Tag: Lange
Olson’s Chairlift Trivia
/Reading Time: 2 minutes Did you know that: • K2 was once owned by Cummins Diesel. And later by Rubbermaid. • Beatrice Foods owned Hart skis. • Kingsford Charcoal owned Scott. • Ski competitions […]
Read more »2022 Powder Buyer’s Guide pt 4
/Reading Time: 2 minutes 50/50 BOOTS – ALPINE TOURING In order to see where skiing is heading, it’s often illuminating to watch where the energy and R&D are going. And much of that is […]
Read more »Buyer’s Guide 2021 – Freeride
/Reading Time: 5 minutes If you’re a freerider, you’re a searcher, an explorer. You aren’t content with what’s on the map. The runs are just the approach to the main event. You take the […]
Read more »Lange LX
/Reading Time: < 1 minutes LX Stands For Luxury If 96mm is a rockclimbing shoe last and 104mm is a slipper, 102mm might be Goldilocks, especially in Lange’s LX ski boot. It’s available in men’s […]
Read more »Boots and bindings 2019
/Reading Time: 8 minutes For the Fat-Footed Wide feet? Do you prioritize comfort over performance? Rossignol’s Speed boots might be just what the foot doctor ordered. The 104mm last […]
Read more »Buyer’s Guide 2018 – Noteworthy
/Reading Time: 5 minutes Refusing to be categorized, these products are some of the most exciting innovations of the year. DON’T DRINK THE ANTI-FREEZE Like neon zinc to fight sunburn, Anti-Freeze Face Tape […]
Read more »What’s Trending
/Reading Time: 7 minutes When does a fad become something more? Every year new ideas, styles, colours and flavours emerge. Some of them stick around to change the sport for the better—think rocker shape […]
Read more »The way we were
/Reading Time: 3 minutes I wasn’t of working age when the Ski Canada Journal, as we were once called, started rolling off the presses 40 years ago. I was busy taping Jean-Claude Killy, Nancy Greene and “Keep […]
Read more »These Boots Were Made for Skiing
/Reading Time: 9 minutes from Buyer’s Guide 2012 2012 Alpine Boot specifications The ski world is growing up and it all starts with your on-slope connection—those weapons that buckle onto your feet. This season’s […]
Read more »Gear That Made a Difference
/Reading Time: 6 minutes As Ski Canada celebrates its 40th birthday this season, we thought a nostalgic look back each issue was an appropriate way to rejoice. Leading the sentimental season is a subject we […]
Read more »Short Turns: Buyers Guide 2011
/Reading Time: 9 minutes A century of capital skiing It’s been a while, about 100 years, since Ottawa’s posh Rockliffe Park suburb has seen a ski jump tower, but the Ottawa Ski Club (OSC) […]
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