by Dan Giesin | Mar 29, 2022 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
Apres ski. Are there two more collegial words in the French-English lexicon? Just the very notion of the phrase — particularly in the spring — conjures up an idyllic state of relaxing after a enjoyable day on the slopes by lazing in the afternoon in the sun, kicking...
by Dan Giesin | Mar 22, 2022 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
It’s baaack! That annual ritual to goofiness, a.k.a. spring shenanigans, has risen from its COVID-19 enforced hiatus and is resurfacing at many ski resorts across the continent. From pond skims to music festivals, from slush bumps to retro costume contests, skiers and...
by Dan Giesin | Mar 15, 2022 | Beginner, Blog, Ski Industry News
We all gotta start somewhere. Just as nobody has sprung fully formed from the womb, every skier and snowboarder — no matter how adept he or she is now — had to begin from scratch, making tentative early attempts to learn the sport. Many of these birthing grounds are...
by Dan Giesin | Mar 1, 2022 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
A new lift is always an occasion for excitement and anticipation among skiers and snowboarders as they bring the promise of the opening of new terrain or a quicker, more efficient way of getting to existing terrain. And sometimes a new lift can change the whole...
by Dan Giesin | Feb 22, 2022 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
Do you remember the first time you really played in the snow? The sheer joy of ascending a hill, jumping on a sled or inner tube, racing back down the slope — often in bumping and tumbling manner — and laughing and screeching the entire way? And repeating the process...
by Dan Giesin | Feb 15, 2022 | Beginner, Blog, Expert, Intermediate, Ski Industry News
There are many things in this world that can bring you down. Luckily, there’s one sure way to beat the blues — music. Add a little skiing and/or snowboarding to the mix, and you’ve got a pretty good antidote to most things — if not everything — that are bothering you....
