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Winter 1979

Olivia

Olivia

Some ski areas are successful at tapping into the corporate sponsorship and incentive market. It works for meetings, team building exercises, conferences and retreats.
Applying design standards for nordic and freestyle jumping competitions to terrain parks and terrain features at ski resorts is comparing apples and oranges.
Tubing is pushing the liability security envelope developed over the past 40 years by the ski industry. Though uphill safety requirements are similar, the downhill aspect of tubing requires a much higher level of oversight and control by the operator. As tubing grows in popularity, regulation needs to develop as well.
Names, addresses and key contacts for suppliers of products and services to the ski industry.
A listing of products and services and their suppliers within the ski industry.
A tongue-in-cheek look at what happens to ski areas that get big and go public, like "Whale."
An explanation of how ski areas can set up shop on the Internet without racking up huge bills for hardware and software. Examines a variety of software packages. Glossary of terms included.
During a trip to Korea, the author gets a whole new perspective on skiing as entertainment.
A look at the explosive growth in the numbers of tubing areas and a summary of a panel discussion of tubing at the Ski Areas of New York fall meeting. Under the umbrella topic of "Tubing Safety Issues," discussion touched on everything from design to maintenance to operation of a tubing hill.
An examination of the first major court case in the United States involving the design of snowboard terrain parks, which ended in a victory for Sierra-at-Tahoe Ski Resort, Calif. A sidebar outlines ways for ski area managers to defend themselves against lawsuits over snowboard terrain parks.
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