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Skiing

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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Equipment

Oakley Canopy Goggles Review

Oakley Canopy Goggles — Product Review Disclosure Statement I obtained this product from Santa Claus (no comments about putting my eye out with this gift) and have had no contact with anyone from Oakley or […]

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Competition

Molsons for the Guys!

What is this with the handing flowers to the guys who win medals? They should get their medal and a can of Molson, LOL, they can even make it a Molson “Canadian”. I suppose, the […]

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Skiing

Ski Map Art

Do you obtain and save your ski trail maps and use them as ski map art? Ski map art is a fairly standard business, most large resorts map design and art is pretty standard, it […]

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Resorts

Big Snow Country Bound?

@indianheadmtn Posted some interesting tweets this morning. Are you Big Snow Country bound this weekend or the next? Big Snow Country is the region up on Lake Superior’s southern coast. Ironwood, Hurley, Bessemer, and Wakefield […]

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Skiing

Anticipation

Oh yeah, I am anxious for ski season to start. Yes, I hesitate to let summer go, but this weekend we got a terse message from Mother Nature to get ready for the chills of […]

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Skiing

Focus on the Focus

I was in the reading room earlier today. I opened the drawer and pulled out a fairly new addition to my library and that is an older copy of ESPN the Magazine the issue dated […]

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The Wisconsin Skier is a ski and cycling fanatic who loves to share his passions for the activities by writing about them! Come along and join him on his active adventures!
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