In This Issue
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Supplier Directory
Names, addresses and key contacts for suppliers of products and services to the ski industry.
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1994 Directory Of Products And Services
A listing of products and services and their suppliers within the ski industry.
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Ergonomic Ailments
Almost everyone has experienced an ergonomic ailment — tennis elbow, tendinitis, writer’s cramp are classic examples. Recently, such ailments have been given…
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Sending Right Messages- A Futuristic Look.
by David Rowan The scene is 1996 on a sunny, mid-winter Saturday at Mt. Terrific, U.S.A., where 3,500 recreationalists are having a…
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Ski Reports: Whom Do They Serve?
by L. Dana Gatlin When I first proposed the story on radio snow reports that Ski Magazine published last December (“Does Truth…
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Sia Grants Program
by Bob Rief, GM Karhu Outdoor Division; Chairman, SIA Marketing Committee (See Reports item, page 18) The SIA Grants Program is based…
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Congratulations To Nastar
Congratulations to NASTAR on its 25th Anniversary. This, the world’s largest race program for recreational skiers, has played an important role, adding…
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Ski Racing And Sports Marketing
In response to a SAM editorial in the September issue titled “What has sports marketing got to do with the ski consumer…
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Lots Of New Products Including Signs And Ski Racks
Couplings Scully Signal Co. introduces Scul-Lock, a new cam and groove coupling. Models come with male and female NPT, BSP and BSPT…
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Forty Years Later
Talk of how the skiing has changed over the last 40 years leaves me a bit uneasy. The charge of old fartism…
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Ski School Track To Ceo
Historically, ski area management began in North America with Mom and Pops who were soon joined by entrepreneurs and dreamers. Over the…
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Keeping Track Of Training
In recent years, several New England ski areas have been in court defending the training and judgment of their instructors against plaintiffs…
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When Adults Want To Ride
Until now, an adult snowboarding manual might have been titled “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Snowboarding, But Were Afraid to…
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Halfpipes Made Easy
The Pipe Dragon Cuts and Carves by Scott Willoughby There’s nothing magic about Doug Waugh’s Pipe Dragon, except the rate at which…
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Preparing For The Unthinkable
by Douglas G. McKown, Assistant Director, Banff Emergency Medical Services and Patrolman, Sunshine Village, Banff, Alberta A large-scale accident that results in…
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Drills Work
by Dennis O’Shea, Ph.D., Training Manager, Mt. Bachelor, Oregon It’s 9:00 a.m. Sunday, May 16, 1993. Ten food service employees are climbing…
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Tokyo’s Incredible Ski Dome
In the March 1990 issue of SAM, in an article titled “The Indoor Sport of Skiing,” we reported on a number of…
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Embezzlement
You might be surprised—and the staff at our decades-old small ski area can guarantee it will more than ruin your entire day—if…
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Twenty Month Lift Replacement
Over the past 10 years, there have been dramatic changes in the environmental approval process. Nowhere is this more apparent than in…
