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. He reports on how the testing works and who was there.
We welcome a terrific memoir from ski industry veteran John Christie, a founder and former general manager of Sugarloaf and other New England ski resorts. He remembers his less-than-enjoyable experiences cross-country skiing as a member of the Bowdoin College ski team and compares that with his re-discovery of the sport in his senior years. Big difference as you will see.
We share the results of our latest poll that reveals the most popular non-snow sports of our readers. The top three all reflect a high level of physical activity, but so does one voted the lowest. Check it out, and help interpret the results.
Socks are important to snow sports for comfort and warmth. Bad socks, bad day almost guaranteed. Tamsin Venn reports on a really super sock product from Farm to Feet. We are learning how important it is to pay attention to what used to be an after-thought part of your equipment kit.
Finally, there’s a truly incroyable video clip of professional skier Candide Thovex skiing down a…well…a cliff somewhere in the Alps. Part of us wants to diss his run as irresponsible, but part of us also wants to salute his skill. Watch the clip and decide where you come down.
Apparently, there’s more snow coming up in the west. This weird season is far from done done.
Thanks for reading SeniorsSkiing.com and remember as Bernie Weichsel, impresario of BEWI Productions’ Ski and Snowboard Expos and SeniorsSkiing.com Advisory Board member says: “There are more of us every day, and we are not going away.”
Credit: Farm To Feet
