Revelations

Is Skiing Getting Better or Worse?

As we grow older, events of the misty past take on a warm, pastel glow that suffuses our memories with a charm that seems notably lacking in the present. Part of our sanity- preservation wiring gives us the ability to edit our past so the best moments loom large and...

Seven Things We Think You Know

One of the foundational elements of many misunderstandings is cemented in place when one side of a relationship...

Stymied

We skiers are a resilient lot. We have to be. The sport that feels embedded in the most elemental fibers of our being...

Reading the Tea Leaves of 2018

The ski trade is on such a wacky sell-in cycle that our regional ski rep association wrapped up their first trade show...

On Roundness

In the White World of the mountains, every line is a curve. The innocents who proudly announce that they...

Many Davids vs. Few Goliaths

Several times a month I receive brief but impassioned pleas to cover a small-batch ski maker who has won the heart of...

The Mail Bag

This week, I share some Realskiers.com subscriber perspectives I found instructive, on pedicures, gloves and proper...

Tales from the Boot Bench: Between Two Extremes

A leitmotif in western philosophy is the observation that the everyday world of mankind resides between two extremes;...

The Best Women’s Skis of 2016/17

This week we celebrate the stars of the women’s ski market as identified by Realskiers.com Test Shops’ female staff....

The Best Skis of 2016/17

Before we begin doling out victory laurels, we pause to recognize all the great skis of 2016/17 not being singled out...

On Gratitude & Asking Permission

On a day when we all pause to remember the people, events and things in our lives for which we are deeply grateful, I...

Women’s LIB

“Lighter is better” (LIB) has been the dominant theme in consumer products over the past several years, so it’s no...

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