In the White World of the mountains, every line is a curve. The innocents who proudly announce that they straight-lined such-and-such a slope fail to observe that every inch of their descent described an arc through space. (Through time as well, but let’s not...
Several times a month I receive brief but impassioned pleas to cover a small-batch ski maker who has won the heart of an apostle who hopes to inspire a similar fervor in others. My explanation for why their prayer for coverage in Realskiers is likely to go unanswered...
This week, I share some Realskiers.com subscriber perspectives I found instructive, on pedicures, gloves and proper ski size selection, with my responses appended. One word: pedicure! I may have “discovered” something that can benefit all skiers! There is no question...
A leitmotif in western philosophy is the observation that the everyday world of mankind resides between two extremes; today, we have a better idea than ever just how extreme the extremities are, the gulf between them so vast that the laws of the quantum world of...
This week we celebrate the stars of the women’s ski market as identified by Realskiers.com Test Shops’ female staff. The same caveats that applied to last week’s selection of the best unisex skis of 2016/17 pertain here: There are a lot of great skis. Any of the 37...
