Steamboat Springs, CO – The Tugboat Grill & Pub in Steamboat’s Ski Time Square was quickly filling with après-ski revelers as I joined Steve Rakowski at the bar, lamenting the lack of new snow. A local for the past 14 years, Steve was equally frustrated that it hadn’t … Continue Reading ››
Keystone, CO – A full moon rose above the ramparts of the Continental Divide, as the rental car engine whined up one side of Loveland Pass and down the other. It’s a good thing that I remembered to feed the gerbils that ran on the treadmill used to … Continue Reading ››
Steamboat Springs, CO – High-speed GS turns arced down the Vagabond trail as I chased Cathy Wiedemer, Steamboat’s charming Public Relations Manager, as she sped downhill on her telemark gear. Wind whistled past my ears as I swept from one trail edge to the other at the edge of … Continue Reading ››
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 … Continue Reading ››
My introduction to Japanese skiing took place roughly 27 years ago in front of a television set in Warren, Vermont, my hometown in the United States, and also home to Sugarbush Ski Area. My father, a transplanted Austrian who had emigrated to North America to become a ski … Continue Reading ››
Minneapolis, MN – There’s one thing any die-hard skier will notice as he or she gazes out the porthole window of their plane on the final approach into the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport: it’s damned flat out there. My eyes scanned from one horizon to … Continue Reading ››
Tahoe City, CA – First light, and the chirping alarm did little more than elicit an anguished groan from my daughter Jacquelin, age 14. It was 6:00 AM and less than nine hours since we had last been on the snow, tubing our hearts out at Squaw … Continue Reading ››