SAM Coverage
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NSAA Honors Blann, Wieringa with Lifetime Achievement Awards
SAM Magazine—Marco Island, Fla., May 8, 2018—The National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) presented its 2018 Lifetime Achievement Awards to Jerry Blann, the former longtime…
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Boreal, Bear Valley, and Crystal Mountain Win Golden Eagle Awards
SAM Magazine—Marco Island, Fla., May 8, 2018—Bear Valley Mountain, Calif.; Crystal Mountain, Mich.; and Boreal Mountain, Calif., won the 2018 Golden Eagle Awards for…
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SportsEngine.com Attempts to Harness Olympics’ Excitement
SAM Magazine—Washington, D.C., Feb 9, 2018—The opening ceremonies for the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang are tonight, kicking off nearly three weeks of winter…
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Rethinking Achievement
Rewarding kids for good grades is a no brainer, but are we missing an opportunity to do more? I was never a Whitney Houston…
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SAM 2017 Terrain Park Contest Winners
SAM Magazine—Woodbury, Conn., Dec. 22, 2017—Josh Bremer’s “Junkyard Dog” feature at Whitecap Mountain, Wis., and the Scott Delforte Park Jam at Bristol Mountain, N.Y.,…
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Many Resorts Opening Early
SAM Magazine—Dover, Vt., Nov. 10, 2017—By Sunday morning, the number of ski areas open for skiing and riding in North America will just about…
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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Ski Season
SAM Magazine—Dover, Vt., Nov. 3, 2017—After Arapahoe Basin in Colorado opened for the season on Oct. 13, neighboring Loveland Ski Area kicked things off…
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Progression Through Events
Introduce women and children to your park in programs that are tailored to their needs and interests. The 2017-18 season is upon us,…
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We Teach People
Improving the first-time experience for would-be skiers and riders requires a concerted effort across a resort. The all-important role that ski and snowboard…
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Look, Ma, No Wedge!
See why Welch Village threw out its old instruction methods. Beginner conversion is what we do in the Midwest. If we don’t work hard…
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Speak Out :: Where is the Magic?
Terrain-based learning. Can you think of another activity where the person pays $150 to $200 NOT to actually accomplish that activity? You pay for…
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Blue Pages :: May 2013
PASS PERKS PROLIFERATE… PUTTING THE BITTER IN BITTERROOT… BOOTLEG SKI LESSONS ON THE RISE?… BURTON OPEN MOVE TO VAIL IS A HIT… POST MORTEM:…
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Teaching, Naturally
Terrain-based teaching is changing the way some resorts are converting newcomers into lifelong enthusiasts. It was mid-November 2012, a few short weeks before Camelback…
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Why Is Change Hard?
The second profile in our terrain-based teaching series. Here we take a look at how Jay Peak converted employee culture. This past season Jay…
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One Big Happy Family
After years of tweaking, Mt. Hood Meadows has refined its approach to newcomers with great success. After years of product development, process improvement, and…
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Conversion Challenge
See how two areas on either coast successfully brought never-evers back. For the past 10 years, the mountain resort industry has circled around the…
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Online Exclusive :: Teaching by Terrain
More stories of successful conversions. Sometimes, a seemingly novel idea has been in front us the whole time, just waiting for someone to combine…
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Mountain Spy :: January 2011
Mountain Spy Liz Eren found that Eastern areas were quite often knowledgeable and helpful, while larger, Western resorts were largely clueless when it came…