As everyone probably remembers, this past season’s ski conditions everywhere but the east coast were pretty crappy. Some places were downright miserable and even un-skiable in areas (I’m looking at you Oregon). But if ski movies have taught us anything, it’s that there’s always powder somewhere. Turns out, sometimes that’s just not true or attainable. […] Read more…
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Recently Liftopia and Huffington Post put out an article on 5 common myths about skiing. Although it seems to me as though there are a lot of myths about skiing that aren’t really true (like all skiers are either old bums that don’t snowboard or little park rats that only ski in terrain parks), here […] Read more…
Our Second Annual Skisperience winner Alex from New York recently took his trip to Park City, Utah and had a blast! He sent us over some pictures of his gear and trip, and here they are. Alex is the winner of an $11,000 vacation prize package for a 5 day ultimate Utah ski adventure including […] Read more…
It sure seems like skiing dogs are in vogue these days. Videos are popping up on YouTube all over the place of dogs running down ski hills, playing in snow on mountains, dressed up in ski gear and so on. We even added one to our Top 5 Videos from This Season So Far post […] Read more…
Here’s a guest post from one of our Skis.com team members Steve Nowak, who weighs in here on slope side drinks. The next time you’re on the slopes, I’m guessing it will be highly unlikely that you’ll cross paths with a friendly St. Bernard that has a cask of brandy around his neck, especially since […] Read more…
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What is compression clothing? I’m glad you asked. Compression clothing by definition is a form fitting garment that is usually made from a spandex type material. Compression clothing can be made in shirts, shorts, tights, underwear and even hats. It is form fitting so that it can provide pressure over a specific body part to […] Read more…
Every year SnowSports Industries America puts on the biggest snow sports trade show in America in Denver, CO. SIA 2015 runs for about 5 days and pretty much every ski/snowboard/winter outdoors brand you can imagine is there. It’s a chance to see and experience all of next year’s gear, and what a year it will […] Read more…
Remember that dreaded Polar Vortex last year where it felt too cold to even step outside for more than 5 minutes? Many people were enjoying their time on the slopes during those days of record-breaking frigid temperatures, and what helped many of them stay warm in subzero temps was heated clothing. Gloves. Boots. Jackets. Even […] Read more…