Spring Survey Responses A Wow, Fling Golf, La Nina Coming Soon, More Cycling Series. We are truly awed and grateful for the incredible, enthusiastic responses we’ve been getting to our Spring Subscriber Survey 2016. If you’re familiar at all with surveys, you know that response rates are often in the single digits. So far, we’ve received fantastic 27.5% response rate.[Read More…]
Snowboarding:Skiing as Fling Golf:Golf. We love sport entrepreneurs. These folks are creative and have bold ideas about bringing new sport ideas to the public. The guy who invented Fling Golf is certainly bold. Into the hallowed traditions of the golf world comes a very different way to get around the links. The idea is to fling a golf ball from[Read More…]
Big Changes Are Coming Again To Next Season’s Weather. View post on imgur.com The image above shows how the sea surface temperature is changing from warm to cooler, signaling the advent of a La Nina event. Weather scientists are predicting that the sea surface temperatures in the Eastern Pacific will continue to drop, ending the extraordinary, record-breaking El Nino conditions that[Read More…]
Once Past The Crowds, Another World Opens Up. Looking out the window of a car just can’t capture the otherworldly beauty of Arches National Park in Utah. In this stark and dramatic landscape of towering spires, delicate arches and balanced rocks, I chose to bike and hike on my pathway to discovery. I visited Arches in Fall 2015. I pulled[Read More…]
Survey Launch, Hiking Boots, Basics Of Fly Fishing, John Christie Passing. As we write this, our SeniorsSkiing.com Spring Survey 2016 was sent out just over three hours ago, and we are already approaching a 10 percent response rate. Three Hours! Thank you all so much. We really, really appreciate your support. If you haven’t responded yet, please join the crowd.[Read More…]
Balancing The Scales: Hiking Footwear—Comfort vs. Support. At the shop where I work, questions customers often ask include: “I’ve been wearing the same boots for over twenty-five years, is there anything new?” “How comfortable should my hiking shoes/boots be?” “What’s the boot that gives me the most support?” “Which type of hiking footwear protects my ankles best?” While hiking footwear[Read More…]
There Are Parallels Between Skiing And Fly-Fishing. Ski season is over; what now? Some turn to hiking, biking, tennis, or pickle ball. For me it’s fly fishing. The pursuit of wily trout with fake insects has things in common with skiing. Both involve exercising in beautiful places, both are great family activities, and both offer satisfying complications of gear and[Read More…]
Ski Area Operator, Author, Story-Teller, Outdoorsman, and Hardy Mainer. Maine ski legend John Christie, 79, unexpectedly passed away on Monday, May 9th. He was a former owner of Saddleback Mountain, former GM of Sugarloaf and Mt. Snow, an inductee to Maine’s Ski Hall of Fame, raconteur and industry veteran. Click here for the Bangor Daily News story. SeniorsSkiing.com just published a[Read More…]
Season Finales, Cycle Series Continues, Poll Results, and BC Resort Review. It’s mud time in New England, and we’ve yet to see one of those beautiful, warm, aromatic May spring days around here. It’s been more like November: chilly, raw, drizzly. Yet spring skiing season still carries on in the West. Our poll results re: who is still out there reflect[Read More…]
The Odd Snow Season Lingers On. We hear from lots of SeniorsSkiing.com readers about places they are currently skiing and intend to ski all the way into Memorial Day. Most are from the West, but, as we have seen in this week’s Boston Globe article, there is a persistent and hardy group of folks in the East as well. Our[Read More…]
Great Skiing And Social Life Makes SilverStar A Lively Scene For Seniors. [Editor Note: This review was written by Melbourne, Australia-based Marg Malkin, a retired ski industry veteran who spends February and March at SilverStar. She’s also the informal SilverStar liaison with a group of Ozzie skiers who travel to BC every winter. SeniorsSkiing.com welcomes her as our first Australian contributor. We[Read More…]
Senior Skiers Shift To Mountain Bikes To Ride Coast Of California. So, my ski buddy Eric says to me, “Patrick, let’s ride the Lost Coast of California”. The next thing I know I am winging westward to Sacramento with my mountain bike packed securely in my bike box and looking forward to a week of “van camping” with my good[Read More…]
