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Short Swings for February 2025

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As always, there’s lots happening at our favorite ski/snowboard resorts in February, especially outdoor events now that the days are getting longer. This month’s Short Swings features two areas hosting important major competitions, new snowcat skiing…
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Getting a Grip on Being a Senior Skier

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Age is an insidious thing. No matter how hard we try, once we pass 50 or so, with each passing year, we are physically weaker, our bodies more fragile, and it takes longer to recover from illness and injury. Those are simple facts of life. This degradation…
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My Second Career as a Ski Patroller at Age 72

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By Alan Slobodnik When I retired from full-time work at the end of 2017 after a rewarding 50-year career as a family therapist, I was looking for a new passion and challenge in which to invest my energy and continue helping people live to their full…
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Sugarbush Supporting Mental Wellness

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Getting out in nature triggers the biophilic hypothesis (human tendency to connect with the natural world and other living organisms) which involves lowering human stress, boosting mental health, restoring attention, empathy, and cognitive clarity by…
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Skiing/Snowboarding Indoors Year-Round in New Jersey

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Big SNOW is the only indoor ski and snowboard area in North America. It is part of the American Dream Entertainment and Retail Center in The Meadowlands, East Rutherford, New Jersey, and a great place to learn year-round, get a jump-start on the new downhill…
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Roth on Ski Safety

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In many of my entries, I talk about skiing safety, but I think it needs more emphasis, maybe even continual emphasis. Here are the seven rules of slope safety to keep you and others out of danger: 1. Always stay in control and be able to stop or avoid…
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50 Years the Wong Way

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Ski the Wong Way! That  was the header on the classic K2 poster of a young guy with long black hair wearing white mirrored sunglasses; in mid air off a mogul;, in the middle of a jet turn. It was the early 1970s and the young Canadian from Vancouver…
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Short Swings for January 2025

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As always, there’s lots happening at our favorite ski/snowboard resorts in January.  This month, let’s start with a shout-out to two of them which are making headlines for ground-breaking (literally) new lifts and new terrain. Deer Valley  The…
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What’s New for the 2024-25 Season—Southeastern Edition

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Research on the southern ski industry shows that below the Pennsylvania/Maryland state line, resorts boast a nationally significant rate of infrastructure reinvestment. “Incremental” and “annual” spending on snowmaking improvements, more modern…
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A Look Back at the Learn to Ski/Snowboard Month Program Which Introduced Thousands to Snowsports

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Sixteen years ago, the ski/snowboard industry embarked on a venture known as Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month for the entire month of January. Over 10 years, from 2009 to 2019, it introduced many thousands of newbies to snowsports. But how it came…
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Tips For Elder Cross Country Skiers

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Before the Golden Bachelor created a hoopla and appeared on TV, Herman Smith Johannsen also known as Jackrabbit Johannsen was known for cross country (XC) skiing at 102 years old. He was a man who popularized XC skiing in Quebec and later in America.…
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Skiing With Bilateral Knee Replacement Surgery

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR from Frank Rickus You can ski with bilateral knee replacement in your sixties. Eight months after surgery I was back skiing in November and then teaching skiing at Stratton two months later.  I am a pharmacist and was working…
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My Biggest Fear on the Slopes

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Several years ago, SeniorsSkiing surveyed its readers about their biggest fear on the slopes. The overwhelming answer was being hit by an out-of-control skier. It is my greatest fear as well. Whether he/she may be drunk, stoned or skiing too fast for…
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Is A Custom Ski Right For You?

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You have decided it's time for new skis. You walk in to your favorite ski shop and there, lined up against the wall, are 100 pair or more; all from brand name companies you recognize. All are high quality.  But which one is best for you? Since…
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How To Select Your Next Pair Of Skis – 2025

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Don’t ski as aggressively as you used to? Looking for a ski that makes the sport a little easier? As part of its annual review of new skis, realskiers.com, the go-to site for in-depth ski evaluations, has determined the best skis for older skiers.…
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Short Swings for December

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As always, there is plenty of good news at our favorite winter resorts for the end of 2024 and start of 2025.  But let’s begin this monthly edition of Short Swings with a warning – don’t hit the person who hit you. On one of the first days…
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The Senior Ski Bum

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Follow the senior ski bum on his first ski trip of the season. Follow along as he has two bluebird days, a powder day and a day with wind holds. Listen to his musings on the positive impact skiing has on our psyches. https://www.youtube.com/watch?…
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