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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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Pushing Snow Around

Uh-oh. I am seeing more and more tweets and other indicators that the regional ski resorts are starting up snowmaking again and are pushing snow around. One does not have to look at the calendar […]

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Equipment

Rocker and Rolling Skis

Ski Magazine online notes a new trend in ski design: the rocker. Skis typically feature a design characteristic known as camber. Lay the ski on a flat surface (flat side down) and look at the […]

Spring Skiing 2014!
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Spring Skiing 2014

Saturday March 29, 2014 Ironwood Michigan. I spent last Saturday skiing, as is usual I did not arrive at Blackjack until the early afternoon and was out skiing a bit after that. It is definitely […]

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The Last Ride

Ski Dreaming

From time to time I dream of skiing. I am not talking of day dreaming, but about night dreams. It is one thing to day dream of something, but to night dream of it is […]

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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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