Revelations

Your Next Ski Should Be a Frontside Model

I realize I’m swimming against the tide. The American skier has considered his abundant options and chosen some form of an All-Mountain model as his everyday ride. (Pardon me, ladies, much of what I’m about to assert doesn’t apply to you, as American women tend to...

Groundhog Year

So much snow has fallen this season at places like Snowbird and Mammoth, it’s quite possible these resorts (and others...

A Fresh Perspective On How to Buy in a Maturing Ski Market

I recently received a brief yet pithy email from an old friend and confrere, Tom Corlett, who posed a seemingly...

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...

How to Be a Good Customer

Thanks to the popularity of rating sites like Yelp™ and Trip Advisor™, every retailer, restaurant and service provider...

Does a Ski Possess a Soul?

Can a ski have a soul? Most theologians, as well as the murky dictates of common sense, would say no. But skis do not...

Ski of the Year 2018

With the holiday season upon us, it’s time to unwrap Realskiers’ picks as the best skis of 2018. Nothing seems to...

You Have One Hour, And You Need All New Gear

If you can only carve one hour out of your crazy holiday schedule to get fully outfitted in new gear, how best to...

Unbalanced by Design

After each bootfitting exercise, I spend a few moments ensuring that my freshly fitted customer understands the basic...

Where Are Rear-Entry Boots Now that We Need Them?

According to the recently released SIA Market Intelligence Report, the Key Insight to be gleaned from the Alpine Ski...

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