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Travel

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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The Sharp Edge

Skiing to the App

Planet Ski’s Clare Meaney has some commentary on skiing for speed. Apparently, investigators in France conclude a young British ski guide got himself killed himself when attempting to reach 100 KpH on skis (62.5 mph), a speed I have come close to. […]

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The Skiing Bear!

You may have heard of the Dancing Bears an iconic set of bears associated with the Grateful Dead. Well, I am working on putting them into ski gear! It is a fair amount of drudgery, […]

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Skiing

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 […]

Contemplating A Helmet
The Sharp Edge

Contemplating Helmets

Editorials often come down decisively on one side or the other of a question. This is not one of those editorials. Currently, I do not wear a helmet while skiing. Should I? If I ask […]

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