May Skiing In Maine? Who Knew? The hardcore showed up in the first weekend of May this year to take their last licks on the…ahem…snow. As we all know, it has been a bad, bad season in the East, but the miracle snowmakers and groomers have managed to salvage a tendril of a season. Here’s a story from the May[Read More…]
Tai Chi for Aches and Pains. Storing Your Skis. Cycling Crater Lake NP. Ski History Week in Aspen. Abstract Art on Skis. New Sticker. How about those wet dumps this past week? Hope you got out to play. The season is definitely winding down. Time to transition into non-snow activities. Be sure to use your ProMotive site privilege to gain[Read More…]
If You Take Care Now, You Save Time And Hassles Next Season. Here’s How. It’s that time. Despite the teasing snow in Vermont and New Hampshire this week, the season is fini, over, done. And our friend and colleague, The Ski Diva, is offering advice about how to put your gear to rest for the summer. If you heed[Read More…]
Simple Tai Chi for Senior Skiers. [Editor Note: SeniorsSkiing.com welcomes Tommy Kirchhoff, a long-time ski instructor and a certified Tai Chi master. He has been teaching senior exercises for 12 years. Tai Chi is an ancient martial art that has evolved to slow-moving poses that is practiced all over the world.] I learned something valuable recently: my health and my[Read More…]
Riding The Rim Was One Of The Best Rides Ever. As I topped a ridge near 8,049-foot Llao Rock on the north rim of Oregon’s Crater Lake, I had that giddy moment cyclists get when everything comes together. I felt great. I had just finished one of my biggest climbs of the day. And I was alone on a road[Read More…]
Abstract Art On The Ski Slopes A Bold Experiment. Swiss freestyler and film maker Nicolas Vuigner in collaboration with Jules Guarneri has produced an abstract visual treatment in black and white using skiers and (environmentally-friendly) pigment. Take a look at this short clip. There is something haunting and definitely different about these images. Your thoughts? To subscribe to Vuignier’s YouTube channel,[Read More…]
ISHA’s 2016 Skiing History Week at Aspen. The International Skiing History Association (ISHA) and the US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame held their annual Skiing History Week at Aspen on April 5 – 10. My wife Judy and I attended, partly for the presentations, but also for the $32 day passes. How avid are people about skiing history? Very![Read More…]
Adventure Expeditions, WWII Spies On Skis, Retro Look At Ski Fashion, And Free Senior Skiing Under Threat. If you’re looking for your next challenge, a course from the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) might be what you’ve been waiting for. There are several 14-day backcountry adventures that would work for fit and able seniors. These courses combine rigorous outdoor experiences[Read More…]
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 of these outfits?
The Winter Fortress By Neal Bascomb. Had Nazi Germany won the competition to build the first atomic bomb in the early 1940’s, the world today could be a very different place. The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler’s Atomic Bomb by Neal Bascomb is the gripping true accounting of the race to build the atom bomb during World War[Read More…]
State Legislature Considers Ending Decades Of Free Senior Skiing At Cannon Mountain. Since 1973, state-owned Cannon Mountain has been the only ski area in New Hampshire to offer free skiing to seniors 65-plus. This year, a second attempt to end free skiing for seniors was introduced to the legislature. The change would mean seniors would pay a discount of two-thirds ticket price on[Read More…]
These High Activity Courses Are Challenges For Active Seniors. When it comes to a non-snow vacation get-away, as a senior snow-enthusiast, you’re probably not the type to get on and off a tour bus at museums and churches in Europe or who are going to be happy shuffling from one tourista tchotchke shop to another. If you want adventure, then[Read More…]
Jon At Ski Boot Lab, Returning to X-C, More Super Socks, Candide Thovex Daredevil Video, Poll Results SeniorsSkiing.com’s co-publisher Jon Weisberg was invited to the annual Ski Boot Evaluation held this year at Solitude, UT. This is where evaluators from different corners of the ski business come together to test and compare notes about the new boots for next season.[Read More…]
