How Altitude Affects Ski Gear Performance (and What to Do About It)
Altitude can change how skis, boots, clothing, and goggles perform. This guide explains what happens and how to prepare your gear properly.
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How Altitude Affects Ski Gear Performance (and What to Do About It)
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Is it better for ski boots to be too big, or too small?
If you’re a regular reader of the Ski Exchange blog, you will already know something about the importance of ensuring your ski boots fit well. After all, if you want...
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3 ‘DIY’ tips for making your ski boots fit better
3 ‘DIY’ tips for making your ski boots fit better As of the time of typing, we are now heading firmly into the winter, which might have caused your...
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Tyler Nicholls-Stubbington Blog: I'll be back!
Before my Winter started, I had many trips to the Belguim Airbag to continue pushing new tricks and getting airtime during the offseason. This allows us to be one step...
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Justin Taylor-Tipton Blog: New season, New challenges?
This past summer has been very chill for me. Unfortunately, I haven't had many opportunities to ski. I’ve been to Tamworth SnowDome a handful of times. Each time has been...
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Isla Ward Blog: New Season; New Goals
I spent just over two months in NZ training and racing in august through to mid-October. I raced in a mixture of FIS races, including the New Zealand national champs,...
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Emily Keen: Beginning of a new season
The preseason training began in September where we went to Reiteralm, Austria to train skicross starts. A little confusing right as this is a place with no Glaciers, but the...
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Ash Clayton Blog: Leading up to the new season!
Leading up to this season I’ve been putting hours in at work, in the gym and at some snow domes. There were 2 events back to back at The Snow...
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Ed Guigonnet Blog: Winter is here
This month, we’re heading up north in Kabdalis, Sweden, for two blocks of ten days training, and a few races while we’re there. At this time of the year, it’s...
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Jay Hebblethwaite Blog: Start of the Winter season
The level of competition in freestyle skiing is so high right now. Preseason training can be the marginal gain to be the best when competitions start early next year. After...
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5 of the most unhelpful ski boot fitting myths
5 of the most unhelpful ski boot fitting myths Whether you are a seasoned visitor to the slopes or you are only just taking up skiing, you could be...
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Are custom footbeds for your ski boots worth the bother?
When you purchase a pair of ski boots – whether you do so as a relative veteran or someone who is quite new to skiing – you can expect it...
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What role does shell modification have in the fitting of your ski boots?
As everyone knows (or at least should know), ski boots are far from normal footwear. So, they should be subject to very different expectations in relation to the finer details...
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