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Family Vacations, Summer 1996 Essential Gear: In-Line Skates What better way to work out the kinks of a road trip than by taking a spin on some black ice far from home? Here are some of the newest models on the market. The K2 Spinner…
Bodywork: Fitness for the Outside Athlete, November 1996 Training: The Prepared Snowboarder Tiptoeing past soreness this season By Sarah Bowen Shea Don’t be fooled by snowboarding’s carefree image. It is a sport, and you should train for it. “When I first…
Destinations, May 1998 Snowboarding Soaring Id, Grounded Ego By Zev Borow I don’t think it’s until after lunch on the third day that I start to need the patronizing, to … well, not beg, but silently plead for it. I…
Outside magazine, January 1996 Snowboarding: Nitro Tour By Eric Blehm If there’s one thing guaranteed to blow a snowboarder’s good time, it’s a stretch of flat terrain. Snowboards can handle any steeps that skis can, but once gravity stops pulling, even the most advanced…
Dispatches, December 1998 Expeditions Everest? No Problem. Except for This Damn Full-Body Cast. An avalanche-battered snowboarder resumes his climb-and-carve assault on the world’s highest peaks. By Tim Zimmermann “I remember this sudden rush…
News from the Field, February 1997 Snowboarding: No, Seriously…I Am the World Champ Jeff Greenwood’s Olympic-size struggle to prove he’s the best By Mike Finkel It was snowy mayhem: a pack of boisterous, red-cheeked boys, Jeff Greenwood’s teammates on the U.S.
Dispatches, May 1998 SPORT Some Kind of Hero After bringing new meaning to “Olympic Gold,” Canadian snowboarder Ross Rebagliati returns to a festive welcome By Bill Donahue On a blustery, gray day in Whistler, British Columbia, we gather shoulder-to-shoulder…
Winter Travel Guide 1996 The Well-Outfitted Snowboarder The Outfits With more than 400 companies offering everything a snowboarder needs to hit the slopes, it’s tough to choose. Here are some solid products we’ve discovered, along with tips on what to…
Outside magazine, April 1995 Snowboarding: This Isn’t Baseball By Todd Balf With two rival race circuits splitting up the best international talent, several American riders, led by former world champion Mike Jacoby, were happy to devour the inaugural Grundig Snowboard World Cup tour, put…
Outside magazine, January 1998 Review The Other Stuff Leedom Limit Snowboard Helmet THE STREAMLINED HOME GYM | ESSENTIALS | THE OTHER STUFF | BOOKS Leedom…
Outside Magazine, November 1994 Buying Right: Alpine Extremity-Warmers By Bob Woodward Check in with any eight-person ski-school class: Two students’ extremities are warm and limber, those of two others are stiff with cold, and four pupils are wiggling their fingers and toes thanks to…
Outside magazine, February 1996 Alpine Skiing: The K2 Four By Will Gadd I’m wary of any piece of equipment touted as having a “brain,” as K2 touts its new Four alpine skis. I don’t care how “smart” the piezoelectric damping system sounds; I prefer…
Outside magazine, January 1996 Backcountry Skiing: The Alpine Trekker By Glenn Randall Alpine skiers who long to explore the backcountry have always had a single option: buy a separate alpine-touring setup. Now a hybrid device called the Alpine Trekker is a ticket to take…
Outside magazine, July 1996 Alpine Wishes and Adriatic Dreams Slovenia, the best of Europe in a space the size of New Jersey By Debra Weiner Unappreciated and for the most part unheard-of, the tiny nation of Slovenia, on Central Europe’s southern edge,…
Winter Travel Guide 1996 Outside’s Slope Finder We’re all looking for the ski area that has everything, and most of the resorts listed here could easily qualify under all the following categories. But when we took an informal poll, this was the consensus that emerged:…
Winter Travel Guide 1996 Our Favorite Ski Resorts for Urban Dwellers Take a sick day and go By Ron C. Judd WACHUSETT MOUNTAIN SKI AREA, PRINCETON, MASSACHUSETTS Distance: Fifty-two miles, one hour from Boston.Take Massachusetts 2 west to 140…
Outside magazine, May 1994 Skiing: Thanks Coach By Todd Balf Apparently those most astonished by the U.S. alpine team’s performance in the Winter Olympics last February were the coaches. Case in point: After Diann Roffe-Steinrotter won the gold in the super G, Paul…
Outside magazine, Travel Guide 1997-1998 Hey, That’s My Coast By Peter Oliver CRUISE-O-MATIC | DETAILS, DETAILS | HEY, THAT’S MY COAST | ESSENTIAL GEAR What’s in…
