Today’s Revelation has been several weeks in the making. In the course of researching it, I’ve unearthed several...
A Fly in the Ointment
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Revelations
At Our Wit’s End: A Sucker’s Guide to Revenue Sharing Models
*By "Special Offer," we mean "Obsequious Solicitation." It’s not like we haven’t tried. In our tireless efforts to...
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...
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...
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,...
Seven Skis That Transcend Their Genres
Ever since Doug Pfeiffer and Sven Coomer orchestrated Skiing magazine’s first on-snow ski test, how to usefully...
How It’s Supposed to Work
I’ve recently returned to the front lines - known colloquially as the bootfit bench - as there’s snow on the ground...