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I'm old school I guess but I still much prefer reading a mag then reading somthing online. There is somthing about having a mag in your hand that you just can't get online.
I bought NS mag and loved it. I would probably buy SBC Skier or Powder if they were on newstands in the UK. I occasionally buy Skiing mag in germany when I'm in an airport, but generally nope.
no. we get a free sub to ski or skiing with our snowbird pass and in over a decade i have never looked inside!!!! all ads and poser promo shots!!! when you ski every day, reading a ski mag is like reading playboy when the bunny is sitting on your face!!!!!!!!!!!
slaagmasterno. we get a free sub to ski or skiing with our snowbird pass and in over a decade i have never looked inside!!!! all ads and poser promo shots!!! when you ski every day, reading a ski mag is like reading playboy when the bunny is sitting on your face!!!!!!!!!!!
slaagmasterno. we get a free sub to ski or skiing with our snowbird pass and in over a decade i have never looked inside!!!! all ads and poser promo shots!!! when you ski every day, reading a ski mag is like reading playboy when the bunny is sitting on your face!!!!!!!!!!!
Well that's because it's ski mag, lol. only yuppies read that shit
The biggest factor that would drive me to subscribe is content that can't be found anywhere else. It needs to be ungeneric. the content needs to be honest, none of that PG bullshit with cliche answers. Leave that to the 4 major pro sports.
I don't at the moment but I would like to subscribe if there was an ns one. Also I need to get some tworld snowberrding in my life as well.
I like print magazines. I subscribed to ride bmx for maybe 7 years back in the day. Sometimes I'd read everything in it, sometimes just the pictures and a few articles. I enjoyed it though.
freeskier has been blowing it. Every year is exactly the same; buyers guide, skier of the year, backcountry issue, armada photoshoot, level 1 trip, bobby brown, goepper etc
i used to have a freeskier mag subscription delivered to the uk way back, read them cover to cover and then tore them apart to pin up in my bedroom, but yeh the ns yearbook was the first i've read in awhile
depends on how well done it is. for example i sometimes read the Freeskier mags, but i rad every article in the NS Yearbook. it just depends on content IMO
YES! fuck yes. and honestly there aren't enough "quality" mags out there. Powder keeps it real, and Freeskier is ah'ight most of the time. we need a better mag though, cuz i still enjoy reading/looking at snowboard mags over ski mags (just like everything in their industry, they seem to do it much better)
*Nefarious*YES! fuck yes. and honestly there aren't enough "quality" mags out there. Powder keeps it real, and Freeskier is ah'ight most of the time. we need a better mag though, cuz i still enjoy reading/looking at snowboard mags over ski mags (just like everything in their industry, they seem to do it much better)
Have you ever read Fall-Line?
I honestly enjoy every mag they put out which I can get
Meh, to read what? Incredibly biased gear reviews, or the same ski trip story over and over again. Editors just giving props to their friends and themselves trying to be cool. Could honestly give less of a shit. the last good article i read in a ski mag was about a group of guys trying a traverse with canadian tire gear.
When I moved out west after high school and went nfa for a few years the days of having a subscription to ski magazines was over. I still enjoy reading powder, backcountry, ski journal and sbc skier when they are in front of me, but I can't justify buying them from the store, and even though I've settled down enough to subscribe again, it's just not as worthy of my money with the Internet being so up to date with things.
Because magazines run a year late, they can really only offer trip stories and 'think' pieces. Sadly though, I find that most articles are written in the same old format: We went to X with some pros and a photographer to get shots. The weather tried to shit us down but we found a zone and got some shots. Our life can be so stressful but it's worth it in the end. Often ignoring the real story of the place they were at.
Started reading ski journal this year and I really enjoyed most of them. Good shots nice stories. Feels like a decent amount of effort actually went into the production.
DrailWhen I moved out west after high school and went nfa for a few years the days of having a subscription to ski magazines was over. I still enjoy reading powder, backcountry, ski journal and sbc skier when they are in front of me, but I can't justify buying them from the store, and even though I've settled down enough to subscribe again, it's just not as worthy of my money with the Internet being so up to date with things.
Because magazines run a year late, they can really only offer trip stories and 'think' pieces. Sadly though, I find that most articles are written in the same old format: We went to X with some pros and a photographer to get shots. The weather tried to shit us down but we found a zone and got some shots. Our life can be so stressful but it's worth it in the end. Often ignoring the real story of the place they were at.
I think the cost of the magazines themselves if you subscribe is very low, and Freeskier gave away free 1 year subscriptions after Sochi. I agree that sometimes the material can be redundant, but there are new, relevant and interesting stories out there. The Detroit shoot and some of their international trips are especially pretty sick and give insight into skiing around the world. As for paper vs. Internet, magazines are still one format that is managing to hold on in the digital age and I hope they continue to.
Does anyone know if and when the next NS yearbook will be released?
i flip through freeskier but barely really read it. when its like 3$ for a ten years of magazines i figure why not. our shop also always has like stacks and stacks of old copies sitting in the warehouse as well that they basically pay people to take off their hands
still gotta find an ns mag though cause it sold out too fast here i think
yes I do. mainly scandi mags (Åka Skidor, FriFlyt) & the Downdays paper issues but when I can find american mags I read them too, but I've found the ad/actual stuff ratio to be a bit.. odd in those.
and I keep forgetting to order the NS Yearbook.
I used to love reading SBC Skier cover-to-cover, and probably still would if I had the time these days. And The Ski Journal also puts out a really high quality mag.
Well, I used to be subscribed to Freeskier Mag and after two years of subscription it kinda got lame and always same kind of articles.
Then I discovered NS and haven't subscribed to another magazine since, well except for the NS Yearbook, but I still didn't manage to find the time to finish reading it !!!
