One Foot at a Time
Reading Time: 2 minutesby Chris Lennon from December 2012 issue One of the things skiers have over our snowboard brethren is the ability to work our feet and legs independently simply because our […]
Read more »Lift-Line Joints
Reading Time: < 1 minuteby Chris Lennon from Spring 2012 issue Lift lines are notorious for bumps, drops and challenging terrain, as well as providing a resort’s best stage. Here on the ultimate lift […]
Read more »For the Fun of It
Reading Time: 2 minutesSki Better with Chris Lennon from Spring 2012 issue photos: Gillian Morgan snow: Blackcomb Here’s a great way to bring exuberance and playfulness to your skiing. These three short photo sequences […]
Read more »Proud and loud
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Facebook status read simply: “Anyone in the village and maybe want to put some $$ into the meter for my parking? Old, red jetta parked at crystal. Car’s open. […]
Read more »Making the move
Reading Time: 3 minutesFrom the Travel Guide 2011 issue Quit your job, move to a ski town and find a night job so you can ski every day all winter. Remember, if you […]
Read more »Ski Better: Travel Guide 2011
Reading Time: 3 minutesBack to Basics Snow: Blackcomb Photos by Gillian Morgan Remember all those boring side-slipping exercises you did as a kid in ski lessons when all you really wanted to do […]
Read more »Ski Better: Fall 2010
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSKIER:Chris Lennon SNOW:Blackcomb PHOTOS:Gillian Morgan Strong Arm of the Pow Far too often I’ve heard the suggestion that we should “ski with our hands.” I’m pretty certain we ski predominantly […]
Read more »Style File: Buyers Guide 2010
Reading Time: 2 minutesSKIER: Chris Lennon SNOW: Blackcomb PHOTOS: Gillian Morgan Magazine layout as PDF file Air turns When skiing fun little lines in the trees, it ‘s often necessary to catch a […]
Read more »The other way around
Reading Time: 4 minutesFrom the Fall 2010 issue I’ve read it’s often healthier to focus on the journey rather than the destination. The Sea to Sky highway between Vancouver and Whistler is a […]
Read more »Two mountains, your choice
Reading Time: 4 minutesFrom the Travel Guide 2010 issue Where will you be skiing in February 2010? Before you answer simply Whistler, I suggest you think that through a little. Remember, the resort […]
Read more »Olympic misconceptions
Reading Time: 3 minutesFrom the Fall 2009 issue I love rumours. Teen TV drama Gossip Girl makes me want to hurl, but I find it truly intriguing to sit back and observe how […]
Read more »Something for everyone
Reading Time: 3 minutes‘Skiing is life,” a poetic Dean Cummings once told me when I first met him almost a decade ago. At the time I agreed, and to a certain extent I […]
Read more »Better Homes and Containers
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn a trip to Mont Tremblant last April, while attempting to put his exuberant charm to good use, Kris “Slicer” Cormier was confronted by a seemingly nice French girl who […]
Read more »Viva Las Vegas
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn January 27, 2003, rising big-mountain star Jonny Law won the U.S. Freeskiing Nationals, picked up the Sickbird Belt (awarded for the sickest skiing of the competition) and then ditched […]
Read more »The writings on the wall
Reading Time: 3 minutesFrom the Winter 2007 issue On the way to last fall’s MSP movie premiere in Whistler, I stopped by the somewhat infamous 3040 house to see if anyone there had […]
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