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From Shogun to Powder

This ski trip actually began in 1980 while I was still in grade school. The original airing of the original Shogun (the day I’m writing this it was announced that the star of that mini-series Richard Chamberlain has passed away) really caught my attention and indeed fascination. This led to me some years later purchasing the book Shogun by James Clavell and reading it and it was very riveting – I do recall finishing the second half of the book in one weekend – only getting out of bed for the most basic of life necessities! […]

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Health, Fitness, and Nutrition

Save the Knee!

Easy Kneesy When us skiers hear the word joint, what do we think? No, not weed! The joints I most often hear about when it comes to skiing are the hip and knee joints. Both […]

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Skiing ABCs B
Skiing

Skiing ABCs B

This entry is part [part not set] of 16 in the series Skiing ABCs

Skiing ABCs B — B is for Bluebird Skiers do not mind the gray days as those are the days delivering the fresh goods (ie snow) to us and if it is snowing hard enough […]

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Skiing

Skid Row

Skidding is one of the first things most skiers learn. We all use the skid to stop when the earth’s contours do not allow us to stop when and where we want to. At the […]

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Hottie Tubbies

You had a hard day of skiing, you are done with your dinner, and now what? If you are staying at a ski lodge or are lucky enough to be so setup you usually pay […]

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Health, Fitness, and Nutrition

On Balance

   One of the key factors in ski & snowboarding health is balance. Often times when we think of physical fitness for the snow we think of getting our legs muscles up to snuff and our […]

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