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I keep reading about the various skis and equipment that folks here go one about and it puts me to wondering if I do something to familiarise myself with the sport a little more. I don't think I'd buy one each month due to cost, but if I went and bought the odd ski magazine, which is the best one to get please?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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There was quite an extensive discussion on mags about this time last year actually. The ones that seemed to get the most praise were Fall-line and Dark Summer.
Dark Summer is given away free in ski shops or via mail order for a small fee to cover postage (£5 I think).
However, it's probably not what you're looking for, being very much about the Nu-skool, park-riding/ free-riding culture.
Fall-line is much more mainstream, has lots of gear reviews, resort reports etc. Probably just what you're looking for. That is, if you can't find what u need on snowHeads 
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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?
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Megamum, fall-line get's my vote as well, and not just because of it's close association with snowHeads.
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Fallline, it seems to be on my wavelength.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Fall line in the UK, Powder in the US.
If anyone wants to suscribe to powder try this link for a yera subscription, posted to the uK for the mighty amount of about £10:
https://store.primediamags.com/subscribe/powdermag/8259/
Amazing value! (I have no interest here, but I did subscribe)
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rungsp couldnt agree more, I subscribe to Fall Line and Powder and both are great!
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Fall Line for the UK certainly, not sure what others think but I find Powder a bit pseudy? Long essays on really esoteric subjects. Photography is really good though. I quite like Ski magazine, varied articles, reviews and technique tips
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On the snowboarding front White Lines is pretty good although unsurprisingly advertising heavy. They have a free DVD every month and those alone are worth the cover price. If you subscribe you also get a rather tasty beany too. The 'injury of the month' slot is pretty gruesome though!
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The real question for me is do I want to read a magazine. These days, on-line information is so good, I am inclined to think not. But I am not sure I am in a majority; in a current discussion on the SCGB forum, recently, several members have said they do like a traditional magazine.
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achilles, I guess it is a question of media preference. I subscribe to White Lines and although it is sometimes thin on editorial, the photography is stunning. I suppose reading a magazine has more of a 'high-involvement' factor than skimming webpages. Plus, taking a laptop to the lavvy might be going a bit far!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| saxabar wrote: |
| ........ I suppose reading a magazine has more of a 'high-involvement' factor than skimming webpages. .......... |
Could be. I sometimes think I have the attention span of a gnat, these days. Maybe also because of work, I have got used to reading quite complex information on screen - say from a PDF - where once I would have had to read a print-out to take in the content.
Liam, I think there is nothing wrong with S+B - there is some stunning photography, and the articles look worth reading. But for almost everything, where I used to read magazines, I now go on-line.
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For me it's definately Fall Line. Been a regular reader for quite a few years now. Used to get DMS&S, mainly for the technique sections (good for a few lesson ideas) but gave up on that when the adverts started overtaking the articles.
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You know it makes sense.
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The amazing thing is that we have any ski magazines at all in this country. Unless I'm mistaken they all make a loss, but somehow keep going.
Three UK titles long defunct but quite interesting for their times: Skiing UK, Inside Edge and ... White Dreams (which was launched by the ski photographer Jess Stock). The first two were based in Scotland.
Maybe there should be an official graveyard of British ski magazines.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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David Goldsmith, any free space in Highgate?
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Poster: A snowHead
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No, I think they charge by the square foot, depending on how close to Karl Marx you want to be.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I tend to buy the Daily Mail Ski & Snowboard mag, but mostly for the competitions, rather than the quality of the articles. I did win one of their competitions a few years ago - a trip to Canada 
But for quality of articles, I would agree that Fall Line is better.
For things like gear and resort reviews, I would take all of them with a pinch (or even a bucketful) of salt. They all rely too much on advertising revenue to give anything a bad review.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| David@traxvax wrote: |
| David Goldsmith, any free space in Highgate? |
Sorry, David, I may have slightly misunderstood your question. Which one of these were you after? I'll check if there's a vacancy.
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For a market of the UK's size there is an extraordinary number of titles. It goes something like this...
Paid for:
Daily Mail Ski & Snowboard (biggest news stand distribution)
Ski & Board (SCGB club mag)
Fall Line
Good Ski Guide
White Lines
Document Snowboard
Give aways:
Snow
Dark Summer
Tribe (Natives.co.uk mag)
Skier & Snowboarder
I've also seen something called The Piste. And what about Ski News (is it still going?), Time Out's guide. Then don't forget annuals like Where to Ski & Snowboard etc.
Next season it's thratening to get even more complex... former Publisher of Snow is bringing out a brand new title.
David Goldsmith, Inside Edge was great but, unfortunately, too "edgy" for the advertisers so they jumped ship and it couldn't continue. Skiing UK was really well put together but so incredibly technical that nobody seemed to understand it. Sadly it was also a bit too honest about certain ski brands so their advertising went west. Best mag in my view (for it's day) was Ski, produced by Ocean Publications in Buckingham Palace Road. Let's not also for get Ski Trade News and Ski Trader... this market could really do with a good trade mag / website.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Bode Swiller, that was a quality post. We'll have to get together over a pint or two of luke-warm beer and reminisce about the good old days.
I'm thinking of a retirement home for clapped-out ski writers and editors, not to mention ski magazine publishers. I see that you mention Buckingham Palace.
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Powder is my favourite just becasue of the photos really. I am easily pleased. Plus if you get a subscription its dirt cheap. The only gripe i have is, as someone mentioned before the eosteric artilcles about the "power of snow", and the "spirituality of the powder" and such like. Here in New Zealand I have come across a magazine called Charter which is very localised but absolutley brilliant, very proffessionally done and lots of great articles and photos.
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cham, welcome to snowHeads! 
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Doesn't anyone remember 'The Skier' mag? I remember it well because I won a holiday competition in Courchevel with Bladon Lines. I suspect I must have been but a handfull of The Skier's entire readers audience... 
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Scarlet Pimpernel, It's still going. Been called Skier & Snowboarder for some years and no longer goes out via the news stand. I haven't seen it for a few years but I understand it goes out free via ski slopes, ski clubs, the forces etc.
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| Bode Swiller wrote: |
| I haven't seen it for a few years ... |
You're not the only one. I hope they've been sending them to the British Library, because it'd be a shame to miss an issue.
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Megamum, The Skier (and Snowboarder as it is now) is still going strong. It is still one of the best mags in tha market mainly coz its one of the only independents still around. It changed size from the usual thick glossy to a sort of tabloid format a few years back which has made it even better in my opinion. It's down to earth, proper stories, not this crap advertorial that all the other mags seem to have these days. I do see it from time to time in my newsagents, but like someone said above you can pick it up fro free through most of the dry slopes and most ski shops I have been into.
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