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1994 Directory Of Products And Services

A listing of products and services and their suppliers within the ski industry.

Ski School Track To Ceo

Many resorts are being run by former ski instructors. Is this accidental or is the ski school the best source for future managers? Includes Gary Keidai...

Twenty Month Lift Replacement

A new lift at Timberline, Oregon, was delayed due to environmental requirements. This feature follows the trail through Oregon's environmental approva...

Embezzlement

An anonymous veteran ski area owner ruefully recounts an expensive and bitter lesson when a trusted employee took advantage of that trust. This embezzl...

Tokyo's Incredible Ski Dome

An up-close look at the world's largest indoor ski facility, its lifts, snowmaking and ticketing. This SSAWS facility cost $400 million to build outsid...

Drills Work

At Mt. Bachelor,Oregon, employees rehearsed for that rare and unforeseen situation when they might face a crisis involving multiple injuries. The emplo...

Preparing For The Unthinkable

Ski resort personnel need a plan to be ready for accidents with multiple casualties. Article outlines a way to prepare one, with a comprehensive flow c...

Halfpipes Made Easy

Two new implements are on the market that carve halfpipes in a fraction of the time it takes to make them by hand. Doug Waugh has built a hydraulic sno...

When Adults Want To Ride

A focus on snowboarding camps started by brothers Kevin and Brian Delaney. With the assistance of Glen Head of Aspen, Colorado, the program has been ex...

Keeping Track Of Training

Explores the need for and the benefits of keeping a log of specific instructor's certificates and qualifications. The log would be beneficial in court ...

Ergonomic Ailments

Explores solutions to common work-related injuries caused by repetitive tasks. Includes proposals for inexpensive remedies, observation, training, job ...

Forty Years Later

Commentary on the cost of skiing today. Touches on the subjects of demographics and target markets for the ski industry.

Lots Of New Products Including Signs And Ski Racks

Couplings (Scully Signal Co.), Signs (Reliable Racing), Cashiers Window (Bilexa), Snowmaking Software Resort Technologies), Travel Listing (Family and ...

Ski Racing And Sports Marketing

Three letters on the of ski racing: one from a prominent sports marketer (Stephen Wells) on the benefits of a successful ski team, one from Nick Badam...

Supplier Directory

Names, addresses and key contacts for suppliers of products and services to the ski industry.

Congratulations To Nastar

Words of encouragement and thanks to the founders: Gloria Chadwick, Arnold Abramson, John Fry and Bob Beattie, on the 25th anniversary of the ski racin...

Sia Grants Program

An announcement of the results of a grass-roots matching grant program that is expected to create 186,000 new skiers. SIA computes the multiplied effec...

Ski Reports: Whom Do They Serve?

A commentary on consumer's disbelief of radio ski reports. Includes responses to an article published in SKI magazine on the same subject and lists the...

Sending Right Messages- A Futuristic Look.

A comical look into very real possibilities for future area operations that proposes a theme-park style of management .

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