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Whitefish Skiing Review

Mountain Skiing in the Mountains! [...]
Pining for Powder

I wanna Blow that Stuff Up! [...]
Don't Drop the Group Pete!

Group Riding is alive and vibrant! [...]
Taking Ski Lessons

Do it! It set me up for powder joy! [...]
NEWO 2017

I came away with my bike intact, all of my skin, I started four races (I raced a cat-5 race early on Sunday), and I finished four races. [...]

Highway sign for Highway US 2

US-2 — The Official Ski Highway of the USA!

April 12, 2025 0

There is a road, no simple highway Between the East and West And if you ski, there will be pow That line is for your tracks alone The Contenders There is a humble road in […]

A single ski line going down in deepish snow against a dark blue sky background

From Shogun to Powder

April 5, 2025 0

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! […]

CORON In large letters on the top of the hill over Coron Town Proper with a cross.

Coron Philippines Beach Questing

March 9, 2024 0

The last excursion was to Coron Palawan Philippines. Which occurred in the middle of our excursion to Cebu. We left my wife’s hometown and motored to Cebu City… […]

An ocean sunset with a boat with rainbow colored lighting

Boracay Philippines Beach Bumming

February 24, 2024 0

The First Excursion My first excursion from the in-law’s house (in this case sister in law & her family) was to Boracay in the Philippines. In previous trips to the Philippines our beach excursions were […]

Madarao Ski Resort Japan -- Main sign against a cloudy sky

Skiing in Japan a Dream Come True

February 23, 2024 0

Skiing in 日本 (Japan) Years ago, I put up an article about the start of planning out a ski trip. It was not just any other ski trip but it was a side trip from […]

skiing for most of us -- photo of a snowboarder overlooking a mountain panorama

Skiing for the Most of Us

February 3, 2023 0

On Twitter Gregg Blanchard tweets this: “I may not dream of skiing big lines anymore, but I do dream of living a life where, yes, I keep skiing for a few more decades but also […]

Save the knee! Drawing of the knee!

Save the Knee!

November 6, 2022 0

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 […]

The Hole on the Mantle

January 15, 2020 0

Exit… Stage Left It was a sunny summer day, I do remember that, the temperature of the day is lost. The month and particular trip is also buried too deep by life for me to […]

Ski Trail Signs -- a vista view from atop a ski mountain

Ski Trail Signs

November 15, 2019 0

Expanding the trail rating system is a good thing! […]

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Old Wi Ski Material an Introduction

January 6, 2010 0

This new category will serve as a cross categorization indicating what material is coming from the old website. Any review written will necessarily be dated material. Any review coming from the old site is very […]

My Fitness Journey -- A Red Trek 7300 Bicycle

My Fitness Journey

I have come a long way on my fitness journey. I was fit in high-school (especially my senior year) and I was not in too bad of shape throughout the rest of my youth, but […]

Big Breakfast Meal!

Fueling the Ski Engine

February 3, 2010 1

One of the things that is important for a good day of skiing is a good breakfast. Too often, we all skip breakfast in a dash out the door. Sometimes when skiing we stay up […]

Skiing in Dubai

Differences between Skiing in Dubai and Wisconsin

January 21, 2014 0

Here is another humorous article from The Wisconsin Skier v1.0. More of these articles are forthcoming as I am now spending some time digging them up and re-publishing them. At first, most of them will […]

My Bike -- Dire Wolf

Transition from Skiing to Biking

April 17, 2013 0

The season is rapidly moving from being my favorite time of the year to the least favorite time. The time between the end of ski season and the start of the warm season. The weather […]

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Skivangalism

January 17, 2012 0

What do you do to promote skiing or snowboarding? Do you ask friends if they want to go? Do you sponsor that first lift ticket? Just what do you do to promote snow sports? […]

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