Maggots in the NY Times

[Orthoski]

It's not only Splat in the papers, anymore!


http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/12/13...13headsup.html


Excerpt:
"“Recent ski technology makes it easier to ski powder,” Mr. Steiner continued. “The latest are the reverse camber or rocker skis Shane McConkey invented, which are the complete opposite of traditional skis. They are narrow at the tip and wider under the foot and they work absolutely fantastically in power snow. You can ski longer and not get tired.”

Stephen Drake, author of “The Powder Road,” a memoir of deep-powder skiing in Alaska and elsewhere, and a founder of DPS Skis (www.dpsskis.com), a small four-year-old company that manufactures custom-made skis for deep powder and big mountain skiing, said that while ski sales in general were flat, “the market for free-ride and powder skis has been growing every year.”

The last six or seven years have shown dramatic growth,” he continued.

Mr. Drake described the exhilaration of skiing an area no one has ever been on: “You look out 360 degrees over a landscape where there are no tracks and nothing made by man. It could be a million years ago.” He paused and added, “Those are the moments that give you a sense of complete freedom.”

[DeeAre]

People have two choices when ski shopping... buy skis for the skier you are, or for the skier you want to be. Who doesn't want to be scot schmidt?