SAM Coverage
David Rowan
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Lifts 2002 — Not One for the Record Books
It’s no surprise that lift installations were down last year. However, the growing trends in tubing and beginner areas remain strong. CLICK HERE…
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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 ball in…
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NSAA Reborn With An Upbeat Mood And A New Look
National Ski Areas Association came back together, May 3-6, for its convention in San Diego, its identity reconfirmed, its collective shirt busting its buttons…
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Lifts 1992
No surprises, but oh, what a bummer of a year for new lift construction! The 36 new lifts represent the lowest total since SAM…
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NSAA Starts Anew In Lakewood, Colorado
The “new” National Ski Areas Association is going to look very much like the old one in form, structure and program. This is the…
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Usia Dies; NSAA Reborn
USIA Dies; NSAA Reborn With Michael Berry as CEO Almost exactly three years after merger, the union dissolves. NSAA Chairman, Chris Diamond, sees a…
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Nsga And Asd Count 1991 Skiers
As we reported in May SAM, both national sports participation reports — National Sporting Goods Ass’n. (NSGA) and American Sports Data (ASD) — found…
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The Redefining Of U S I A
One of the most fundamental realities of a trade association — no, the most fundamental — is its dues structure. This is changing at…
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Research Reports
The 1989 American Sports Analysis, which measures participation by Americans in a wide variety of activities, counted 14,435,000 downhill ski participants over the age…
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Focus On The New Skier
The new skier: Who is she? Who is he? This year, our coverage of the annual National Ski Opinion Survey (NSOS) will focus on…
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Why The 10.9 Percent Drop In Skiers For 1989?
Skiing did not do well as a participant sport in 1989, according to data released by two separate organizations, National Sport Goods Association (NSGA)…
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Mountain To Rise From Ashes
Based on reporting by Gary Minich in the Decatur Herald & Review Macon County in Illinois is proud to be heartland corn country, and…
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The Cosmopolitan Future of America’s Ski Resorts
While the industry cranks up its multi-million dollar effort to “grow the sport” in the national market place, a less heralded effort in the…
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Ski Area Management Issues
One of the more interesting—perhaps charming—attributes associated with all of us in the ski world is that we rarely do things by halves. Far…
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Tweedledum & Tweeledee Contest
In the Winter ’79 issue of SAM I wrote an opinion piece entitled, “Some rude thoughts on ski movies.” It complained about the “godawful…
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Washington Report
I had been to the White House before — as a tourist. But now I was going as an invited member of the press…
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The Great Numbers Game
In medieval times, one of the great questions — endlessly debated by theologians, scholars, philosophers and clerics — was how many angels could dance…
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Issues
Have you ever gone up to a lady who has a small child in tow and said, “Lady, that’s probably the homeliest little girl…