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Thread: Wildsnow, any good alternatives?
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03-09-2023, 01:43 PM #126Registered User
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I agree on the site slowly dying but I really enjoyed that Jerry Johnson piece last month. There would be a lot of potential space for discussing the state of the industry (instaclowns, the ethical impact of the massification of skitouring etc.) but obviously whenever a source of media (website, magazine-in italy we have skialper- etc.) heavily relies on help from gear manufacturers you know the time is almost up.
I guess that joke Mccfetridge cracked during his blister podcast is true, Blister is really on the verge of destroying competitors and remaining the "last one standing" (semiquote)
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03-10-2023, 08:55 AM #127Hey
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I agree on the site slowly dying but I really enjoyed that Jerry Johnson piece last month. There would be a lot of potential space for discussing the state of the industry (instaclowns, the ethical impact of the massification of skitouring etc.)
I call them ‘adventure clones’ you know, young thirty something, wide eyed, stoke off the hook, brand new everything flatland suburbanites. They’ve become a plague upon the land.
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03-10-2023, 11:22 AM #128
The Wildsnow gear reviews could be decent, although I often found them a bit longer than I needed. A lot of extra information could be found in the comments, and I enjoyed taking part in that. But the real awesome part of Wildsnow, in my opinion, were the stories and trip reports. Hopefully it will survive.
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03-10-2023, 12:56 PM #129Anxious desk jockey
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I immediately noticed a difference when LD sold to CCB. It felt like less of a critical review and helpful (albeit biased) info and more like an infomercial. I haven't really read much on WS for a few years.
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03-11-2023, 07:47 AM #130Registered User
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I had the exact same thing. That’s cool with me. My comment was not intended to be mean, but (maybe) came off that way (I’m a lousy writer).
He called me out on it, I checked myself in future. I much prefer that to having it devolve into nastiness, or just some auto blocking feature. Basically, normal human stuff.
I would like to be optimistic about the future of the site, and not assume the worst before we have even seen anything, but Jason resigning doesn’t bode well.
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03-14-2023, 11:50 AM #131
good read Bob
I didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.
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03-20-2023, 12:02 PM #132
The "Editors" of Wildsnow released their first new article. An "interview" with the designer of the Scorpius 2 that didn't explain anything and was straight marketing. And was sponsored by La Sportiva. Then WS deleted the critical comments about how shitty of an article it was. Adios Wildsnow, you had a damn good run.
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03-20-2023, 01:52 PM #133
why acquire it to run it into the ground with stupid puff pieces? lame
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03-31-2023, 04:22 PM #134
To save anyone from giving them page views they don't deserve, th second article under the new management is "GET YOURS NOW: THE 2023-2024 IKON PASS IS HERE"
Comments are also conspicuously not allowed.
It has really been an incredible example of how to run a publication into the ground
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03-31-2023, 04:57 PM #135Registered User
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04-01-2023, 08:18 AM #136
Poor Lou. His mom recently passed away, and it can't be easy seeing something you put your heart and soul into for years turn into crap.
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04-01-2023, 10:33 AM #137
^^^
That’s like selling the farm to a developer and being sad they built houses on it.
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04-01-2023, 10:41 AM #138Registered User
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Hopefully Lou got some good coin out of the deal, I click on it from time to time but not much to see there
Lee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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04-01-2023, 11:28 AM #139Galibier Designcrafting technology in service of music
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04-01-2023, 05:00 PM #140
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04-01-2023, 06:11 PM #141
yes
I didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.
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04-02-2023, 05:00 AM #142
So many comments regarding Wildsnow have been posted here - I wonder if the new owners took notice.
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04-02-2023, 09:48 AM #143
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04-02-2023, 10:56 AM #144Registered User
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Wild snow was Lou Dawson " Wild Snow " was what he told you or could tell you and now it's over but the info as in anything Lou ever wrote is all there in "resources"
the new owners are probaby wondering what they bought, don't have anything to add cuz they can't do it and other than the money they spent don't care cuz they are not Lou Dawson
I think lou dawson is well into retirement age ??
Personaly I've alway been too busy counting the money to care what happened to something i sold and imagine Lou is same ... its all about the moneyLast edited by XXX-er; 04-02-2023 at 12:34 PM.
Lee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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04-02-2023, 11:56 AM #145
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04-02-2023, 06:24 PM #146
thepowdercloud.com is the best I have found. Not the frequency of the old wildsnow, but quality.
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04-02-2023, 06:50 PM #147
Try also theavalanchereview.org. We just hired a new person to manage it, so should be updated more frequently.
theavalanchereview.org
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04-03-2023, 01:41 PM #148Registered User
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Wow, love the paper edition but never checked it out online. Thanks for that, HMS!
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04-03-2023, 03:20 PM #149Registered User
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04-03-2023, 03:33 PM #150
and they’ll get traffic
I didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.
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