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Reflections of a Guest Tester: A Legendary Wreck by Joe

As the week progressed, the eight guest testers casually fell into the ski test routine along with the pros. For three days, we were like one giant, well-oiled machine. Unfortunately, the machine had to be taken down and its parts sent to different parts...

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Reflections of a Guest Tester: The Tests by Joe

Not surprisingly, I was the last guest tester to arrive at breakfast the following morning. When I did, I was presented with a stack of comment cards we would use to rate each ski and briefed on what to expect in the coming minutes. We had four categories...

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Reflections of a Guest Tester: Park City by Joe

Park City Figuring out how to get to Deer Valley had preoccupied my mind so heavily, I forgot to think about what I would do once I arrived. Though I was reared on the streets of the City of Broad Shoulders, I was fortunate enough to spend some time in...

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Reflections of a Guest Tester: Getting There by Joe

We woke up on our final morning of testing a little sore and a bit tired. More than thirty of us had spent the last three days skiing the very best K2, Rossignol, Kastle, Fischer, Nordica and many others had to offer. As we made our way to the ski corral...

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Reflections of a Guest Tester: The Email by Joe

As some of you already know, last March I participated in SKI Magazine's annual ski test. When it was over, the editor's asked me to write a short 600 word essay on my experience, which appeared online at http://www.skinet.com/ last August. If...
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