Dispatches: News from the Field, November 1996 Business: Steeper, Deeper, Higher Profit Margins Merger mania sweeps the ski industry, raising the stakes, the expectations, and the specter of monopoly By Andrew Tilin One of the worst purchases Les Otten ever made…
Outside magazine, Travel Guide 1997-1998 Bored? Board! The time has come to ride wide By Rob Story BORED? BOARD! | DETAILS, DETAILS | GEARING UP | ESSENTIAL GEAR…
Winter Travel Guide 1996 The Alps: The Poor Man’s Zermatt By Lorien Warner Olympic skiing gold medalist Mateja Svet was born here. Elan, a worldwide staple in ski equipment, is based here. This is a country that’s steeped in ski culture. Austria? No. Try…
Outside magazine, January 1996 The Outside Prognosticator: For You, I Get It Wholesale Want to buy a chunck of Jackson Hole, Taos, or 38 other Forest Service-owned mountain tracts that are now leased to ski-resort operations? If Republicans in Congress have their way, you may get…
Destinations, June 1997 Off Season: Kiwi Ski Where else can you get snow and cheap digs in June? By Eric Blehm It starts so innocently. As the mechanic at your bike shop finishes tweaking your crash-mangled GripShift, you limp over…
Outside Magazine, February 1995 Mountaineering: Warning: Geezers Wielding Ice Axes In the latest Himalayan trend, youngest on top is a rotten egg By Laura Hilgers You’re on to an eternal loser when you do that one, aren’t you?” remarks renowned British alpinist…
Outside magazine, March 2000 Page: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Step Right Up All the guidance and gear you need for a…
Home Bases, Summer 1998 Why Own When You Can Rent? Your own front porch, space to spread out — everything you need except for room service Nantucket, Massachusetts Nantucket, with its rose-covered saltbox cottages and cobblestone streets,…
Travel Guide, Winter 1995-1996 Snowboarding–It’s a Right, Not a Privilege Accept no flak from those hostile two-plankers: seven resorts that want you By Eric Blehm During the mid-to-late eighties, if a ski resort allowed snowboarding at all, it was automatically considered friendly.
Family Vacations, Summer Pedal with the Pros! Mountain-Bike racing for mini-riders It’s midsummer and the kids are tired of popping wheelies in the driveway — and you’re tired of watching them. You’ll all learn plenty of…
Outside magazine, Travel Guide 1997-1998 Cruise-O-Matic Because bump-free is always better By Ron C. Judd CRUISE-O-MATIC | DETAILS, DETAILS | HEY, THAT’S MY COAST | ESSENTIAL GEAR…
Outside’s Annual Travel Guide, 1999/2000 Page: 1 | 2 LET’S SKI A DEAL: DOING THE BOBFEST On January 20, 2000, the overcaffeinated, underfed independent moviemaking world will descend on Park City, Utah, for the start…
Outside magazine, April 1998 Field Notes: 50 CC of Pampering for the Skier-Stump, Stat! A peek under the rug of Aspen’s ER, where Very Important Ligaments come to be healed By Florence Williams You want Chris Martinez to be…
 Outside magazine, October 1995 The East–Hail the Tower-Mounted Sno-Gun In the old-time resorts of New England, rocks and ice have gone the way of the wooden ski By Meg Lukens Noonan Skiing in the East used to require…
Winter Travel Guide 1996 The Resort Report: Part One When it comes to this year’s hard-earned ski trip, you need a mountain that fits just right By Ron C. Judd No matter who you are, whom you know, or how liberally you…
Dispatches, February 1998 EVENTS Have Corpulence, Will Hurtle Think there’s no sport too absurd for the X Games? Get a load of shovel racing. By Gretchen Reynold True, the cold season’s competitive-sports options for big-boned fellows with a fondness…
 Outside magazine, October 1996 We Few, We Happy Few, We Band of Fledgling Monkeywrenchers Learning to Speak in Sound Bites At the nation’s lone training ground for environmental activists, aimless tree huggers are fashioned into media-savvy eco-warriors, ready for the fray. A postcard from this…
Outside’s Annual Travel Guide, 1999/2000 WINTER NORTHWEST SKIING FIRES UP “Give us amenities to match our mountains,” they cried. They’ve been heard First-class snowfall, coach-class resorts. From the day organized skiing first hit the slopes of Mount…
Outside’s Annual Travel Guide, 1999/2000 Page: 1 | 2 THE SNOW FINDER, cont. SKI AREA: Steamboat, Colorado Information: 970-879-6111 Reservations: 800-922-2722 THE DRAW: A terrific resort for the family. Mom and…
Family Vacations, Summer 1996 Plug In and Turn On Electronics that will add some serious voltage to your summer vacation By Lisa Twyman Bessone You’ve packed the sportsgear. Sunscreen and bug goo? Check. So what’s missing? Well, cameras that capture those…
