SAM Coverage
Departments: Risk & Safety
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The World’s Fair of Winter Sports: Interalpin 2015
Approximately 23,000 winter resort professionals descended on Messe Innsbruck, Austria, April 15-17 for the annual Interalpin trade show. Attendees came from nearly 80 countries,…
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Telluride Patrollers Vote in Favor of Union
SAM Magazine—Telluride, Colo., Mar. 2, 2015—After a 47-to-1 vote, patrollers at Telluride ski area will now be represented for collective bargaining purposes by Communications…
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NSAA 2015 Winter Conference – Snowbird, UT
On Feb. 10-12, more than 400 ski area attendees representing 87 areas gathered at Snowbird, Utah, where 105 exhibitors filled the show floor. Attendees…
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NSAA 2015 Winter Conference – Snowbird, UT
On Feb. 10-12, more than 400 ski area attendees representing 87 areas gathered at Snowbird, Utah, where 105 exhibitors filled the show floor. Attendees…
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Locals Bring New Hampshireâs Mount Eustis Back to Life
SAM Magazine—Littleton, N.H., Feb. 9, 2015—A community-wide effort is credited for bringing New Hampshire's Mount Eustis back into operation this season with a novel…
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Telluride Patrollers to Vote on Forming Union
SAM Magazine—Telluride, Colo., Feb. 6, 2015—Members of the Telluride ski patrol will soon vote on whether to form a union, according to the Telluride…
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New Findings on Safety: Some Surprising, Some Not
SAM Magazine—Fairport, N.Y., Feb. 4, 2015—Three new safety-related studies suggest that helmets reduce head injuries, ski and snowboard injuries overall are trending downward, and…
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Students Cause $100,000 Damage to Two Michigan Areas
SAM Magazine—Gaylord, Mich., Jan. 23, 2015—The University of Michigan chapter of the Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity has been suspended indefinitely by the national office…
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National Ski Patrol Re-Elects Board Chairman Ed McNamara
SAM Magazine—Lakewood, Colo., Jan. 22, 2015—The National Ski Patrol (NSP) has re-elected Ed McNamara as the organization's board chair, effective Jan. 10, 2015. McNamara…
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Letter to the Editor
NSP Responds to “Rescue Me.” > Rescue Me: Part I > Rescue Me: Part II I would like to thank Skip King for his in-depth…