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SKIING Magazine Folds: Goodbye, Old Friend.

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After 7o Years Of Chronicling The Sport, The Venerable Publication Closes. The rumors are true.  SKIING Magazine, like so many other classic magazines, has finally closed down after nearly 70 years of publishing.  This is especially sad for me…
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Ski Show Retro Video Brings Back Memories

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If You've Been Around The Ski Biz, You Will See Some Familiar Faces. Thanks to Cathie Judge for sending us this video commemorating the famous Harry Leonard Ski Shows, starting in the late 60s with lots of clips of several giants of the ski industry…
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Goofy And Mickey On The Art Of Skiing

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This Throw-Back Cartoon Reveals The Stereotypes Of Skiing In The 70s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC4ikSRwIEM&feature=share Credit: Walt Disney Productions (Of Course!)
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Skiing In Literature: Pete Seeger’s “Snow, Snow”

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Haunting Song Evokes Winter Night Snow Fall. Everybody knows Pete Seeger and his folk songs from archival ballads to anthems of struggle, the peace and labor movement, and the rest.  What is not widely known is that Pete was a lyrical poet, and some…
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Fifty Years Of Ski Racing In Two Minutes

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Check Out The Change In Equipment, Styles, Spectators Through The Years. Many thanks to the Canadian Ski Instructors Alliance for posting this really interesting clip.  The CSIA got it from Skitourowe Zakopane.pl., a Polish ski travel group enticing…
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Remembering Portillo’s FIS World Championships 1966

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Fifty Years Ago, Portillo Changed Everyone's Idea About Skiing Below The Equator. At the time, it was a wild idea.  Hold the FIS World Championships in Chile, at Portillo, at 3,300 meters, in the Northern hemisphere's summer. Somehow, resort owner…
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100 Years Of Ski Fashion

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Clever Video Shows The Evolution of Dressing For The Snow. Thanks to the Colorado Ski and Snowboard Museum and Hall of Fame for producing this trip through ski history. Click below for a six-minute video clip. Perhaps you might remember wearing some…
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Ski Ballet: Polka Anyone?

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Kinda Catchy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RuDFwS0tMM&feature=youtu.be Anyone know where this was filmed and when?
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Blanket - Ken Q and Barbara Smith 1953-54

Those Blanket Days

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Long-Time Ski Patroller Remembers How Lift Blankets Made Mischief. Remember the good old days when we did not have high tech fabrics, boot heaters, hand warmers, and lots of layers to keep us warm as we rode up the single chair lift in our wooden…
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Rediscovering John Jerome: Looking Closely At Everyday Things

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Leafing Through An Old Magazine Reminds Us Of A Great Writer Back in the early 70s, as assistant editor at SKIING Magazine, then located at One Park Avenue in New York, we would occasionally watch a typescript from John Jerome arrive in the mail and…
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1964: Was It Really So Simple Back Then?

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No-Shows For Late Season Skiing?

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Many Years Ago, Alta Stayed Open Late And Guess Who Showed Up? With so many late, unexpected and unusual snowfalls this late spring, we wondered if people were still showing up.  After all, it is almost boating season.  Yet, a report last week from…
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The Last Loop: Snow Leaves The Field, Enter Spring

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A final ski tour at Appleton Farms reveals winter letting go. It is that special interim period here in New England between the end of winter and the start of spring.  Last week, we headed out across the corn snow at Appleton Farms in Ipswich, MA.,…
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Off-Season Strategy: Ski Without Snow

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For Die-Hards, Here's How To Keep Going. Signs that the season is ending are starting to sprout along with the crocuses.  In the East, many areas will be closing this weekend; there's still lots of snow on the ground, but many lift lines are nearly…
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Ski Industry Remembers: Scenes From 60 Years Ago

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A Blizzard Of Memories From Ski Industry Association Video. SnowSports Industries America (SIA) is the ski trade association of suppliers to consumers.  Think equipment manufacturers, clothing designers and providers, retailers, reps and media, everyone…
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Remember this?

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He isn't falling.  He's demonstrating a ski technique from the 70s practiced by jet-setting ski racers.  What is it called?
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Long Time Between Runs

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It is a sunny and cold Thursday morning in early February.  There are a handful of other skiers on the mid-New Hampshire ski area lift.  I decide to go right at the top.  Trail is untouched, the corduroy grooming marks fresh and waiting.  I turn,…
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