Losing It On-Hill

Reading Time: 2 minutes Can you actually lose weight on a ski holiday given downhill skiing isn’t considered an aerobic sport? It turns out that skiing a full day can burn many more calories […]

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RYAN REPORT – See top ski film this Friday in Vancouver

Reading Time: < 1 minutes Kye Petersen was destined for ski movie greatness. His dad, Trevor Petersen, was an iconic Canadian extreme skier, starring in movies and responsible for dozens of first descents. Kye grew […]

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RYAN REPORT – Skiing features heavily at Vancouver film festival

Reading Time: 2 minutes The story of a mother and daughter skiing from Vancouver to Alaska and one of the most awarded ski films of the year are on the itinerary at the Vancouver […]

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Riding the Chair with Aksel

Reading Time: 2 minutes As tens of thousands of Europeans are glued to their TVs watching the pre-race commentary of the season-opening World Cup speed events at Lake Louise, I zip undisturbed through an […]

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Still Flying High

Reading Time: 1 minute Between bespectacled British ski jumper Eddie the Eagle and the Jamaican bobsleigh team, the 1988 Winter Games in Calgary created some truly unlikely heroes. Michael Edwards (aka Eddie the Eagle) […]

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RYAN REPORT – Highlights from the snow show

Reading Time: 2 minutes Over four days at the end of January the ski industry unveiled the future of skiing. I checked it all out at the annual retail buying show in Denver, previewing […]

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RYAN REPORT – Cool backcountry gear for next year

Reading Time: 2 minutes Backcountry is still hot. At last week’s Outdoor Retailer Snow Show backcountry gear continued to dominate innovation in the ski industry. The annual gear show in Denver was dominated by […]

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RYAN REPORT – Alpine Canada names Olympic ski cross team

Reading Time: 2 minutes On Jan.22 Alpine Canada announced the ski cross team. Top Canadian finishers at the weekend races, Kevin Drury and Kelsey Serwa, (both finished fourth) made the team. Also on their […]

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If It Ain’t Broke, Tweak It – Volkl Mantra M5

Reading Time: 4 minutes It always amazes me to see how much manpower goes into making a pair of skis. Back in November I toured a Daimler-Benz plant near Stuttgart, Germany, where I worked […]

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RYAN REPORT – Bollé Nova II

Reading Time: 2 minutes With a cloud hanging out around mid-mountain, snow pounding down, humidity near 100 percent and the temperature just below freezing the conditions last week at Mount Washington Alpine Resort were […]

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RYAN REPORT – Help break snow angel world record this weekend

Reading Time: < 1 minutes Be part of an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the most snow angels at the same time on Saturday February 3. Taking place at multiple locations across […]

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RYAN REPORT – New era for Whistler Ski and Snowboard festival

Reading Time: 2 minutes It started as an end of season contest to crown the best all around skiers and snowboards, slowly morphed into a community and arts celebration, looked like it might fade […]

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