1. Skis and Bike Are Worth More Than Your Car Image of newschoolers 2011 goggle tan contest winner When those Dynastar Legend XXL’s came out in 2004, they totaled $700, which included a bro hookup on the Pivot binders mounted to those bad boys. Combine that with a $3,000, full-suspension Santa Cruz mountain bike and your toys are […] Read more…
A while back we posted the blog 5 Epic Ski Sequences in Movies. But we realized that we really didn’t cover the board with it, so here you are, 5 more epic ski sequences in movies. Out Cold Ok, so technically this is a snowboarding movie, but it’s still got a narrative so I’m including […] Read more…
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…
Secret agents have them, and so do skiers. In order to be ready for early powder calls and ski touring days I always keep my bag ready to roll, in part because I am horrible morning person. It is essential to be prepared, warm, and safe when navigating constantly shifting mountain whether. Having my bag […] Read more…
One of our team members here at Skis.com, Mike, was lucky enough to get his hands on a brand new pair of 2016 Blizzard Bonafides. In order to have them ready for his first trip to Whistler he took them to one of our ski techs to have them mounted, tuned, and ready to go. […] 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…
In 2003, 25% of skiers and snowboarders hit the slopes wearing helmets. Nine years later, that number was up to 70% with resorts in Switzerland reporting that 95% of its children wear helmets while skiing or snowboarding. One of the key factors that changed over the years is that ski helmets are increasingly more comfortable, […] Read more…
It’s not often that I get rewarded for taking additional runs. In fact, the majority of times at the end of the day I’m negotiating with family and friends to take “just one more run”. That’s why when we were contacted to participate in an event called “Laps for Life” benefiting the American Cancer Society, […] Read more…