NO BOWLIN’, HUNTIN’ OR FISHIN’ EITHER

» Very disappointed. Your December 2006 issue is nothing but resort-based yo-yo skiing and full of glitzy ads. No indication that it’s just about alpine skiing—no other sports like crosscountry, snowboarding, telemark, bushwhacking, wilderness etc. How about indicating on the cover that it’s very narrow in focus?

GEORGE PRIEDITIS, address unknown

I’m not sure how we deceived you but surprisingly Ski Canada is about skiing, not snowboarding, cross-country...nor bushwhacking. We certainly have our share of off-piste content, including backcountry gear and adventure, just not necessarily in every issue. —Ed.

TOO MUCH REBEL RHETORIC

» I agree with the letters regarding helmet use. I’m not saying that every photo has to have a helmet in it, but given that you encourage people to push boundaries, I don’t see how it would hurt to encourage some common sense once in a while.

My wife and I go skiing at Big White every year and she regularly arranges for private lessons (“Ski at Home,” December 2006). “Biatch”? I’ll be sure to pass that characterization along to her. I’m sure she’ll appreciate it the next time she gets sideswiped by some ignorant little twit who learns to talk the talk from you guys, but learns to walk the walk—um, never? Look, I’m a fan of your magazine. The destination and product reviews are great. The support of our national teams is fantastic. Just try to tone down the ignorant rebel rhetoric a little, please. There are enough people on the mountain who don’t have a clue what they’re doing without you egging them on.

GEOFF EBY, Toronto

FAR FROM MORALLY BANKRUPT

» I get so “sick up and fed” reading all the edletters saying that your mag is politically incorrect or that you don’t promote safety, family values, morals or ethics (Your Run, December 2006). Tell(uride) those dog-breaths that they should take a leap off the next cornice, as skiing has—and always will be—about sex, drums (changed that one after high school) and rock ’n’ roll! Skiing is about attitude and freedom, and while this world seems to be continuing to go “downhill” (ha-ha), it’s refreshing to read about (and see great photos of) the one truly great thing left on this planet—I’m talking skiing, baby—and all the funky, fun and on-the-edge lifestyles and life experiences it is really about!

DON WILLIAMS, Barrie, Ontario

FITS LIKE A GLOVE

» I read your Fall 2007 issue from cover to cover. I can’t count how many times I said out loud, “I love this magazine!” That hasn’t always been the case the last few years. But this issue could have been titled “Ski Canada, Andrea” because it spoke to me. It has me aching for the fi rst snowfall! Many letters have complained of too many articles about the extreme skiing that few of us aspire to, and the hard partying lifestyle that goes with it. But with this issue I sense a shift in direction: cat-skiing for the masses, skiing within a budget, skiing with the family in Europe and summer skiing in Chile. These are all things that I dream of as an avid intermediate skier. I even enjoyed George Koch’s take on global warming (though I expect the next issue of Ski Canada will have a page or two dedicated to the responses to this article alone!)

ANDREA McCARDLE, Mississauga, Ontario