This season, as every winter season, has brought us some amazing ski videos. Covering everything from possibly the craziest line ever skied to ‘instructional’ ski videos on how to be a skier, this season has stepped up the ski video game with creativity and flat out gall. Some of these you may have already seen, […] Read more…
It’s that time of the year, the new gear and clothing for the 2014-2015 ski and snowboard season is finally coming out. And, like every other year, new trends are on the rise for ski and snowboard clothing. Here is what’s new and hot for this season. Camouflage: Almost every single line from Bogner to […] Read more…
Here our guest blogger Hunter Avis breaks down rocker in skis and why it matters. Taking a look at the 2014-2015 season, rockered skis are everywhere. Using Volkl’s product line as an example, virtually every ski in the lineup, from the race-stock Racetiger GS, to the Adora, a ski designed for improving intermediate skiers, has some amount […] Read more…
Yeah, you read that right. Playboy has come out with a video of two bunnies waxing a pair of skis, and no, that isn’t a euphemism. The truth is, the video is pretty straightforward and clean. Yes, they wearing low cut skin-tight suits, but they are actually teaching how to wax a ski. And for […] Read more…
Expedia Viewfinder partnered with Skis.com to showcase five mountain towns with the most vibrant after-dark scene. There’s more to ski season than cruisin’ the powdery slopes. As the temperatures drop, the nightlife starts to heat up and mountain towns come alive with DJs spinning, bartenders pouring, and slot machines clanging. Here at Expedia Viewfinder, we […] Read more…
If you’ve been skiing for a long time, you probably have old skis lying around. Maybe they’re in your garage, or maybe they’re in your basement starting to get moldy. Either way, odds are those straight skis aren’t going to be super useful on the slopes anymore. So what do you do with them? Well you […] Read more…
So it’s been announced, Park City Mountain Resort will be open for the 2014-2015 season. They finally caved and sold to Vail Resorts, and will be included in the 2014-2015 Epic Pass. For a fair assessment of this legal battle and outcome, we asked guest blogger Hunter Avis to weigh in: I, like much of […] Read more…
I’ve been skiing since I was 3 years old, a late starter in my dad’s eyes since my brother started at only 2 years old. Growing up skiing was a pretty awesome luxury, and here is what I miss most about skiing as a kid: The fanny packs and one-pieces Ok, maybe this is a […] Read more…
It happens to all of us, the summer rolls around and we start to get the mountain blues. I find it’s worst right about mid July. I start to get antsy from sitting at my desk all day and start craving the smell of fresh mountain air, morning beers and the crunch of fresh snow. […] Read more…
In 1947, Klaus Obermeyer arrived in Aspen, Colorado to join a friend who had opened the Aspen Ski School. For 12 years Klaus worked as a ski instructor by day and inspired by the short comings of ski clothing of the time, started Sport Obermeyer. He set out to develop more durable warm parka […] Read more…