As I pen this piece in the middle of February, 2024, the outlines of the 2025 American ski market are coming into ever...
What My Murky Crystal Ball Reveals
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Revelations
Better Write than Wrong
Of all the many splendid reasons for becoming a Realskiers.com subscriber, none is more unique - nor more valuable -...
The Extraordinarily Gifted Athlete Who Created the Modern Ski Boot
If you own a pair of Alpine ski boots, you are skiing in a product whose origins can be traced directly back to one...
Ski Luminaries Explain Why You Should Listen to Jackson
The American ski market has never seen so many new and returning skiers in need of good information, yet this critical...
The Bottom of the Barrel
While prowling the underbelly of the Internet, I’ve come across all manner of idiotic “Top Ten” gear recommendations,...
Reflections of a Ski Tester on Trade Fair Eve
Before delving into the nitty-gritty of today’s Revelation, allow me to apologize for having missed a couple of...
ChatGPT AI Has Ski Patter Down Cold
If you thought that the quality of ski journalism - in particular the branch devoted to the world of in-resort, Alpine...
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...
Another Reason to Get New Boots
Please note that I’m going to intersperse my narrative with comments from real skiers either uttered from the boot...
On Being Early
There are few things in skiing that work quite as well as being early. Every powder addict in the world knows the...