Identify and Make Friends with It.What skier hasn't dealt with fear? In my decades of skiing, fear has been a regular companion, sometimes riding shotgun when I've pushed into more adventurous terrain…
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Train the Summer, Shred the Winters.Off-season ski training often focuses – and rightly so – on maintaining strength and cardiovascular fitness, along with flexibility. But in a sport that requires th…
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Lean Back and Shorten the Learning Curve. Wow, what a year for snow out west. There’s been an overload of storms from December through March that are converting many of us who previously prefer…
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Spring Conditions, Form and Gear Tips.Ah, spring. It is the bittersweet season, when we begin bidding winter our long, sad adieu, while simultaneously planning to enjoy some of the best condition…
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From East to West. Given my preference, I'll always choose a secluded ski resort, where the emphasis is strictly on skiing – really great skiing – and a few top-end restaurants. If I have that,…
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Ski Faster and Enjoy the Comradery.True story. As a kid growing up in New Jersey in the 1960s, I was absolutely enamored with ski racing. It was no passing fancy, but a full-on infatuation.The op…
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If You Don't Abstain, Here are 12 Tips to Ease the Pain.Faithful readers of this blog know I'm a big, big fan of après ski. It's as much a part of the ski scene as champagne powder and first tracks. P…
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Assess, Ask and Instruct your Instructor.Skiing has several essential truths. Sliding downhill is preferable to slogging uphill. That's why we have chairlifts and gondolas. And the better skier you ar…
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How to Plan and Where to Go. Few trips require the same leap of faith that a ski vacation does. Consider just how fickle Old Man Winter can be. Here in New England, we got absolutely burie…
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Get Your Ski House On!Ah, the ski house. Is there anything else that appeals to our sense of escape during the winter more than our cherished home-away-from-home?There are many types of skiers. So it…
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What You Need to Know Part 2: Altitude, Impact and Dehydration.To continue our coverage on first aid tips for winter sport related ailments, we look at some not so uncommon problems and useful tips to…
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What You Need to Know Part 1: Prevention and Frostnip? A few years back, my wife and I were riding a quad chair at Sugarloaf in western Maine, and I started chatting up the young snowboarder si…
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