I got two Emails today from "Skiing Newsletter" FKA "Skiing Magazine." Lame. It came from Skiing Magazine's old account. I also opened up the mailbox to find a thin, hardstock bound copy of SKI stating that SKIING is gone, so here is SKI. At least now I will only have to see the articles once rather than seeing them in one magazine and then again a few months later in the other. :roll:
I have not read through it closely--I've only flipped through it so I am reserving final judgment. Right now it is real weaksauce. No east coast section AT ALL? And as someone said, the bankrupt Whistler should have just published their own magazine rather than paying SKI to do it for them. Honestly, if I was that interested in Whistler, I'd look on the internet.
Another comment that was made was with regards to the Warren Miller article in the back. Look closely...it is entitled, "Warren Miller Classics" or something like that and it looks vaguely familiar. I'm willing to bet it is from the archives and recycled. Maybe I'm wrong but it does look oddly familiar.
The ski reviews also are odd because they classify the skis as "mixed snow," "hard snow," etc. Seems different than the classifications that I am familiar with.
All in all, my initial impression is a D. It is not an F because an F is something that is not related at all to skiing and that I throw in the recycling bin without looking at it. It is not even close to an A because the lack of content, lack of originality and creativity, and complete oversight of what is supposed to be the largest geographic market is missing. And yet they wonder why people like me are cancelling subscriptions!?
