DSJ Rider Conditioning Tip #1
Unless you’re planning to just cruise groomers all day, you may find that your skiing consists mostly of high output bursts punctuated with short rest intervals. To this end, interval training of any...
View ArticleWhen did Ski Reality become Irrelevant?
In our previous blog, “What Ever Happened to Moguls?”, we discussed the unfortunate and rather perplexing demise of moguls as they pertain to the modern ski scene. Could this issue be a symptom of a...
View ArticleDSJ Rider Conditioning Tip #3
A note for you senior skiers (sorry, that means all of us 40+). Exercise recovery time increases noticeably as we age. The editorial staff here at DSJ has found that our own recovery time is now...
View ArticleDSJ Rider Conditioning Tip #2
DSJ has suggested some good preseason conditioning exercises to include the obvious like spinning, box jumping, and jump roping, but also some lesser known like walking backwards on a treadmill at full...
View ArticleReview: Pocket Ski Carriers for “Hike-To” Skiing
DSJ, like a lot of folks these days, has joined the growing trend and decided to get more adventurous with our skiing this season. Unless you’ve been living in a tree well for the last five years,...
View ArticleBINDING TECH 101
While bindings aren’t nearly as sexy to talk about as skis or boots, they are your direct connection to the ski and the only piece of gear, besides a helmet, that is engineered with your safety as the...
View ArticleSki Resort Economics: What really works?
I remember a guy once explained to me some years back that “Ski resorts are just like golf course communities. The golf course itself is a money loser and is only there as an amenity to attract real...
View ArticleTHE SILVERTON MOUNTAIN EXPERIENCE
Where is this place? We must be getting close. Eyes anxiously scan the steep canyon walls for any sign of a ski lift. It’s barely dawn and six of us are driving up the snow covered back road snaking...
View ArticleSkier’s Guide to Breckenridge
(PRINTABLE / FOLDABLE POCKET GUIDE BELOW) You have the resort and you have the town. It’s the two together that make Breckenridge one of North America’s quintessential ski communities. And the draw...
View ArticleSkier’s Guide to Keystone
(PRINTABLE / FOLDABLE POCKET GUIDE BELOW) Sometimes Keystone Resort seems to fall in the shadow of its nearby sister resort of Breckenridge. But it would be a huge mistake to underestimate this resort...
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