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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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Granite Peak Review — Ski or Board There!

I found the trails more challenging than most of the other places I frequently ski. Equivalently coded runs are steeper at the starts. The blue runs under the high-speed six seater chair are wide and give people a lot of room to maneuver. So, if you are relatively new to skiing or boarding there is room for you to traverse and room for others to get around you. If you find yourself moving out real fast, not to worry as the runs transition to a very gradual slope where you can restore control and again you have plenty of room to maneuver. Hold on at the top and then you can relax and work on technique and experiment on the bottom. […]

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The T-Bar Follies

I most often shun rope-tows and t-bars. Typically one has to expend a fair amount of energy to ride them up, especially if the local geography is not well suited. Study the T-Bar in the […]

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Winter is Being a Tease

In any event, with the holiday season full swing skiing isn’t happening just yet. Still, the fact of snow on the ground provides comfort and assurance that ski season is just around the corner. […]

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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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