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Yes, You Can Still Ski on Memorial Day'Here's Where
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (209+ words) skimag. com Not ready to trade in your ski boots for hiking shoes quite yet? There are a precious few ski areas that will still be spinning lifts on Memorial Day weekend for skiers looking to squeeze that last bit…...
I Thought I Needed Better Technique. What I Actually Needed Was Different Ski Boots.
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (381+ words) I'm about to really embarrass myself. I've been skiing since grade school, have raised three amazing skiers, and, as SKI's Executive Editor, I've practically built my life around the sport. Yet I recently found out a critical piece of information…...
We Handpicked 6 Items Skiers Will Love From The Annual REI Sale
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (322+ words) REI's just kicked off their anniversary sale, except instead of eating frozen wedding cake, they're putting hundreds of items on sale. For the next 10 days, you can save big on purchases from car racks to jackets. Plus, REI members get…...
How Natural Selection's Last-Minute Alaska Pivot Created the Wildest Ski Comp of the Year
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (416+ words) When the Natural Selection Tour crew arrived in Alaska this winter, the plan was simple: return to the steep, technical spine walls that helped define last season's inaugural ski event. Instead, what unfolded became something entirely different'and perhaps even more…...
A Brand New Ski Pass Is Hitting The Market. Here's What We Know.
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (358+ words) A new player is entering the ski industry's pass loyalty wars. But unlike the Epic, Ikon, Indy, and Mountain Collective passes, which have been on sale for weeks, the Snow Pass is waiting in the wings for a post-Labor Day…...
After Testing Tecnica's New Backcountry Ski Boot, I'm Done with 'Lighter Is Better"
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (694+ words) The bigger problem was my backcountry gear. Chasing that elusive uphill-downhill balance, I'd built a lightweight setup optimized for long approaches, not fun descents. As a result, I had AT boots that didn't feel like real ski boots in ski-mode,…...
This Is the Ski We Reach for on the Worst Snow Days
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (213+ words) skimag. com Deal of the Week: This Season's V'lkl M7 Mantra For Less than $700 (With Bindings!) The V'lkl M7 Mantra is not an effortless ski. Despite its four turning radii, it prefers to lock into medium and large radius turns, thriving at…...
Fischer's New Mystery Ski Is Hard to Categorize'Until You Ski It in Powder
1+ week, 3+ day ago (522+ words) Fischer announced the Nothing early this winter with a video teasing the skis as a freeride powder platform (think butter 3s and hand drags off natural features). When I asked the company for more details, Fischer refused to elaborate, telling me:…...
Apr's Should Only Be For Those Who Ski. Fight Me.
1+ week, 4+ day ago (517+ words) Earlier this year, I was invited to an apr's-ski'themed party in Midtown Manhattan. Something about that irked me. It was the spirit of it that didn't sit well. I felt like the selling point was devoid of hitting a small…...
A Ski Mom's Extremely Unofficial Guide to Having a Baby
1+ week, 4+ day ago (330+ words) I put a lot of thought into this. Raising a skiing family takes work and dedication. But that work doesn't just start once kids are in the picture. It starts long before. Here's the master plan to becoming a ski…...