Ski Mags

There seems to be a consus that the available ski magazines are not to our
liking, so what content would we like? You never know, someone influential
might be lurking...

To kick off:

News: resorts, pistes, lifts
Kit reviews that are critical and objective (and I have to add that to me
boot reviews are a waste of time because they are too personal and, for must
of us, trends in ski design are more important than actual model
comparisons)

--
Rod Jenkins
UK

On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 12:52:22 +0100, "Rod Jenkins"
wrote:

There seems to be a consus that the available ski magazines are not to our
liking,

I'm not sure that two or three vociferous pundits make a consensus.
Overall I'd say that Ski and Board is very well received.

so what content would we like? You never know, someone influential
might be lurking...

To kick off:

News: resorts, pistes, lifts
Kit reviews that are critical and objective (and I have to add that to me
boot reviews are a waste of time because they are too personal and, for must
of us, trends in ski design are more important than actual model
comparisons)

I'd suggest you send this, and any other comments, to the editor of
Ski & Board at the Ski Club. There have been several attempts at
starting new 'popular' ski mags in the last few years, none of which
has been a rousing success, so it may be better to simply add the
features you desire to an existing publication.

--
Ace (bruce dot rogers at roche dot com)
Ski Club of Great Britain - http://www.skiclub.co.uk
All opinions expressed are personal and in no way represent those of the Ski Club.

Ace wrote:

I'd suggest you send this, and any other comments, to the editor of
Ski & Board at the Ski Club.

do you know the address? It is not obvious from the Website.

There have been several attempts at
starting new 'popular' ski mags in the last few years, none of which
has been a rousing success, so it may be better to simply add the
features you desire to an existing publication.

The general trend seems to be closing down rather than starting up. The
problem is most mags rely heavily on advertising revenue, and this is a
market that has taken a pounding recently.

There are also a number of free mags available in resorts.

The latest startup is Dark Summer - which is tipped to be a 'UK Freeride
Mag' with a difference. We'll see.

David

ps: ski and board has some interesting articles written by people who
have obviously been skiing at least once in their lives (even if they
don't live up to everyone's standards of being "professionals" - which
to me suggests someone able to down 15 pints in the Printer's Measure),
it is not going to attract the teeny boarder readership though and I
think Ace has made the same point.

On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 20:45:01 +0200, David Off
wrote:

Ace wrote:

I'd suggest you send this, and any other comments, to the editor of
Ski & Board at the Ski Club.

do you know the address? It is not obvious from the Website.

At a rough guess Ski and Board, Ski Club of Great Britain, The White
House, Wimbledon... can't remember the post code, but that must be
easy to find on the site (too busy now).

--
Ace (bruce dot rogers at roche dot com)
Ski Club of Great Britain - http://www.skiclub.co.uk
All opinions expressed are personal and in no way represent those of the Ski Club.

Ace wrote:
On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 20:45:01 +0200, David Off
wrote:


Ace wrote:

I'd suggest you send this, and any other comments, to the editor of
Ski & Board at the Ski Club.

do you know the address? It is not obvious from the Website.


At a rough guess Ski and Board, Ski Club of Great Britain, The White
House, Wimbledon... can't remember the post code, but that must be
easy to find on the site (too busy now).

I just wondered if there was an email address for 'ski and bored' and
not just a general address for the ski club. Often these mags are
produced by a separate team.

"Rod Jenkins" wrote in message
...
There seems to be a consus that the available ski magazines are not to our
liking, so what content would we like? You never know, someone
influential
might be lurking...

To kick off:

News: resorts, pistes, lifts
Kit reviews that are critical and objective (and I have to add that to me
boot reviews are a waste of time because they are too personal and, for
must
of us, trends in ski design are more important than actual model
comparisons)

--
Rod Jenkins
UK


What's wrong with this NG ? With the guys here, plus the 'net for detailed
info, who needs magazines ?

Jim Hutton

Rod Jenkins wrote:

There seems to be a consus that the available ski magazines are not to our
liking, so what content would we like? You never know, someone influential
might be lurking...

*Waves*

To kick off:

News: resorts, pistes, lifts
Kit reviews that are critical and objective (and I have to add that to me
boot reviews are a waste of time because they are too personal and, for must
of us, trends in ski design are more important than actual model
comparisons)

It's not worth it. You can't make ski magazines pay for more than two or
three issues in a season, and then what do you do with your staff?

No "proper" consumer magazine publishing company has ever been daft
enough to try. EMAP were working on one and canned it when they worked
out the economics - that must have been about five years ago.

And for the average Brit skier, it's nopt a sport, but a holiday, so you
have to aim it at the lowest common denominators.
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David Off wrote:
There are also a number of free mags available in resorts.

The latest startup is Dark Summer - which is tipped to be a 'UK Freeride
Mag' with a difference. We'll see.


There is also SkiPressMag starting in Europe this winter. This is a UK
edition of an American mag. They claim a readership of 2 million in the US.

David Off wrote:

They claim a readership of 2 million in the US.

*Snort*

I'd be very, very surprised. That means they'd need to sell about
400,000 copies per issue.


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"David Off" wrote in message
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At a rough guess Ski and Board, Ski Club of Great Britain, The White
House, Wimbledon... can't remember the post code, but that must be
easy to find on the site (too busy now).

I just wondered if there was an email address for 'ski and bored' and
not just a general address for the ski club. Often these mags are
produced by a separate team.

Try reaching the editor of S&b, Arnie Wilson: ,
or
sub-editor Nick Hutchings:

P.

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