Ski Bum Advice
Ski Bum Advice: Things I Did Not Do This Season
I don’t like setting expectations, mainly because I end up being disappointed. Maybe I should try setting lower standards, and then fail to meet them. ...
Brad Northrup
March 31, 2020
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Ski Bum Advice: What the !@#$ Did I Just See?
Back before I lost what grip I had on reality and joined the ranks of corporate America, I had the privilege of living and working ...
Brad Northrup
December 23, 2019
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Ski Bum Advice: Stuff I’m Not Doing This Spring
The days are getting longer, the skies have parted, and the sun has returned to grace us poor, pale folks of the Pacific Northwest who ...
Brad Northrup
March 18, 2019
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Brad Northrup: Ski Bum Advice – The Mountain Translator
Like most folks out there, I am locked up in a cubicle Monday through Friday in order to pay the bills, put food on the ...
Brad Northrup
February 11, 2019
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Ski Bum Advice: Winter, Oh, How I Have Missed You
I have stashed the golf clubs in the dusty nether-regions of the garage, shoved my wet boardshorts in a far back drawer, and have begun ...
Brad Northrup
November 13, 2018
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Ski Trends I Hope Never Change
They say change is inevitable. I say poopy to that—at least to the idea that all things have to change. Now I’m sure that some ...
Brad Northrup
March 21, 2018
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Skiing Powder
Does this sound familiar? It snowed all week, with storm after storm pounding the local mountains and dumping well over a foot of fresh snow. ...
Brad Northrup
January 17, 2018
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Old-School Ski Tricks
As an old-school ski racer who grew up with skinny skis, tight pants, and bad hair, I admit I am at a loss when ...
Brad Northrup
December 26, 2017
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10 Signs You Have Too Many Skis
I should probably preface this column by sharing a simple fact: I hate getting rid of skis. Yeah, sure, us skiing folk might make light ...
Brad Northrup
December 22, 2017
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