The World Beat Update the passports and booster shots: Australia, Belize, Peru, Nepal, Zimbabwe, here we come. . . BELIZE I peered over the edge of the boat at the sharks that surrounded…
Shwoosh! All You Need is Dirt The Hysterical Parent A medical emergency You would be a fool to venture into the wilderness without someone in your party being certified in first aid. Call your pediatrician or hospital for information…
Outside magazine, November 1995 Postnuptial Agreements Four resorts where you and your new-to-the-sport partner can find downhill harmony By Ron C. Judd You share private moments, swap toothbrushes, even exchange vows. Big deal. Agree on the perfect ski vacation, and people will…
Outside magazine, November 1995 Matches Made in the Heavens No matter what your alpine aptitude, a guide to finding that resort of your dreams By Ron C. Judd Fellow skiers, it’s time to take stock. Park yourself in a chair, rub that…
Family Vacations, Summer 1997 Fishing! No…Sailing! No…Biking! At a multisport resort, deciding how to play is the hardest thing you’ll do all day I t may be the best of all worlds: a camplike array of things to do,…
 Family Vacations, Summer 1998 Vacation Bulletins News for adventurous families BULLETINS The Summer Calendar The fun begins June 4! Solutions for Single Parents An increasing…
 Outside magazine, Family Vacation Guide Backseat Bliss If you wanna keep the pint-sized critics happy and the moveable food fights to a minimum, there’d better be something pretty awedome in store when the seat belts come off…
Travel Guide, Winter 1995-1996 Nordic Skiing–It Ain’t the Way to Grandma’s House Over the river and through the woods, six competition-grade networks to challenge even the hard core. By Mike Steere Burn up a few miles of a well-wrought trail, and you’ll…
 Travel Guide, Winter 1995-1996 The West–It’s Still Wild Out There Skiing the left coast means untracked glades, few pretensions, and plenty of space to spare By Ron C. Judd Invariably, you’ll be upside down and three feet deep…
Outside magazine, April 1992 Mountain Biking: Full-Blown Fat-Tire Tours By Bob Howells Mountain bikers and other “user groups” might still be duking it out in certain congested recreational areas, but there are other places where bikers aren’t just accepted–they’re embraced. It’s taken years…
Outside Magazine, 1999 Annual Travel Guide Don’t Be a Lard Puppy* *N: an out-of-shape, weekend leisure rider By Lisa Twyman Bessone Whitewater Kayaking The School: Sundance Kayak School and Expeditions, Merlin, Oregon The Drill: In the wilderness alongside…
Outside magazine, Travel Guide 1997-1998 Sea Kayaking LONG CAYE, BELIZE There’s a certain queasy feeling that comes from bobbing up and down in three-foot swells while ensconced in a slightly wobbly sea kayak. It’s not quite seasickness, but it’s close enough to…
Outside Magazine, 1999 Annual Travel Guide Crashing the High Life Because sometimes only a tri-level condo and saut‰ed elk medallions will do By Ron C. Judd Don’t be fooled by the first impressions when you hook up with the…
Outside magazine, December 1996 He’s Still The Coolest A few moments with Old Man Winter, on his life, his loves, and the prospect of being phased out by a thing called global warming By Bruce McCall Old Man Winter is one…
Travel Guide, Winter 1995-1996 The Alps–Because Bigger is Better You can’t ski out of bounds where there are no boundaries By Lito Tejada-Flores American skiers living happily with the myth that the world’s best snow and best skiing are found in the…
 Outside Magazine, January 1999 Powder Burn Whatever the suspects behind the worst act of eco-terrorism in U.S. history hoped to accomplish by torching Vail, their agenda likely didn’t include helping the company that owns the resort and…
 Outside magazine, February 1997 South of the Border, Upside-Down Mexico Way In remote Zapatista country, the good people of Chiapas are engaged in a once-a-year chance to upend the world. Men become women. Night becomes day. And a pilgrim in a rental…
Cover, November 1998 The Deep, White Secret Think Whistler is the only thing that British Columbia has to offer? Think again. By Ron C. Judd Then Again, Who Needs Lifts? There’s deep. There’s really deep. And then there’s the…
 Winter Travel Guide 1996 The Mountain Maximus You can’t ski in the fast lane without plenty of high-speed quads Lake Louise Ski Area | Aspen/Snowmass Ski Area | Vail | Squaw Valley…
 Winter Travel Guide 1996 The Mountain Medium Kirkwood Resort | Mount Bachelor Ski and Summer Resort | Telluride Ski Resort | Stowe Mountain Resort | Crested Butte Mountain Resort |…
