With the holiday shopping season right around the corner, it's time to put together your Christmas list. Whether buying for the skier or snowboarder in your life, or even shopping for yourself, we've put together some of the best gift ideas for your snow sports wish list in this, our annual FTO Holiday Ski...
With the holiday shopping season right around the corner, it's time to put together your Christmas list. Whether buying for the skier or snowboarder in your life, or even shopping for yourself, we've put together some of the best gift ideas for your snow sports wish list in this, our annual FTO Holiday Ski...
Salt Lake City, UT - Let’s get a few things straight here: ladies, we’ve already got a closet full of ties that we never wear, anyway. And guys, we’ll enjoy our turns more on women-specific ski and snowboard gear that’s more valuable to us than baubles and beads. Are you shopping for a skier...
If you’ve got a skier or rider on your holiday gift list, you may be looking for that perfect, unique little “something” for under the tree or in their stocking. Or maybe it’s time to start dropping hints about what you want Santa to bring. Either way, we’ve reviewed a few trinkets his fall...
There's nothing worse than putting on damp boots. So for years I dried my snowboard boots on the stove, letting the warmth from the pilot light do its job overnight. Then I visited my buddy Pete's cabin in Whitefish. He had a Peet's boot dryer. No more boots on the stove! PEET'S ELECTRIC BOOT...
If you’re new to snowboarding and trying to decide whether to go with traditional strap bindings or a step-in system like the K2-Clicker, Switch, Rossignol or Ride/Device System, what should you consider? Asides from cost, understanding some performance, comfort and ease-of-adjustment issues can help you make your decision.n Traditional (Oxygen) Strap bindings K2...
Ski season is here, ready or not, and if you want to glide with the best, be sure you give your boards an early season tune-up, either with a do-it-yourself treatment or with a quick visit to your local shop.nMost important is to make sure the bases are waxed, says Tim Brush, long-time ski...
Take a trip down memory lane with me for a moment. Think back to that first major ski equipment purchase you ever made. Perhaps you’re tired of an endless stream of dull edge skis and ill-fitting rear entry boots available from your local hill’s rental shop. Or, maybe you’d finally been cut from the...
