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Which ski magazines are you reading? Which ski magazines are you rating?
 Poster: A snowHead
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How come no one has mentioned Dark Summer. Full of freeride news, reviews and interviews. Can often be found in your local ski shop or slope for free (like Snow) or you can have it sent direct. Details on their website.

www.darksummer.co.uk

The editorial is fun and frank. It shows just how anal the other magazines have become.
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

There seems to be a general agreement here that no-one seems to like the resort reviews (read 'advertisments') much. It would be nice to see magazines covering lesser known resorts, that do not often pop up on the average reader's radar. Also, there seems to be a complete lack of ski racing coverage in these magazines. Why? I myself do not get the opportunity to watch every event and sometimes it would be nice to read coverage of this sort of thing in magazines occasionally rather than on the internet. The only magazine I have seen that covers racing is Ski Canada.
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 Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

narrowlast wrote:
How come no one has mentioned Dark Summer.


They already have, twice.
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I picked up my first copy of Dark Summer on Saturday whilst in S&R in Covent Garden. It was ok for a freebie but was a bit thin on content and didn't fire me up to make an effort to get it again.
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 Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.

My guess is that forums tend to have a core of folk with specialist knowledge that overtakes other sources. It's now an accepted way for many people to find out about stuff and works well. Mags certainly have to find a new place to be - though only some people tune into a particular magazine, as the thread proves.
Also, people do get tired of magazines - we find that many of the readers have only skiing or snowboarding for a couple of years and buying the maggs for a few issues. As an average we believe they stick with us for about four seasons and then just dip into the odd issue.
As long as people get enough info to get out and take part that's good. And may the love shine on...

Re a couple of other questions: there's a great mag called Racer Ready for UK-based racers. It's sub-only, I think.

And we do have an outdoor mag called the Outdoor Adventure Guide which is now an annual. The websites are taking more of our time so stuff other than ski or snowboard is taking a back seat.
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