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Portals, magazines, services

  • Cheap Last Minute Flights - Save money on cheap last minute flights with CheapOair.
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  • Snowbreaks - the UKs largest ski company for solo travellers; ski trips for those looking to ski and meet new people.
  • ski-tips.com - British site geared toward people going on ski holidays who require general information, from learning how to ski better to investigating ski resorts
  • snowlist.com - omnibus site for ski products and services and more
  • yamnuska - guide to skiing, mountaineering and climbing in the Canadian Rockies
  • the skier's journal - provides industry news, product reviews and an open forum for hard core riders
  • 1ski.com - well done UK site for all things ski
  • iglu.com - emphasis on resort vacations; European flavor

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Forums and blogs

  • PMTS™ - the only official forum, monitored by Harald Harb
  • ski.com - modest forum on travel oriented site

 

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Instruction, coaching and racing

  • PMTS™ - home to Primary Movements Teaching System
  • Craig McNeil - Nationally syndicated Denver Rocky Mountain News Colorado skiing columnist and coach
  • North American Ski Training Center - NASTC is a total-immersion, multi-day, performance ski school for intermediate to expert alpine and back country skiers. We are based in Lake Tahoe, CA and run ski courses all over the country and world. NASTC is dedicated to providing upper level skiers with the best instruction and mountains available. Demo Team member Chris Fellows directs NASTC.
  • kid-ski.com - devoted entirely to helping kids learn to love skiing, managed by U.S. Ski Team alumnus Steve Lathrop
  • Turning Point Ski Foundation - collaboration between Alan Schönberger and Ellen Post Foster dedicated to, among other things, providing information and instruction to help skiers maximize modern ski technology
  • Mountain Guide Adventure - Chamonix-based mountain guide team providing heliskiing, ski touring, off-piste skiing, avalanche training, ice climbing, mountaineering, alpine rock climbing throughout the Alps and Worldwide Expeditions [version française]

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Associations and organizations

sia

  • ski utah - Utah Ski Association consumer site
  • snowlink.com - official site, Snowsport Industries America
  • nasja - North American Ski Journalists Association
  • international skiing history association - The International Skiing History Association is a fascinating organization. Publisher of SKIING HERITAGE Quarterly, ISHA includes among its organizers some of the top names in ski writing and ski history. You can find virtually anything at this site, including decades' worth of indexed magazine articles.
  • lex letters - raw correspondence between leading instructors and coaches — no affiliation with any organization, including P.S.I.A., though many "Lexers" are members of P.S.I.A.

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Other sites of special-interest

  • skibutlers - High end skis delivered to your hotel or condo door in California, Colorado, Utah and British Columbia: Heavenly, Aspen, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Cooper, Keystone, Snowmass, Telluride, Vail, Deer Valley, Park City, Salt Lake City, Jackson Hole, Whistler
  • Chalet Rentals Direct - Website putting skiers seeking to rent in top European resorts in direct contact with private chalet owners
  • Vermont Ski Safety - makes binding testing equipment and studies safety on skis — learn how to protect your knees
  • kidz-n-snow - devoted to providing information on all aspects of fun in the snow to families with children
  • Ski Dubai - one of the world's most unusual ski resorts: indoors and surrounded by the desert!
  • Skiheart.com - a news service about various aspects of skiing and ski equipment and clothing, including some closeouts.

 

Instruction

Coaches, teachers, racing - instructors and programs that work

Top Shops

america's best boot fitters

 

 

CO | UT | CA-NV | WA | VT | NY | MI | IL | MN | PA | SC | CAN | AU

Know a shop that offers exceptional boot fit expertise and ski maintenance?

- If it meets our criteria, we'll add it to the list.

