It’s Fire (up) Season

It’s cold and the snow guns are firing! We’re prepping for ski season nice and easy here, with a recap of some fave recent articles and some familiar themes.

The Long Road: Friends, Fans and Family Edition

It’s March 1, which means it is time for the annual re-posting of “The Long Road,” a RacereX post that originally appeared 11 years ago. It is timed to coincide with the beginning of “Champs Season”—when anxieties reach a fever pitch in the ski racing world—as a way to give some perspective. The Long Road is part treatise/part plea to chill out; to look beyond the results that tend to drive us into a frenzy, … » read more