SAM Coverage
Jonathan Wiesel
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Playing With the Big Boys
by Jonathan Wiesel, Nordic Group International Whistler/Blackcomb will get the lion’s share of media play for on-slope events at the 2010 Winter Olympics. But…
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Guns, Games and Skinny Skis
Soldier Hollow, near Midway, Utah, will be the single busiest venue during the 2002 Winter Olympics. Twenty miles from Park City, the site will…
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Developing Nordic Trails at Alpine Resorts
Cross-country ski centers located at alpine ski resorts offer many benefits to the overall resort operation, not least of which is an impressive potential…
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Methow Valley: A Profile in Profit
Many snowbelt communities that depend on summer tourism stagnate in winter. An increasing number are turning to various forms of winter recreation to keep…
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Snowshoeing/XC Debate
By Jonathan Wiesel, Principal, Nordic Group International Back in the optimistic 1960s when I was a history grad student, we were told it’s possible…
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Cross Country As Outdoor Entertainment
For the first time in a decade, the Cross Country Ski Areas Association Continental Conference was held in the East in April at Sunday…
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Transforming A Persona
Technology can transform a sport — help people hit a tennis ball harder, pole vault higher or ski downhill with greater control. Today a…
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Cross Country Convention Was The Best Yet
This year’s Cross Country Ski Areas Association convention in April, held at Jasper Park Lodge in Alberta, B.C., had a turnout of 114 people…
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Attendance Down, New Ideas Up At Cross Country Convention
Cross Country Ski Areas Association headed to the Wasatch this spring for the thirteenth annual convention, April 19-23. The Prospector Square Convention Center in…