How Much to Eat and Drink While Skiing & Snowboarding
Poutine, burgers, chicken fingers, and cold beer—sounds like the lodge menu at your local ski resort, doesn’t it? There’s no doubt that skiing is hard work; it leaves you ravenous by the end of a day. Believe it or not, moderate skiing burns well over 500 calories during the course of a ski day. For […]
16 Skiing Myths Debunked
Skiers are some of the best storytellers I know. Frankly, I can’t wait until I’ve got grey hair and can start telling old man stories to my friends and grandkids. There are a lot of common misconceptions in skiing, and in this post, I’m going to debunk them. Let’s do some Myth Busting! Myth: […]
The 10 Best Snacks for Skiing and Snowboarding
I was recently out for a backcountry ski adventure with some buddies, and I marveled at their genius pocket snack selection. These lads were pulling out smoked coho salmon, homemade fruit leathers, and nuts I had never seen before nor could pronounce. Now these dudes are outliers, and I’m a supporter of keeping things stupid […]
How to Prevent Skiing Injuries and Improve Performance
As an obsessed skier and snowboarder, nothing is worse than being sidelined due to an injury and having to watch your best buddies enjoy the season’s biggest storms. My journey to pain-free skiing and preventing injury involved not only practical on-snow practices but also off-snow routines. So what’s the secret sauce to preventing ski and […]
The Best Neck Buffs, Gators & Balaclavas for Skiing & Snowboarding 2024
Exposing your gizzard while you are skiing and riding can be unbearably uncomfortable on chilly days. Neck gaiters and Balaclavas have become integral comfort and style pieces on the mountain in the last decade. Don’t get me wrong, I have oodles of respect for the old school powder filled beard, or an exposed red chin […]
The Best Downhill Ski Socks 2024
We all love skiing champagne powder. It’s the most remarkable feeling in the world. But, like anything in life, in order to experience spectacular, there are sacrifices. Once the powder induced dopamine spell wears off, our bodies are often left feeling like they’ve gone through a spin cycle. Every’body’ is different, but there’s one particular […]
The Best Ski Mittens of 2024 for Resort Skiers
I’ve got something to admit, I’m a mitts guy. And yes, I know, I’m stuck with lobster like dexterity and reflexes on the mountain. But, I’d trade toasty warm hands for frigid fingers any day of the week. When I was growing up, the skiers I idolized were all wearing gloves and that made me […]
The Best Freeride Skis of 2024 for The Resort & Backcountry
Are you the kind of skier who likes to hunt the gnarliest terrain on every mountain you visit. Do you find yourself distracted by jumping off each and every natural feature you rip past? Is powder more important to you than your career? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you probably should […]
The Best Backcountry/Ski Touring Bindings 2024
Welcome to the wild world of backcountry ski bindings. Ski touring bindings serve the same purpose of regular alpine ski bindings with one very important job, to allow you to walk uphill. Day’s backcountry skiing are primarily spent hiking uphill, not skiing. It’s near impossible to duck walk up entire mountains, so ski touring bindings […]
The Best Alpine Ski Bindings of 2024
Ski bindings are a piece of equipment too often overlooked by skiers. The typical buying process with bindings usually goes something like this…. You walk into the ski shop, see a sexy pair of fresh 2024 twigs with a gorgeous top sheet staring deeply into your eyes. You get pulled in like sirens calling a […]
