According to the recently released SIA Market Intelligence Report, the Key Insight to be gleaned from the Alpine Ski Participant Age Trends is, “As a percentage of Alpine Skiers, the 45-54 and 55-64 age groups grew.” Actually, so did the 65+ age group, although to a...
Once upon a time, the family of alpine skiers was a relatively tight-knit bunch of risk-takers regarded by the general public as a lunatic clan whose members seemed to spend half of each winter wearing a cast or sling, yet continued to ski, as if such injuries were...
Last season I introduced a Realskiers Test Card app, allowing both our regular cast of specialty shop personnel and citizens of all stripes to record their impressions of new skis and send them off to my database in one fell swoop. The app turned out to be a...
The ecology that allows the ski bum to flourish has always been delicate. In order to survive, the ski bum often is forced to live in communal households with half-crazed roommates (which is better than it sounds) with dubious hygiene (worse than it sounds). In his...
[With the ski season looming just over the time horizon, the communal anticipation of skiers everywhere begins its annual climb to fever pitch. To add to your stoke, I’m offering a chapter from Snowbird Secrets that addresses the sensation of anticipation as it...
