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January 2000

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Y2K

Our tongue-in-cheek nod to all the hype about year 2000 computer glitches and technological breakdowns: a non-compliant, blacked-out cover.
A roundup of rental gear appearing in a special pullout handbook for equipment buyers for the 2000-2001 season. A sidebar by Jonathan Wiesel on buying ...
Roundup of rental helmets available for 2000-2001 that appears in a special pullout handbook for gear buyers.
David Barry, Tom Fortune, Karl Kapuscinski, Stacy Gardner, Rory Strunk and Guy Desrosiers, all former SAMMY Award winners, take a look at the future of...
This piece explains why the British ski market is showing a growing interest in North American resorts rather than the traditional European destination...
David's annual analysis of lift construction in North America shows a drop in new lifts over the previous year's sizzling pace. Charts accompany the re...
A case study of Wisp Four Season Resort, Maryland, and the history of their independently developed automated snowmaking system and how it saved money,...
This article and a diagram explain the concept of developing merge zones to meet the changing needs of guests. The concept follows the model of beach r...
Two pieces on separate programs aiming to keep guests safe and inform them about Your Responsibility Code: Stwoe's Triple A Program--awareness, attitud...
Part II of a two-parter on getting and keeping teen workers. Tips on rewarding and incentives for for good job performance. The article goes over train...
A roundup of the latest in ski and snowboard news from around the world.
First-hand advice from a family business planning strategist on transfering ownership and control of a family-owned business. The article goes over imp...
That infamous curmudgeon, Slats Grabski, pontificates on how nothing's changed, really, in 50 years. A timely read for the start of a new millennium.
Two letters about environment: One about the sound pollution of music blaring from loudspeakers on the slopes (responding to John Fry's Speak-Out in No...
Lifts, snowmaking and construction at Mountain High, Calif., Gunstock, N.H., Sun Valley, Idaho, Cascade Mountain, Wis., Alta, Utah and Belleayre Mounta...
Recycling old wire rope for use in guardrails at Mountain High, Calif; Old chair lift seats and a snowmobile trailer make a parking lot shuttle for gue...
Weather: El Ninos and Las Ninas spelled Los Awful season; USOC--Humorless in Colorado Springs re: Brighton, Utah's billboard campaign; An "Uphill Battl...
The most expensive millennium package at Sheraton Tamarron Resort in Durango, Colo.; French lift ingenuity; No liquor on lifts; Brighton Has Fun in Uta...
What a variety of resorts have been doing to support a seeming resurgence in the interest in citizen racing, NASTAR, etc.
A staff report introduces the flap resulting from poor snow in Utah forcing a change in venue for World Cup opening races from Park City, Utah to Coppe...
Two sides of the Taos snowboarding ban. One from Jack Wilson, a sponsored rider, and the other from Mickey Blake, GM of Taos Ski Valley.
A fuel oil spill at Whistler/ Blackcomb was a wakeup call to management to institute environmental protections at the resort. By jumping in and creatin...
Two pieces: The first introducing our Rental Equipment Roundup and our role at SIA (showcases); the second soliciting SAMMY Award nominations.
Disabled Athletes Meet with USSA; NASTAR Partners with U.S. Ski Team; Labor Trouble for Goodwill Games; Copper Cleared in Sled Accident; Jury Awards Re...
Iseult's roundup of ski gear for our rental handbook opens this pullout annual section. It has all the info to date on gear available to rental shops w...
This is a roundup of rental snowboard gear for 2000-2001. Appears in a pullout handbook on gear. Sidebar is a generic testing card.
A roundup of rental gear appearing in a special pullout handbook for equipment buyers for the 2000-2001 season.