SAM Coverage
Rick Kahl
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Going to the Next Level
Bring A Friend program and new partners can help boost LSSM well above last season’s 100,000. Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month (LSSM), now…
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Up in The Air
Resorts seek to improve lift safety by keeping kids securely in their seats. Kids’ chairlift safety was on the radar of many resorts even…
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Speak Out :: Make Snowboarding Healthy Again
Editor Rick Kahl on the state of snowboarding. Perhaps the most shocking lesson from this past winter is that snowboarding is sick. Not cool…
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Protection for All Seasons
Summer ops can add to your revenue stream, but they are not care-free. Summer activities were a hot subject even before this past winter…
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How’s Your App-etite?
Mobile apps are moving from novelty to necessity. Mobile apps: Everyone knows they are the way of the future. If you don’t have an…
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You Are What You Eat (And Do)
A combination of fitness training and proper nutrition can drastically reduce employee injuries and illness. The rising costs of employee illness and injury at…
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Give Your Lifts a Hand
The longer you put off maintenance on older lifts, the smaller the margin for error. High-profile lift accidents at Devil’s Head and Sugarloaf have…
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Speak Out :: Are New Lifts All That Bad?
Editor Rick Kahl on the approaching retirement or refurbishing of lifts from the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s. As we suggested in Blue Pages last…
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Condos on the Cheap
Is by-owner real estate renting taking a bite out of profits? Some say yes, some say no. VRBO. HomeAway. Chances are, if you are…
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Grooming Vehicles 2011
New technologies in snow grooming equipment are leading to smoother rides, both inside and outside the cats. Improved winches is the theme this year…
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Speak-Out :: More MAS
Diversity and the MAS Report The Multiculturals in Action Sports Report, 2010 Hispanic Snow Summary, more simply called the MAS Report, is a wake-up…
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Snowmaking Automation
The efficiencies and cost savings in automated snowmaking have resorts intrigued, if not entirely sold. No doubt, snowmaking automation is the wave of the…
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Lifts 2010: Quality, not Quantity
Construction activity picked up last summer as areas went bigger on aerial lifts and stocked up on conveyors. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A…
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Air/Water Guns 2010
Here are the latest products in air-water and low-e snowmaking guns. Air-water guns continue to make efficiency gains, achieve greater ease of use, and…
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Lend Me the Money
With the banking industry in a state of turmoil, how can ski areas find financing? “Good day, Eeyore,” says Pooh. “At least we haven’t…