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Things I've learned and done on skinny skis since taking it up in 1984 at the advanced age of 27

Friday, January 16, 2026

"You make it too hard to buy"

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  When our shop was first approached to be the seasonal retail provider at Jackson Ski Touring, the executive director made a big point to t...
Thursday, January 15, 2026

Skis are sold in a gray area

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  I was taught some careful fitting criteria for performance skis. Around the turn of the century, skate lengths had stabilized after the wi...
Monday, January 12, 2026

Support Ukraine: buy some skis

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  Assuming that Russian intelligence does not read my obscure drivel, I feel safe in making this observation: purchasing Fischer skis suppor...
Sunday, March 09, 2025

Sliding versus plodding

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  As our cross-country ski season shrivels under the attack of a rainstorm and some surges of warmth, the faithful still slide on what's...
Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Where no skier has gone before, lately

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  Untracked powder stretched before me. It's my own back yard, but a fresh snowfall makes it a new world. No one was going to break trai...
Monday, February 10, 2025

"I'm not hurting anything"

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  Trail damage has been a continual problem for Nordic touring centers for years. In the end of the 1980s and early 1990s, the interlopers o...
Tuesday, February 04, 2025

Fake it until you break it

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 My opportunities to ski classical on performance equipment have been very limited for a couple of years. Last season I got out a few times ...
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I like to explore under my own power. I like to avoid using motor vehicles, but I'm not obsessive about it. Okay, maybe I'm a little obsessive about it.
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