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Ski and Snowboard Expo

Posted At : November 19, 2009 1:42 PM | Posted By : Bryan Langley
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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

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Ski Trips: Five Things Every Parent Should Know

Posted At : February 19, 2009 11:49 AM | Posted By : Christi Dant
Related Categories: responsibility, ski injury prevention, skiers code, youth ski trips, safety, Ski Rentals

We primarily ski at a mountain which markets heavily to boy scout troops and youth groups. What I have witnessed is the stuff of parental nightmares: Non-skiing scout masters or chaperones knocking back beverages while their unsupervised hoard of charges careens insanely down black diamonds; kids on black diamond slopes with their coats unzipped, bare-headed, their Velcro boot straps flapping in the wind, hunched over in a lock kneed snowplow; kids without helmets and little or no skill skiing in the glades (trees).

I confess, I am preaching what I did not initially practice. Simply put, I didn't know what I didn't know and I turned my two sons loose on the slopes with no forethought and no plan. I rather passively figured if ski resorts sold lift tickets for kids, skiing must be safe and simple. And while statistics show that skiing is actually relatively safe, there are myriad risks. Some of them are huge. More often the consequences are financial or merely inconvenient by comparison.

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