I have been getting undelivered mail notices of late, a lot of them from France. Please know it was not myself that sent them, but an e-mail I use for this site is being put into the reply-to addresses of the spams. The Wisconsin Skier does not engage in such activity nor condone it and [...]
It is over, but it was a doozy. 5:00 am this morning I was awoken to make sure my wife got to work. I put on my snow gear, pressing into service my ski goggles, my ski (neck) gaiter, my ski parka, and my ski pants. I went out and found the snow to have [...]
Allegro non molto “Aggiacciato tremar trà neri algenti Al Severo Spirar d’ orrido Vento, Correr battendo i piedi ogni momento; E pel Soverchio gel batter i denti;” Largo “Passar al foco i di quieti e contenti Mentre la pioggia fuor bagna ben cento” Allegro “Caminar Sopra ‘l giaccio, e à passo lento Per timor di [...]
No more resorts are open anymore just to say they are open. It is legitimate ski season here in the Upper Midwest. Snow dumps are starting to tuck in the tired land. We are expecting 5″-10″ (13 to 25 cm) of snowfall today. I’ve no problem with that, I’ll be out and about in the [...]
Here at the Wisconsin Skier International Headquarters we are receiving our first winter snow “storm”. It isn’t much of a snowstorm, but enough for the radio broadcasters so on to get themselves worked up into full emergency mode.
Sir Isaac Netwon did not quite understand what gravity was, but the math he developed describes normal gravity extremely well. When you hear how artillerymen before Newton thought their projectiles behaved it is tempting to wonder how intelligent they were. Of course, they were no dummies, but humanity did not have the mathematical knowledge to [...]
The Wisconsin Skier takes snow sports seriously. However, one must realize as serious as it is, it is still a trivial pursuit mostly an activity to satisfy the adrenaline junkies we all are. Let us face it, all of us are adrenaline addicts. How else do you explain the tendency all of us have to [...]
Sad story comes from Big Bear Mountain in California: The incident began when Lukacik apparently injured himself while snowboarding. “We were told that Bryson apparently fell off the ski lift and hit his head, but no one knew it until they saw a big lump on his head,” said Stars Assistant General Manager Kelly Ritayik. [...]
Many of my Facebook friends are putting up photos of snow blanketed vistas and complaining of clearing their driveways, the out of practice winter drivers (i.e. everyone), and I’ve seen one complaint expressing frustration in the snow they got did not live up to the hype (very common occurrence). What do I have? None of [...]
Yes, I have been solicited to demo, test, and review a ski gear product! I accepted (I’m easy that way folks) and the product arrived today, and so far the expectations are way exceeded. The product is out of the box, but not the plastic bag. I’ll start to remove it when I have more [...]
Sing it to the tune of the Grateful Dead’s Truckin’ Skiin’ — got my tix turned in Keep Skiin’ — like the Bode man Together — more or less in line Just keep Skiin’ on Arrows of neon and flashing marquees out on Main Street Brule, Aspen, Monarch it’s all on the same trail Your [...]
Eric Wagnon (@SkiingExaminer) posts a piece on his website decrying the state of ski films aka ski pron: Yes, I am impressed by the skilled athletes and eye-popping scenery of ski films… for about ten minutes at a sitting. At this point, I’ve seen professional skiers nail incredible lines heli-skiing in Alaska. I get it. [...]
How many of you ski on holidays? By holiday I mean the official holidays, such as Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, etc. We have the opportunity to ski on a number of them, do you carve on thoe days? I look for opportunity to ski on only one of the big winter holidays, and that is New [...]
No, this is not talking of bad employees or colleagues, I am talking of having employees involved with your social media program. Not an employee or employees who run(s) it, but employees from other areas of the company. Recently at my current client their featured intranet article was on their need for employees to refrain [...]
Ski areas are supposed to be fun. People pay a lot of money to relax, get outside, and enjoy a nice winter day away from their other obligations. So this season, try to be cordial to everyone at the mountain, regardless of what group you fall into. So says Matt at Ski = MC Squared [...]
Carve a turkey not a turn! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family and I give thanks for all of you who give me support and encouragement in this endeavor!
Your attention please: Nordic Mountain announces via FB they hope to open this coming Saturday November 27, 2010. Hope it happens!
Eric Hoffman (@Eric_Hoffman) tweets this article of his: “Ownership” of Social Media Accounts http://su.pr/1BUEas This is a very good suggestion. I have talked about this with clients and the need for it and one even got a gentle real life lesson. I purchased a domain for them on the quick, then transferred the existing website [...]
Woke up this morning and noted snow falling! That is all!
As you may know the WI 2010 gun-dear season is underway. I spent Saturday in the woods, going from one spot to another trying to find a good place to hunt and a place far enough from other people. Incredible as it sounds, in the Nicolet National Forest that is not an easy thing to [...]
