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You will be able to instantly interact with our editors, guest columnists, and each other from this issue forward. Don't agree with a position? Post your response and start a dialogue of your own. It's the first snow industry blog. A "New Media" approach to enhancing thought and innovation. Visit as often as you wish. Post a reaction and check back to see how your peers have reacted to you.
Over our years together many of you have asked for a chance to be heard. Here's your chance. The new IR is just for you. Thanks for visiting.
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Schendler On Our Future: This Snowman Pulls No Punches
IR asked him: What will global warming and the effects of climate change mean for the Ski Industry over the next ten to fifteen years?
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Where Have All the Ski Journalists Gone?
Total attendees for this Kimberley meetup will be 135 including corporate members and guests. Smallest number in recent memory, says NASJA president Phil Johnson.
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Where Have All the Ski Stars Gone? Yes, there was a guy nobody ever heard of named Ted Ligety, and gold is gold. But, the combined? Can there be a dumber event? Well, perhaps biathlon.
Are you old enough to remember Jimmie Heuga? Billy Kidd? Phil and Steve Mahre? All worthy "stars" in their own right. Picabo Street? Even the forgettable Billy Johnson?
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Kriegel: "Don't Think Like A Ski Area!"
This is the one bash that mountain resort execs and tour operators list in capital letters in their PDAs. Read: essential. To kick it off, Kriegel plans to deliver a shake-'em-up message.
"If you talk 'ski resort' you'll still look through a ski resort lens. You've got to throw away the lens. You have to challenge your assumptions. The game has changed, the population has changed, the needs have changed," he told IR a few days before heading to Squaw.
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Turner Reacts To "Hard-Wired Zoomies..." Jack Turner of Snow Monsters was first to check in: "iPods are for the ears, not the feet." ...continue reading » Writers Vote Caligiore Tops in Ski PR
As journalists and the PR people who love/hate them prepare to descend (or ascend - we're headed northward to Canada) on Kimberley for the annual North American Snowsports Journalists Association (NASJA) meeting, we were really pleased to learn that Sandy Caligiore has been voted top PR person in the ski biz.
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March 20, 2006 Hard-Wired Mountain Zoomies On the Colliding Edge of Technology We can't print what Marc Nguyen heard just before he was knocked senseless by an iPod-impaired snowboarder at Mammoth Mountain last season but it sounded a little like: "Oh, we're going to hit!" ...continue reading » Crisis Management: Reporting Slope DeathsTwo fatal accidents the same day at Northeast resorts not far from one another have underscored the importance of having a crisis management plan in place. ...continue reading »Choosing Direct Approach, Sellers List Lodging on eBayWhile many travel execs made tracks to Lake Louise for the annual Ski Tops meeting last week, a few very small lodging companies (and individual timeshare owners) stayed home and waited for bids on eBay. ...continue reading »Swain Puts Itself On The E-Auction BlockBesides a vacation, buyers can get just about anything they want on eBay: Confederate belt buckles, genuine Bunker Hill dirt, and now - $3 million ski resorts. ...continue reading »March 06, 2006 Turning Midwest Molehills into Profit Mountains Not words you might ordinarily associate with the Midwest, but talk with Tim Boyd for a while and you might change your mind. ...continue reading » Reader Feedback: Discount Lift TixIn response to our article on Liftopia (IR 2/20, Sean Schaeffer of Silver Voyages writes:"I liked your article on Evan Reece and the market for discount lift tickets. Unfortunately...most of this is ground a few of us have already covered, and his ideas are hardly revolutionary ... ...continue reading » Re-Thinking Vancouver After Borino, Er, TorinoWhen American Idol proves more of a draw for American television viewers than the Winter Olympics, something's gotta be done, right? ...continue reading »Bromont Offers Color-Coded Connections For Single QuebecoisYou have to hand it to Bromont. The Eastern Townships resort came up with an ingeniously simple method of heating up those long, cold lift lines during its popular Nuit Blanche (White Night) night skiing sessions. ...continue reading » |
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