by Greg Colquitt | Sep 29, 2021 | Blog, Ski Industry News
You’ve been cooped up. We understand. So have we. But winter is coming and now we’re all ready to let our hair down and our ski wings fly out there on the mountains as soon as they open up. Challenge is–they’re not open yet. The horror!...
by Dan Giesin | Sep 28, 2021 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
Probably the most common thought-about subject in the ski and snowboard world right about now is, “What the heck is the coming winter going to be like?” Are we going to have epic pow days? Or will we simply be doing lap after lap on a white ribbon of death? Well,...
by Dan Giesin | Sep 21, 2021 | Blog, Ski Industry News
Those annual harbingers of the ski and snowboard season — the consumer trade shows — are starting to make their reappearance after missing a year because of the pandemic. Some of the huge national productions such as those in Boston and Denver, for example, and even...
by Brandon Quinn | Sep 21, 2021 | Ski Industry News
This is one of my favorite times of the year. It’s when our family does our annual ski gear inventory and we ask ourselves, “Can we squeeze our kids’ feet into their boots for another season?”. We seem to always be missing a glove, and what about their ski pants? Have...
by Dan Giesin | Sep 16, 2021 | Blog, Ski Industry News
Alas, Squaw Valley is no more. The iconic former Winter Games site that sits a few miles northwest of Lake Tahoe and has been the incubator for a plethora of American Olympic athletes and top-notch extreme skiers and snowboarders is still there in all its regal glory...
by Dan Giesin | Mar 30, 2021 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
Closing time. Two of the saddest words in the English language. And that usually pertains to the ski and snowboard season as we sadly watch the dirt and mud creep higher up hill and realize the lifts will soon stop spinning and our on-snow fix will have to wait until...