Western US

Colorado
  • Harb Skier Alignment Center - I-70 west of Idaho Springs CO. With every footbed comes a complete bio mechanical assessment of your lower body by the world's acknowledged leading alignment experts.
  • Kaelin Sports - in Aspen. One of the best resort retailers in the US.
  • Kenny's Double Black Diamond Ski Shop - Vail CO. Contender for top shop in Vail.
  • Le Feet Lab - Winter Park CO - pure boot shop.
  • Gravity Jones Ski Werks - Technical guru Adam Greenier, C.Ped. performs miracles on the ground floor of the Vail Transportation Center.
  • Green Mountain Orthotic Lab - Superior boot fitting expertise in Vail CO. Owner Greg Hoffman is among the most respected boot specialists in the U.S. Race boots available. Plates and sole grinding services.
  • Boot Doctors - Telluride CO and Taos NM - Nationally respected boot specialist Bob Gleason. One of the best, member of Masterfit University faculty.
Utah
  • Superior Ski - One of the top tune shops, located on level 3 at Snowbird Plaza, inside Christy Sports. Owner Steve Bagley is one of our lead ski testers and maintains tunes during Snowbird testing.
  • The Sport Loft - Salt Lake City UT - Jeremy (featured in image above) and Earl provide world class boot fitting and ski tuning. Alignment and sole grinding services.
  • Jan's Mountain Experts - Premier full service Park City shop, specializing in boot fit and World Cup-quality tuning. All major brands.
  • John Feig - Salt Lake City UT (does not maintain web site). World-class corrective boot specialist. 801.944.1209
California/Nevada
  • Footloose Sports - Mammoth Lakes, California. In our opinion, one of the best ski shops in the US.
  • California Ski Company - Berkeley, California - Highly recommended for technical expertise by realskiers subscribers.
  • Start Haus - Truckee CA. Dedicated to high level technical skiing; co-owner Jim Schaffner is one of the best boot technicians from the World Cup.
  • The Village Ski Loft - Incline Village, Lake Tahoe Top specialty shop run with passion by Mike Croake, respected boot fitter with deep industry experience.
  • Snowind Sports - Reno NV. Former Salomon boot specialist Bud Heischman is one of the best boot technicians around.
Washington
  • World Cup Service Center - Bellevue WA - the Pacific Northwest's premier high performance ski racing shop, featuring the Northwest's only in-store "hotbox" and custom boot fitting; the official Holmenkol Race & Swix Performance Center for the Northwest region.
  • Centerline Sports - Bellevue WA - full service ski shop matching specific products to the customer's needs and skill levels. Old school craftsmen tune by hand and professionally fit boots to feet with custom orthotics and boot liners for outstanding comfort and performance.

Eastern US, including Midwest and South

Vermont
  • Green Mountain Orthotic Lab - Superior boot fitting expertise at the base of Stratton Mountain. Race boots available. Plates and sole grinding services.
  • Alpine Options - Sugarbush/Waitsfield. Top technical prowess in boot fitting, customer-centric service.
  • Race Stock Sports - Waterbury. Extreme technical expertise; the name says it all.
  • The Starting Gate - Bondville. Great technical shop, top lines.
  • Basin Ski Shop - Killington. Full service shop featuring custom boot fitting and aignment, top lines, race equipment available.
New York

Pennsylvania

  • Pinnacle Sports - Reading. Top service, great attitude, member of realskiers test team.
Michigan
  • Performance Zone - Master Fit University staff instructor and certified pedorthist Brian Graham provides boot fitting expertise in Auburn Hills MI.
  • Sun and Snow - America's Best Bootfitter certified member in Ann Arbor MI.
  • Bill and Paul's Sporthaus - Grand Rapids. Top products, great service, technical expertise.
Illinois
  • Viking Ski Shop - Chicago. One of the midwest's oldest and most respected full service ski and snowboard shops.
  • Snow Crest Ski Center - Chicagoland - Crestwood. Exceptional boot fitting, full service specialty shop staffed entirely by coaches and instructors. In house deck-based ski school, skill development trips.
  • Vertical Drop - St. Charles. Chief boot fitter Rick Barton is a long-time industry vet and early proponent of determining binding location through use of the Campbell Dynamic Ski Balancer. (explained in detail on subscription site) Insist on Rick!
Minnesota
  • Joe's Sporting Goods - St. Paul - Don't let the name fool you; they are among the best in the midwest.
South Carolina
  • SouthernSki - Columbia. Shop run by Master Fit University instructor Mike Tambling.
National
  • America's Best Boot fitters - The web's most comprehensive site on ski boots. Click to get info on North America's best boot fitters and the most detailed boot reviews of any web site or publication. Great info on selecting and fitting ski boots from the staff at the MasterFit University Training Center for boot techs. Testing and site operation by the most respected and experienced boot equipment writers Steve Cohen and Jeff Rich, currently Ski Boot Test Program directors at Ski Magazine.

Canada

  • Sepps - Full service specialty ski shop located in Kingston, Ontario
  • Gords - Winnipeg, Manitoba. Long-time top-tier retailer in Canada. Full service, top lines. Great Canadian resort links.
  • Lou's Skiing Performance Centre - Calgary - Lou is precise, knowledgeable and maybe the ultimate boot geek! That's good . . .

Australia

  • Check here for listing of ABB shops downunder.

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