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semiweekly
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16 minutes
Englanti
Yhdysvallat
52 jaksoa
vuodesta 8. syyskuuta 2020
episodic

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The future of Alpine skiing, at least as we once knew it, looks to be in dire straits.  Herein, I outline Alpine skiing's seemingly inevitable fate. 

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Why Listen to Me?

The Internet is awash with gurus, most of whom are spectacularly unqualified. Lest it go unnoticed, there is one source of information about Alpine skis upon whom one can rely. In this episode, I review a few of my qualifications as a gear guru. 
Despite my considerable efforts to suppress its popularity, The Making of a Skier has been a hit since Chapter One.  In a touching display of vulnerability, your venerable Pontiff of Powder reveals his heart-wrenching personal saga of slogging through the hell-scape of Nordic skiing, from whic…

Understand the Brand

If you really want to understand a particular ski model, it helps to understand the brand who made it. On Realskiers.com, we provide a brand profile for every model we review.  It's a member benefit, so visitors to our free, public site won't see them.  Consider this a look behind the vel…
In this second part of a two-part podcast, I delve further into the minutia of ski equipment optimization.  Last week, I covered waxing, base structure and edge beveling.  This week, I explore the different options in Alpine boot soles, take a peek at binding standheight and ramp angle, a…
Realskiers.com will soon publish The Returning Skier's Handbook, to assist those who dropped out of skiing some time ago and have found their way back.  But their knowledge is trapped in amber, and is of precious little use today. The Returning Skier's Handbook attempts to close this knowledge…
There are several things you can do to optimize your precious time on the slopes, such as waxing the bases, structuring the base material and beveling your edges.  At the elite level - i.e., Alpine racing - such optimization techniques are incredibly complex, to the point that no mere citizen …
I published a Revelation in 2016 titled, Tales from the Boot Bench: Between Two Extremes, in which I related the stories of three different bootfit customers.  The two who exemplified the bottom of the service universe are still very much with us today; the exemplar of perfection turned out to…

The All-Resort Skier

This year, Rossignol completely reconceived its core Experience line to suit the needs and expectations of a new sort of skier who treats skiing as but a part of his or her resort visit. In this episode of Jackson Illuminates Everything about Skiing, I pontificate about the ramifications of this em…

Training Matters

The specialty ski shop community has been shrinking for decades. Their last defense against the encroachment of the Internet is the bundle of skills that go into professional bootfitting. The best way to maintain the high standards needed for survival is formal training, and the best formal trainin…
Vastuuvapautusilmoitus: Tälle sivulle upotettu podcast ja kuvitus ovat peräisin Jackson Hogen:ltä, joka on sen omistajan omaisuutta, eikä se ole sidoksissa Listen Notes, Inc:n tukemaan.