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

From Shogun to Powder

April 5, 2025 The Wisconsin Skier 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! […]

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The Sharp Edge

The Fear of Fear

March 31, 2018 The Wisconsin Skier 0

Yeah, I can lazily arc Midwestern blue and black groomers all day long and not feel a bit of fear, but that does not make me a better skier. I can go off on a short easy bike ride, but that does not increase my fitness or cycling abilities. I can write a simple Perl extract in a day but again it does not make me better professionally. […]

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The Last Ride

Mind Games

December 11, 2011 The Wisconsin Skier 0

    Lately, I have been near obsessive about viewing YouTube POV videos of skiers going down ski trails of nasty repute, e.g. Birds of Prey at Beaver Creek, the HahnenKamm at Kitzbühel, and the downhill […]