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New Products
Reliable Racing Supply, 624 Glen St., Glens Falls, N.Y. 12801, has found considerable acceptance this season for its Break-A-Way slalom poles, according to Tom…
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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…
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Speak Out
“Darcy” Brown On the occasion of Darcy Brown’s retirement from the presidency of the Aspen Skiing Corporation, we would like to recall for our…
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Report
Murray leaves NSAA marketing post Tom Murray has resigned from his position as Marketing Director of NSAA to assume the position of President of…
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New Role for USSA
Amazing things are happening over at U.S. Ski Association. By its own choice, and with a mandate from its membership, it is literally tearing…
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NSAA Convention and Trade Show 1978
We’ve got a lot of work to do at our annual Convention and Trade Show. So we’ve set up a new convention format which…
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The Missing SAM Cover
The cover of the Fall issue of SAM evoked—or perhaps provoked—more response than anything we have done in the past five years.
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Report
After several years of flirtation, the directors of the Aspen Skiing Corp. reached agreement on the sale of Aspen stock to a subsidiary of…
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New Products
Marline Industries, 3224 East Willow St., Long Beach, CA 90806, is introducing its line of carving machines for carved wood signs to the ski…
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Speak Out
“The Future of Skiing” The scene was without precedent: a joint meeting of the SIA and NSAA boards of directors—the ultimate clout of the…
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Report
There’s no land boom yet, but nearly everyone agrees that real estate looks more attractive since the “agreement to agree” to purchase was signed.
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New Products
Evacuation device Grand Distributors, Inc., 600 River St., Grand River, OH 44045, have developed a lift evacuation device called Evacu-Lift which avoids abnormal and…
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Getting Legislation Passed
Mike Beebe, president of the N.H. Ski Area Operators, and owner of Temple Mountain, contributes this practical, step-by-step course of action based on his…
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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.