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On the cover : Shooter: Scott Markewitz. Skier: Suzanne Montgomery. Fabulous setting: Snowbird, Utah.
This page : Simon Reid photographed by Miguel Legault (miglego.com) at the Telus Spin 07’s McDonald’s Trailer Jam at
Tremblant, QC. This year’s Spin takes place at Tremblant March 28 to April 6, 2008. tremblant.ca/spin
4 THE SPRING SKIING ISSUE 2008
The Spring Skiing
Issue 2008
DEPARTMENTS
EDITORIAL
06 Spring is the Thing
Lori Knowles spent enough time in Australia Fair
to know how to roll rubber gloves over soaked ski
mitts, but what really epitomizes spring skiing for
her is that woman at Red with the jackknife…
SNOLIFE
09 From New Zealand to Whistler, from Dane
Tudor to Sarah Burke… you can read all about it.
MOUNTAIN GIRL
14 Terminal Velocity
Mountain Girl tackles the vexing question: “How
do I get out of the bar early enough and sober
enough to make fi rst tracks next morning?” She
even has answers.
PARK HITS
16 Jon Olsson Talks to Ski Press
Graham Gephart caught up with the fast-moving
Swedish phenom somewhere between Monaco
and Melbourne.
TEAMS
18 Alpine Report: Who’s There?
Peter Oliver refl ects on the irony-fi lled career of
Francois Bourque.
20 Freestyle Report: It Takes a Village
When it comes to aerials, once more, all roads
lead to Quebec. G.D. Maxwell has the map.
ALPINE TIP
25 CrunchTime
Spring days may be sweet, but oh, that morning
crunch! John Gillies gets you through it.
ICON
34 The Movie Star
Remember Scott Schmidt? How about Blizzard of
AAHHH’s? Peter Kray helps you sweep out those
mid-’80s skifl ick cobwebs.
VOL.22 NO.4 SKIPRESSWORLD.COM
DEEP
22 Endless Winter
For many a Canadian snowsport fanatic, the start
of the golf season does not — repeat, not —
signal the end of winter. Dave Fonda follows
summer ski campers who actually seek snow in
summer. In two hemispheres. For those drawn to
this yearlong pursuit but don’t know how to start,
he even has answers.
features
TRAVEL
28 Chile Con Carve
Anne-Marie Boissonnault and a bunch of her welldressed
amigos head south for fun and posing in
the southern snow.
26 Advertorial
Colorado’s Beacon of White