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Ski Magazines
I've noticed that the Daily Mail Ski and Snowboard magazines has just been
published for the first time this season. Does anyone know when the first edition of the Ski Club GB "Snow and Board" magazine is due to come out? Ta. Ste. |
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Ste Smith wrote:
I've noticed that the Daily Mail Ski and Snowboard magazines has just been published for the first time this season. Does anyone know when the first edition of the Ski Club GB "Snow and Board" magazine is due to come out? Who cares? They're all utter ****e. -- Trophy 1200 750SS CB400F TS150 ST70 YTC#3 GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 IHABWTJ#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 OSOS#1 BOF#30 WUSS#5 "Worse than Timo" - Official |
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The Older Gentleman wrote:
Ste Smith wrote: I've noticed that the Daily Mail Ski and Snowboard magazines has just been published for the first time this season. Does anyone know when the first edition of the Ski Club GB "Snow and Board" magazine is due to come out? Who cares? They're all utter ****e. Agreed. If you want a decent ski magazine you'll have to hunt down the US magazine Powder, or subscribe on the web (www.powdermag.com). Good articles (although obviously with a North American focus) and fantastic photos. For some reason I bought the Daily Mail magazine. Facinating article about skiing in the Rockies with "10 things you didn't know about the Banff". On closer inspection it should have read "10 things we made up about Banff which aren't actually true". For example, according to the Daily Mail magazine you can't make snowballs out of the snow in the Canadian Rockies - not true, we had a fantastic and very juvenile snowball fight on Lake Louise and the snow was excellent for snowball making. They also claimed that bears are a danger... not during the ski season they're not, they are all asleep. I could go on, they did. |
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Steve wrote:
The Older Gentleman wrote: Ste Smith wrote: I've noticed that the Daily Mail Ski and Snowboard magazines has just been published for the first time this season. Does anyone know when the first edition of the Ski Club GB "Snow and Board" magazine is due to come out? Who cares? They're all utter ****e. Agreed. If you want a decent ski magazine you'll have to hunt down the US magazine Powder, or subscribe on the web (www.powdermag.com). Good articles (although obviously with a North American focus) and fantastic photos. For some reason I bought the Daily Mail magazine. Like much of the British press they probably just get there info of the Web. |
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David Off wrote:
Like much of the British press they probably just get there info of the Web. As long as they don't get there spelling of you. British ski mags are ****. Utter steaming poo. Partly this is because they don't have the budget or the readership: you can only produce two, maybe three, decent profitable issues in a season. People read ski mags when they're thinking of going skiing, when they're contemplating their nice shiny kit, and when they've come back after their week or two, the kit goes in the attic or garage, and they forget about it for another year. The limited budget means that they can't afford to buy or use decent writers and photographers, so what you get is a product that's nailed together by keen amateurs. Not so bad in itself, but when you combine keen amateurs with low budgets, an essentially amateur and undiscriminating readership, an incredibly short selling season, and relatively low written and visual standards you wind up with..... ....piles of poo. -- Trophy 1200 750SS CB400F TS150 ST70 YTC#3 GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 IHABWTJ#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 OSOS#1 BOF#30 WUSS#5 "Worse than Timo" - Official |
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On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 12:35:34 +0100, Steve
wrote: snip For some reason I bought the Daily Mail magazine. Facinating article about skiing in the Rockies with "10 things you didn't know about the Banff". On closer inspection it should have read "10 things we made up about Banff which aren't actually true". For example, according to the Daily Mail magazine you can't make snowballs out of the snow in the Canadian Rockies - not true, we had a fantastic and very juvenile snowball fight on Lake Louise and the snow was excellent for snowball making. When was that? When I was there in March last year ( a trip I won through a competition in that magazine), my daughter and I tried, and never succeeded in making any that would hold together well enough. beginning or end of the season might have been different, but it was just too cold when we were there. They also claimed that bears are a danger... not during the ski season they're not, they are all asleep. No they didn't. They mention the fact that bears are always near, without saying they are dangerous, and that one walked down the main street a couple of *summers* ago. No mention of them being out and about in the winter, or of them being a danger. Like most of their articles, it was pretty shallow, but I didn't see anything in it that I *know* to be wrong. I will say, I wouldn't buy it if it weren't for the competitions though. -- Alex Heney, Global Villager Keyboard Not Found - Press [F1] to Continue To reply by email, my address is aDOTjDOTheneyATbtinternetDOTcom |
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Ste Smith wrote:
Thanks for your informed opinion - I couldn't give two shiney ****s what you think. If I wanted to know what you thought of the quality of the journalism in the Winter Sport publication sector I would have asked for just that. Ah, the benefit of Usenet, you get answers to questions you never asked, and all the sarcasm and cynicism is thrown in for free. I wouldn;t take it personaly, and I wouldn't bank on getting a straight answer soon... |
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Ste Smith wrote:
(The Older Gentleman) wrote in news:1g13dgx.1bkr9kn1niby3eN%chateau.murrayNOSPAM@ dsl.pipex.com: Ste Smith wrote: I've noticed that the Daily Mail Ski and Snowboard magazines has just been published for the first time this season. Does anyone know when the first edition of the Ski Club GB "Snow and Board" magazine is due to come out? Who cares? They're all utter ****e. Thanks for your informed opinion - I couldn't give two shiney ****s what you think. If I wanted to know what you thought of the quality of the journalism in the Winter Sport publication sector I would have asked for just that. I'll try again. Does anyone know when the "Ski and Board" magazine from the Ski Club of GB is due to be published? Who cares? It's utter ****e. -- Trophy 1200 750SS CB400F TS150 ST70 YTC#3 GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 IHABWTJ#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 OSOS#1 BOF#30 WUSS#5 "Worse than Timo" - Official |
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"The Older Gentleman" wrote in message news:1g174wj.11g6xj219zvxj4N%chateau.murrayNOSPAM@ dsl.pipex.com... Ste Smith wrote: I've noticed that the Daily Mail Ski and Snowboard magazines has just been published for the first time this season. Does anyone know when the first edition of the Ski Club GB "Snow and Board" magazine is due to come out? Who cares? They're all utter ****e. Thanks for your informed opinion - I couldn't give two shiney ****s what you think. If I wanted to know what you thought of the quality of the journalism in the Winter Sport publication sector I would have asked for just that. I'll try again. Does anyone know when the "Ski and Board" magazine from the Ski Club of GB is due to be published? Who cares? It's utter ****e. You're a member then? Pete www.grasski.org |
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"PG" wrote in message
... "The Older Gentleman" wrote in message news:1g174wj.11g6xj219zvxj4N%chateau.murrayNOSPAM@ dsl.pipex.com... Ste Smith wrote: snip I'll try again. Does anyone know when the "Ski and Board" magazine from the Ski Club of GB is due to be published? Who cares? It's utter ****e. You're a member then? Well I'm a member and find the mag to be a reasonable read. It is a vast improvement on the glorified holiday brochures that the other mags make. I guess it will be coming out soon. The membership pack came this week. I do wish they would drop the teen snowboarder bits though. I doubt that the target audience will ever read it. Mind you English language boarding mags are even worse. -- Neil (mature snowboarder) |
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