 Winter Travel Guide 1996 The Mountain Minimal Just you, your maker, and a whole lot of white stuff Alta Ski Area | Mount Baker Ski Area | Taos Ski Valley | Red…
 Outside magazine, February 1998 Winter Olympics Preview: Nagano? Naga-Yes! Sure, this year’s Winter Olympics will have its foibles, including a gaggle of over-hyped personal stories, suspense-killing tape-delays, and TV talking heads nattering on about “adorable” pixies on skates. But that doesn’t mean…
Outside magazine, July 1995 Burlington, Vermont A town where you can have a real job, a real life, and still get to move in with the scenery. Several reasons to split the city and head for the Big Outdoors. By Mike Steere…
Travel Guide, Winter 1995-1996 How to Carve Out Some Savings By Ron C. Judd Deep in the heart of every skier lurk two great fears: unsettlingly steep slopes and unreasonably steep ski-trip prices. To survive the first, sideslip. To avoid the second, consider a…
The Downhill Report, December 1996 Free Skiing! And a slew of other ways to hang on to your cash By Meg Lukens Noonan The next time you hear someone gripe about the high cost of skiing, speak up. You could say,…
Outside’s Annual Travel Guide, 1999/2000 Page: 1 | 2 THE SNOW FINDER SKI AREA: Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, Colorado Information: 888-272-7246; Reservations: same THE DRAW: A-Basin is a purist’s dream come…
 Outside Magazine, November 1994 The Resort Report: Monster Resorts: From mega to mini, ten ski areas that’ll fit just right By Meg Lukens Noonan Every winter, it’s the same dilemma: Do you head for a massive, all-encompassing resort where you’ll have…
Outside magazine, November 1991 Let’s Ski: Says Who? Enough with the one-note wonders. Here’s a case for the I’ve-only-got-a-week-to-ski monster resort. By Donovan Webster In the preceding pages you’ve read about midsize ski areas, the precious little places whose personalities–when you get right down…
Outside magazine, February 1996 The Fast Track to Dharma: 60 Degrees Straight Down, Mind the Boulders and Avalanches A postcard from La Grave, France–alpinism’s new lost horizon By Michael Paterniti The journey starts at a car rental agency in Grenoble.
Outside Magazine, 1999 Annual Travel Guide Bring on the Mac ‘n’ Cheese … and the Nintendo and Snowboarder Barbie and … By Meg Lukens Noonan If I didn’t already ski or snowboard, I think I would have started as…
Outside magazine, October 1995 The Exhaust-Free, Self-Propelled Foliage Tour Let the motorized leaf peepers have their New England. It’ll keep them far away from ours. By Todd Balf Migrationally speaking, almost everything leaves New England in autumn. The exception?…
 Outside magazine, Travel Guide 1997-1998 The Snow Finder EXTREME MEASURES | BUNK TO BUNK | DETAILS | THE SNOW FINDER | ESSENTIAL GEAR…
Outside magazine, Travel Guide 1997-1998 Hut, Two, Three, Four… Bunk to bunk on backcountry skis By Lisa Jones EXTREME MEASURES | BUNK TO BUNK | DETAILS | THE…
Outside Magazine, 1999 Annual Travel Guide The Snowfinder First pick your place Alta Ski Area, Utah Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, Colorado Aspen, Colorado Bear Valley Ski Area, California…
Outside Magazine, 1999 Annual Travel Guide No Seaweed Body Wraps Here It’s not the foofy frills that matter — it’s the mountain By Peter Shelton Fuggeddaboudit. some mountains got the goods, and some sidestep their insufficiencies with theme parks…
 Travel Guide, Winter 1995-1996 The Rockies–Snow Like It Ought To Be Never mind the glitterati and the wannabes–the perfectly fluffed white stuff will keep you coming back By Peter Shelton The high, curved spine of the Rockies cradles some of the…
 Outside magazine, October 1997 Dyn-O-Mite! A visual history of all the gear we couldn’t — and still can’t — do without By Andrew Tilin and Mike Grudowski The Best of Toys, the Worst of Toys Endless…
 Outside magazine, January 1998 FIRST TRACKS Feeling a little wobbly on those teles? Get yourself in school. Whether you want to become immersed in all the intricacies of backcountry skiing or just get your feet damp, there are courses to fill whatever…
 Outside Magazine, November 1994 The Happy, Wholesome, Hip-Hop Life of the MammothTeenage Death Dwarfs High on the mountaintops, the kids are winning By Bucky McMahon If Tommy Czeschin, star freestyler of the Mammoth Mountain Junior Snowboard Team, were to ride down…
Outside magazine, May 1996 CD-Rom: Everest Quest By Rod Willard These days you can find CD-Roms on every oft-visited place from Yosemite to the Australian outback. But Peak Media’s Mount Everest: Quest for the Summit of Dreams stands out for one simple reason: It’s…