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Parents often wonder what their role becomes when preparation for the race season is over and the competition season begins.  New research published in the Journal of Applied Sports Psychology,...

What do most skiers say when they arrive at the Start Haus for their boot appointment?  "Hey man, where are your boots?" Oh, there are plenty of boots—they just aren't...

Isn’t safety the #1 concern for all of us when it comes to skiing and riding in the slackcountry, sidecountry, or backcountry?  True to NASTC standards, our avalanche instructors are...

By: Chris Fellows As director of the North American Ski Training Center and father of three active kids, I don't have large chunks of time to spend in the gym.  However my skiing performance...

Check out this up and coming shredder from Lake Tahoe!!! Aspen Spora 2011 Edit

Influence 115: The Influence 115 for 2012 is a modified version of last year’s Prophet 115. The new version comes with a slightly softer flex and a bit more pronounced...

It is safe to say that the Rossignol S7 has taken the world of powder skis by storm over the last two years.  This is the model that has been...

When I first heard the phrase “atomic push-up” at the Sugar Bowl Academy Performance Training Center, I thought, “No big deal.” I was standing with a group of students during...

Milliseconds, Milliliters Megan McJames and Chelsea Marshall aren’t just World Cup skiers, they’re world-class quantifiers.  They became Olympians by sifting seconds down to deci-seconds, down to centi-seconds, down to milli-seconds.  ...

Journaling isn’t just for detectives like Nancy Drew (and diaries aren’t just for wimpy kids like the wimpy kid that kept a diary).  Writing, journaling, diary keeping—whatever you want to...

Boy or girl, we’ve all got bros that ski. Pant sagging, goggle gapping, and ski rapping—your bro-ski, man. You know who I’m talking about. It’s likely they give you a...

Exercise is the healthiest thing since broccoli.  With that in mind, don’t make a full plate of dryland training so hard to swallow.  A dryland training program is all about...