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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! […]

Save the knee! Drawing of the knee!
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 -- Terminology Associated with Skiing
Skiing

Skiing ABCs

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

This is the lead article in a series of 26 I am going to do entitled Skiing ABCs. It is NOT a presentation of basic ski technique but instead I will go over the jargon […]

driving in winter
The Last Ride

Driving in Snow

A negative on winter is driving in snow and ice, I would rather drive to and from my skiing without having to worry about keeping my wheels locked onto the road, However, wishing about things […]

A better free body diagram
Skiing

A Better Free Body Diagram!

One of the items I’ve been talking about here are the physics of skiing and focusing on the basic Newtonian Mechanics of skiing. Of late I’ve taken the approach to talk about basic force and […]

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