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Revelations from the Pontiff of PowderThe Editor of Realskiers.com, Jackson Hogen, writes a free weekly newsletter that illuminates some corner of the ski world. Topics range from how to buy, bootfitting advice, market analysis, injury dynamics, instructional tips and the spiritual side of our sport. To see a sample Revelation culled from our archives, click here, or read the latest pontification posted below. Read Revelations Become a Realskiers.com Member Today!Aside from a measurable increase in self-esteem, a Realskiers membership includes these life-saving benefits:Consult directly with Jackson about your equipment issues. He is not only a world-renowned expert in ski, boot and binding design, he has personally skied almost every ski and boot on the American market.Long form reviews of all Recommended models. In most seasons, members’ reviews also display test scores for all test criteria.Archived reviews and Revelations. Ski reviews date back to the 2001 season; the Revelations library numbers over 100 entries in 5 categories.Brand profiles for all reviewed suppliers, including both an historical overview and an analysis of current actions for each brand. Great site! Anyone who doesn’t think this is worth 25 bucks is making a mistake.You changed my ski life! Geoff R. Your Man on the InsideWe hesitate to list all of Jackson’s accomplishments, not out of coy modesty, but for lack of room. Let s just say, Jackson has played more roles in the ski trade than Eskimos have words for snow.If you really want to slog through the resume of a career that has touched every corner of the ski equipment market, read more below. About Jackson HogenJackson Hogen has served as a supplier, retailer, instructor, coach, screenwriter, trainer, product manager, designer and general student of skiing and the ski marketplace for close to 50 years. Some of the landmark moments:1970’sSkied on Yale Ski Team for 3 years, where I was first seed in GS and AL and truly dreadful at cross-country and Nordic jumping.Last person chosen as full-time instructor for Copper Mountain, CO opening season (72/73). With too few lessons to live on, quit to follow freestyle.Qualified for back flips for the IFSA, the tour for PFA washouts and wannabes.Worked retail at Maverik Ski Shop and Norway Haus, in Breckenridge, COJoined Salomon North America as Service Representative, conducting live, 4-hour binding technician certification clinics across the Rockies.Moved from a field position to the Peabody, MA office to supervise the certification program and develop educational services.1980’sBecame Salomon binding product manager; later, the title boot product manager was added to the portfolio in lieu of pay. Before leaving the company in 1987, was responsible for all product divisions for North America.As Salomon’s representative, served as General Secretary of the ASTM F-27 Committee on Ski Safety. During this period, helped draft shop testing standards and liability release language that stemmed a flood of litigation.Served as Chairman of SIA’s Skiing Safety Committee, where we drafted the first skier classification posters to assist shops in implementing new binding release setting standards.For two years toured the country as a faculty member of the Skiing Mechanics and Managers Workshops. Lectured on ski tech, selling skills and risk management.Hired by New York Times Magazine Group to be first Equipment Editor for newly created Snow Country Magazine, the group’s first start-up. By the mid -1990’s Snow Country was the highest circulation ski publication in the world.1990’sAssigned task of improving Snow Country’s equipment coverage, assembled a spectacular test team and a strict methodology derived from prototype testing that ranked skis in order of finish, a daring innovation.Wrote comprehensive reviews for London Daily Mail Ski magazine.Wrote trade-related copy for Ski Business, Snow Country Business Ski Tech. Coined the generic term, “shaped skis” when carving skis emerged as a force.Wrote and narrated Warren Miller Entertainment’s The Truth About Skiing, a learning system that included a manual, videotapes and audio cassettes.Wrote and emceed 3 feature-length TV shows for Outdoor Life Network with co-host Pam Fletcher. Hosted a special on the Outdoor Show.Co-created (with Bob Woodward and Paul Kirwin) Gearorama.com, one of the first digital platforms for ski reviews.Co-hosted The Gear Guys with Paul Hochman on Resorts Sports Network. We’d shoot 12 segments in a day, earning the sobriquet, Johnny One-Take.Designed Scott’s first ski line, a 3-model series that debuted in the Swiss market. Went from paper to product in less than two years.Began working with Head Wintersports in product development, marketing and team management. Conceived Head ski’s first website and created a freeride team with Johnny Moseley, Allison Gannett, Rex Wehrman and Darien Boyle, among others. In April, 2000 Head athletes swept the awards at the US Nationals in Crested Butte.2000’sWrote the narrative for three Warren Miller Entertainment features: Impact, Higher Ground and Off the Grid. Only writer ever to ghostwrite for Miller. Wrote, co-narrated and co-produced Hotel Bella Coola with Greg Stump.Co-created, with Dave Bertoni, Desperate Measures, a comprehensive retail training system replete with manuals, videos and workshop tools.Hogen and Bertoni collaborate again on Planet Hospitality, a resort personnel training system. I deliver its message to one client, Sipapu, NM.Ski and boot tester for SKI magazine for most of the decade; also contribute several resort reviews, including one that continues to hang in the Forklift at Snowbird.Executive Producer sub rosa for Greg Stump’s Legend of Aahhh’s.2010’sPublished Self-Help for Losers to test the self-publishing waters, followed soon by Controlled Fall, an anthology of early work.Co-authored Snowbird Secrets, A Guide to Big Mountain Skiing with “Guru” Dave Powers. Secrets teaches skiing from the mountain’s point of view, combining instruction with metaphysics to reveal our sport’s secrets.Contributes feature articles to Skiing History, including profiles of Rick Sylvester and Sven Coomer.Retail consultant and bootfitter at Bobo’s Ski Board in Reno, NV, where reverential customers refer to him as the Boot Whisperer.Editorial Director and content provider for the Masterfit Buyer’s Guide.Editor Pontiff, Realskiers.com The recommendations for skis, along with Harald’s ideas have improved my skiing beyond a level I ever thought was possible. Ray T Former PSIA instructor I’m a woman, life-long skier and racer and have lived most of my years at 6000′. Yours is the ONLY site I’ve ever read that tells it like it really is, no BS, no marketing hype or fluff! Thanks for keeping it real and for the well-written articles. Carol R Just a quick note of thanks. I bought Head Rallys at the end of last season on your recommendation. Clicked into them this year and within 100 feet I knew I was skiing on the best ski I’ve ever owned. So sweet.Todd H. You have done a masterful job of creating a logical approach to how to buy a ski that truly fits you.Michael H. By pure luck I discovered the site a year ago and immediately became a member. I can’t begin to tell you how much I have learned from the information you provide. You do a fabulous job with the site and the Newsletter will enhance it.Roberto P. Great site! Anyone who doesn’t think this is worth twenty bucks is making a mistake. You changed my ski life.Geoff R. Just a short note to tell you how “grateful” I am to visit an intelligent site, full of insight, wisdom, great deal of wit on skiing. Great honesty, well presented and too old to care about how companies will react.Pavel Realskiers.com Test Card AppDownload it Now FREE and rate your skis like a pro ski tester.  For instructions on app installation and use CLICK HERE. When the most prestigious boot test in the world sought a new partner in the ski domain, their union created the Masterfit Buyer’s Guide, Powered by Bootfitters.com and Realskiers.com. Look for the 2021 edition of the Buyer’s Guide on your favorite digital newsstand soon. Read our Reviews The Savvy Shopper: How to Buy Skis RevelationsLet’s begin with a recap of the fundamentals.Realskiers’ model selection methodology starts by dividing the Alpine ski market into seven categories, using waist width as the organizing principle for three excellent reasons:1. This dimension is the single best indicator of the ski’s capabilities.2. Waist width is a hard number, not a fuzzy concept like skier type.3. Suppliers product lines align with this method, creating models in every category according a coherent pricing logic. read more In Praise of the Wandering Mind RevelationsThis subject has been percolating in the subterranean strata of my noggin for several months, searching for the connections that will lend it substance. The search for this topic’s handles has a wedding-cake’s worth layers: to depict the wandering mind requires its engagement, a self-cancelling concept that would oblige me to catch and release the idea in a Sisyphean quest to define its merits. The notion of expounding on this Möbius strip of an idea was, naturally, an example of the wandering mind in action. I might have been noodling on a question several of my Dear Readers have posed, which can be distilled to, how did I ever learn to write in the manner that I do? To find my answer, I had to relax my grip on the subject. My reasoning self was ready with mechanical answers, such as the discipline of writing every day. Duly noted, but insufficient. Let’s wander a little further. read more Yard Sale! When Going Big Goes Wrong RevelationsIf you’ve been a lifelong skier, you’ve not only experienced failure; most likely you’ve survived at least one miscalculation so soul-scarring, its time capsule is enshrined in the halls of memory alongside weddings and funerals. As inspiration and prod to memory, allow me to recount a vignette from my days as a freestyle competitor. The location is Keystone, Colorado, the event, The Chicken of the Sea Freestyle Classic, a sponsorship coup that couldn’t have been too tough to land as Ralston Purina owned both the resort and the tuna.I qualified via a preliminary aerial competition, taking a conservative tack by throwing a mule kick, hardly daring when going upside down was common. But my modest move was clean and hung out to dry, with a barely discernible, weightless pause at its apex. read more Recommended SkisTo earn a coveted Realskiers Recommended medallion, a ski must score 80 or higher (on a 100-point scale) for either its Finesse or Power properties. For the 2021 season, we still use total Power and Finesse scores to determine which models earn a Recommended rating, and in what order they appear in their respective categories. But because the pandemic limited the data we could collect, we will not be presenting scores, letter grades or any test results for 2021 ski models. Because all our reviews are still the result of on-snow testing by a highly motivated and skilled crew, we are confident our detailed descriptions of each Recommended ski’s behavior provides an accurate reflection of its capabilities. See the Recommended Skis A Unique PerspectiveJackson has been a ski designer and product manager as well as a professional ski tester for over 30 years.  He’s evaluated thousands of skis and told hundreds of product stories. He knows how the game is played because he helped write the rule book. He continues to ski every important model in the American market and report on them to a worldwide readership. Our Ski Reviews Don t Miss a Beat!Receive the ‘Revelations from the Pontiff of Powder’ weekly in your inbox. Written by Jackson Hogen, topics range from how to buy alpine ski gear to how it feels to step into the gravity stream.

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