longtime ski buddy, Rick Stalker, was given the nickname Rickus-Dickus by fellow Snow Country Magazine ski tester...
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...
Ski Test Primer
Ski testing closely resembles skiing, but it’s not the same. Ski testing requires discipline. The ski tester has to...
First Impressions
I just returned Sunday night from the first combined SIA/OR show and I’m still processing all that transpired. In my...
Baselines Basics
You’re first attracted by a ski’s topskin, how it appears in the hand. But you live with the base, where the ski meets...
The Special Joys of Flying Solo
I’m not anti-social, but left with the choice of skiing by myself or not skiing at all, I’m going skiing. I suppose...