October 2010 By Brian Mohr and Emily Johnson With their ever-widening dimensions, rockered (or early rise) tips and tails, and reduced sidecuts, the latest downhill-oriented ski designs are making it more fun than ever to ski the softer snows of the northeast’s resorts, sidecountry zones and backcountry. An emerging trend this year is the availability …
Category: Gear
Oct 15
Upcoming Vermont Ski Swaps
Although Old Man Winter is already on his way back to the mountains of the northeast this weekend, there remain plenty of ski swaps on the calendar for those needing to shed or acquire a little ski gear. Thanks to SkiMaven.com for compiling this nice list of Vermont ski swaps taking place this fall. -Brian
Sep 29
Photo of the Week: Really Cool Handmade Skis
Brianna Morse – the niece of our friend Pennie Rand and a student at Middlebury College in Vermont – designed and built these beautiful skis as part of her high school senior project in Colorado last spring. Vermont-based designer Poppy Gall, recently featured these skis on her blog. Check out the larger story behind the …
Apr 21
2 Wheels, 2 Planks: The Ski Bike
(Click on image to enlarge) Here’s one of the four bicycles (with some refinements reminaing) that our crew we’ll begin riding this coming Friday, April 23, at the airport in Tromso, Norway. With the support of the Consulate General of Norway, and on assignment for WEND Magazine, Adventure Cyclist, and others, we are embarking on …
Feb 03
Winter 09-10 Backcountry Ski Review
Skis designed with the downhill oriented skier in mind (lift served and backcountry, telmark or AT) continue to feature ever-widening dimensions, more durable construction and control-enhancing improvements to the tip, tail and overall shape of the ski. Several skis in this review feature “rockered” or early-rise tips, which are ski tips that begin to lift …

