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SAM Coverage

Category: Magazine Archives

  • May 1994

    Harnessing The Skier Voice A call for ski areas to assemble the voice of skiers into a lobby that won’t be muscled by government…

  • March 1994

    A Hard Look At Ski Instruction NSAA and PSIA have formed a task force to address the relationship between ski instruction and skier dropouts,…

  • January 1994

    Keeping Women Coming Back Jeannie Thoren is taking her women’s equipment clinics to midwestern areas to make the sport user-friendly for women. This piece…

  • November 1993

    Ski School Track To Ceo Many resorts are being run by former ski instructors. Is this accidental or is the ski school the best…

  • September 1993

    Small Areas As Breeders: Myth Or Reality? The head of the National Skier Opinion Survey (NSOS) tells where first-time skiers get their baptism in…

  • July 1993

    Our Future Is Kids A return to the basics of keeping kids skiing. Demographic information indicates that 47 percent of skiers started skiing before…

  • May 1993

    It’s The Snow, Stupid An examination of indications that people want to be outdoors in the winter but not necessarily on skis. Notes the…

  • March 1993

    A Smoke-Free Area Base Lodge Using Appalachian Ski Mountain of North Carolina as an example, the author cites the benefits of having a smoke-free…

  • January 1993

    NSAA Starts Anew In Lakewood, Colorado SAM interviews new NSAA president, Michael Berry, and highlights recommendations for the new by-laws. A look at the…

  • November 1992

    Lift Specialists Gather At Steamboat Symposium An overview of the OITAF/NACS symposium at Steamboat, Colo., and at the 15 papers presented. Usia Dies; NSAA…