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NSAA Newsletter
Presidential Byline For the past year and a half you have been hearing me expound on some of the problems that face our industry…
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Idea File
Patrol designs rescue cannon Mt. Ripley is an athletic facility of Michigan Technological University and the ski patrol is made up primarily of Michigan…
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Speak Out
We record with sorrow the death of Walt Elliott, 50, killed in a sailplaning accident in Massachusetts.
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Issues
(This report is based on, and in part extracted from, recent reports by Attorney David L. Cleary, NSAA Special Counsel.)
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Newspapers
With all the current emphasis on reaching non-skiers and getting them to take up the sport, newspapers are an obviously powerful medium for doing…
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Speak Out
By now you should have received your annual economic survey questionnaire. Let’s not pussyfoot: there are really only three possible reasons for not cooperating…
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Report
It certainly wasn’t the unwelcome snow, and it certainly wasn’t the non-existent golf and tennis. But whatever it was, the 1978 NSAA Convention and…
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Issues
To the ramparts, Ski Industry!!! They’re about to put a lock on the future of skiing in the U.S. and throw away the key.
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NSAA Newsletter
The 16th Annual Convention and Trade Show promises to be an important, informative forum for the entire National Ski Areas membership. Both the trade…
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New Products
No-bolt sheaves of Austrian manufacture are offered by Lift Consultants, 1355 Joliet Place, Detroit, MI. 48207. Instead of bolts to secure the two sides…
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Idea File
Slow and discrete adjustment of the guide sheaves at bullwheels is sometimes a problem. This can be solved by modifying the bullwheel guide sheave…
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Speak Out
Illustrated above is the thrust of a marketing campaign launched this winter by SIA in conjunction with USSA. Quite frankly, who needs it?
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New Products
Disc Golf is available to ski areas through Seasons of Leisure, Inc., 2506 Northland Drive, Mendota Heights, MN. It is based on Frisbee throwing,…
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Public Funds & Private Sector—II
The Fall issue of SAM carried an article by William Berry entitled, “Public Funds and the Private Sector.” Among other things, it went into…
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Report
John Bower, Nordic Director for the U.S. Ski Team, announced recently that the Waterville Valley Ski Touring center had been designated as the official…