SkiSite.com - Ski Gear, Ski Resorts Snowboarding Skateboarding Surfing Wake Boarding Snow Reports Ski conditions Ski deals ski coupons ski savings snowboard discounts ski blog snowboard blog About Us contact us privacy policy Add ski content to your site
ski snowboard ski shop snowboard shop
ski shop snowboard shop ski shop snowboard shop
ski & snowboard areas snow lodging & travel shops & rental gear gear guide clubs & councils events & sales coupons forums

Ski and Snowboard Expo

Posted At : November 19, 2009 1:42 PM | Posted By : Bryan Langley
Related Categories: telemark, Ski Rentals, deals, Events, early season, boots, Older Skiers, fitness, infrequent skiers, ski clubs, Nordic skiing, General, gear, female skiers, backcountry, cross country, resorts, Opinion, ski vacations, youth ski trips

So the Beginning of another season and I can only dream it's gonna be a good winter. The weather so far has been somewhat normal,I wish it was a lot colder and the snow guns were firing away everywhere. With that said lets move on to the subject at hand. The Boston Ski and Snowboard Expo at the baside Expo Center. I will be attending this Saturday Nov. 21st. It runs from Nov 19th to the 22nd.

I went last year and grabbed a bunch of discount and free lift passes, not to mention I won a free trip to the berkshires. It is not just for northeast resorts either, there were canadian resorts there, Tahoe region, and Colorado. I brought my 2 and 4 year olds and they had a great time. I cannot say enough good things about the Expo. All I can say is if you are a serious Skier or Rider you needto get there for at least one day. You'll save alot of money in the long run and have a blast while your there.

SO if your in the Boston area this weekend and want to see the hottest new gear, grab some killer gear discounts and possibly lots of free stuff, stop in. You won't regret it.

See you on the slopes folks Bryan

Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) | Print | Send | del.icio.us | Digg It! | Linking Blogs | 126 Views

Why Ski Clubs for Occasional Skiers?

Posted At : March 1, 2009 9:37 PM | Posted By : bill bernardi
Related Categories: ski clubs

WHY SKI CLUBS FOR OCCASIONAL SKIERS??

Chapter I

When I was first introduced to skiing back in the 60's et al...

by " The Well-Seasoned Skier"

My first encounter with downhill skiing began at a Ski Club in North Woodstock, New Hampshire. It was a beautiful day in the mountains and being the adventuresome soul that I was, I could hardly wait to get up there..There being Cannon Mountain (definitely not for the faint of heart) in Famous Franconia Notch in New Hampshire's Mount Washington Valley.

I had made some new friends at work and they had encouraged me many times to come up to try downhill. Being really clever, I bought a pair of skis from another "friend" who sold me a pair of used 7'6" wooden monsters that were intended for ski jumping –long thongs and all!

One of the neat things about the ski club experience is car-pooling Since we were all working for a living or students, it was great for comraderie as well as cheap. We all chipped in for gas and the driver got a sandwich, too!

Those were the days when men were men and we used steel knuckle – killers, called ski roof racks. When the guys (and girls) picked me up, there was some buzz about my skis but nothing other than " are you a racer?" which I took as a complement because of my obvious athletic prowess. YIKES!! If I had only known what was coming!!

The four hour ride up was actually great fun and we sang drinking songs when we weren't sleeping. We were all quite chummy and mellow by the time we got to the ski "lodge" in North Woodstock about 11:00PM on a Friday Night. The club was a converted Boys school with three floors. The first floor was for parties and cooking with a huge fireplace, dance- floor, and bar.

[More]

Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) | Print | Send | del.icio.us | Digg It! | Linking Blogs | 350 Views