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• Research

An analysis of a LeisureTrak survey that finds sports participation in decline in a bullish economy. Demographic changes and their impact on the industry are examined. ...

• Summer

This story is about Jack Frost Mountain, Pennsylvania's, move to introduce motocrossing to its off-season activities. The article describes the involved, 50-acre park for moto, ATV and BMX riders. ...

This cover article describes Whistler/Blackcomb's (British Columbia) award-winning wiinter playground for kids. It had little effect on the environment, has a castle and three miles of trails in the woods. Planners picked the brains of Disney experts in developing their mini theme park for children. ...

• Lifts

Norm Duke explains his procedures for determining final carriage positions after installation. His calculations help simplify the estimates in an age when hydraulic tensioning systems have made the process more complicated. ...

• Marketing

As SUV makers tap into the wintersports market, Lake Tahoe ski areas are getting great publicity and nice cars to drive in this cross-marketing phenomenon. ...

• Conferences / Trade Shows

Pictures and captions wrapup the spring season of trade shows. ...

• Conferences / Trade Shows

This piece describes the success of the International Organization for Transportation by Wire Rope's 8th Congress in San FRancisco. ...

• Marketing

This article reviews the multitude of passport ski pass programs designed to get school kids onto the slopes. ...

• Conferences / Trade Shows

This is a wrapup of what happened in Washington, D.C. during the NSAA's annual lobbying trip Ski the Hill. Environmental issues and demonstrations were the order of the two-day conference. ...

• Miscellaneous

This article reports on the gaining popularity of sports camps and how some resorts are cashing in on the trend. Most camps are independently promoted and run, with little involvement needed from resort staff. ...

• Lifts

This is a brief addendum to an earlier article, "Sun Valley Sigles: History Made" by Mary Purdy Gmuender in May '99 clarifying patent questions on the first single chairlift. Also a correction on grooming vehicle prices. ...

A short look back at the big issues in past issues of SAM, 35 years befor and 10 years before. ...

This is a story about Northstar's recovery after a fire devastated the Summit Deck and Grill restaurant on Feb. 28, 1998. ...

• Marketing

This article promotes the premise that smart advertising makes the difference. Seth takes a look at ads that stick out and ones that fade from memory. ...

• Resort Development

Lifts, snowmaking, lodge and golf course development at Cannon Mountain, N.H., Kirkwood, Calif., Park City, Utah, Stevens Pass, Wash., Okemo, Vt., and Lenko, Inc. in Sweden (rebuild after factory fire). ...

We take a look at Whistler's kid-friendly winter terrain.   This article is not available online. For more information, contact donna@saminfo.com.     ...

• Miscellaneous

2006 Olympics to Italy; Shakeout at Mountain Creek; Nordic World Pledges Renewal; Seven Springs Sale is Derailed; It's Helmets Again in N.J.; NSGA Finds Skiing Down; The Future for Otten and ASC; NSAA Developing Environmental Principles ...

• Miscellaneous

Dave Barry's stunt to cover Vail Resorts' Adam Aron's car with magnets to benefit the Summit Foundation outside the annual hockey classic; Ad Age names Sims ad the best for magazines in 1998 for the takeoff on the famous Tianenmen Square photo of a student standing before a tank. In the Sims ad a snowboarder stands at attention before four snow gr...

• Miscellaneous

This is a list of ski shows and a source of contact names and phone numbers of contacts for those shows. ...

Contact names, numbers, addresses and descriptions of special sections and promotions for ski areas to use when selling to North America's largest markets through the big newspapers in those markets. ...

This report offers a continent-wide look at what resorts have planned for their customers who want to celebrate Y2K on snow. ...

• Area Management

This issue combines Speak Out and the letters section to highlight an exchange between a customer and Breckenridge's COO regarding a perceived loss of Breck's individuality under the corporate banner of Vail. The headlined piece is an anonymously written piece dramatizing the effects of a large corporate structure on employee morale. The lesson: On...

• Miscellaneous

"NSAA's San Francisco Triumph" describes the national convention and the OITAF Congress as seemles and smoothly run (more on page 22, same issue); "The SAMMY Awards" thanks the sponsors and winners of the 2nd annual SAMMY awards presented at San Fran; and "A New SAM Managing Editor" welcomes Jonathan Gourlay to the SAM fold. ...