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Lito's Tech Tip: Protection from the Elements vs. Style
Actually there’s no conflict here, or there shouldn’t be, since skiers who are warm and comfortable move well and look good--and what else is style about?
Lito's Tech Tip: Skiing against All Odds
This is not one of my how-to 'ski tech' sections but, instead, a note of appreciation, admiration, and genuine awe for the handicapped skiers you’ll see on the slopes of…
Lito's Tech Tip: Skiing Superbumps
Skiing bumps is one thing; skiing extra-big, extra-steep bumps is quite another. As usual, there are a few tricks to it, and, as with an advanced graduate course at a university, there…
Lito's Tech Tip: Telemark Skiing
Telemarking well in all conditions is a real challenge, but merely learning the turn is easy. If you have a pair of cross-country skis (you don't need special tele-skis to learn the…
Lito's Tech Tip: Skiing Off-Piste
Off-piste is a wonderful expression and a wonderful feeling.
Lito's Tech Tip: Basic Bumps
Bumps (or 'moguls') on a ski slope can delight or frustrate. Personally, I love them, but I know that most skiers don’t, which is natural if they have a hard time skiing them.
Lito's Tech Tip: Trees without Fear
When compared with the middle of a large, well-groomed run, tree skiing--even friendly, Steamboat-style tree skiing--can seem cramped, restrictive, and, with so many arboreal…
Lito's Tech Tip: Short Turns--The Key to Black Slopes
What is it that keeps some skiers off steep slopes while others can’t get enough steep black skiing? Short turns--not just short, but smoothly, crisply linked short turns right…
Lito's Tech Tip: Polishing Parallel
Say good-bye to that old wide track. When you improve your parallel turns, you’ll discover an interesting bonus. Not only are your turns rounder, more carved, and more efficient,…
Lito's Tech Tip: A Revolution in Skis
Are you already skiing on shaped skis? If not, I can predict that you soon will be. These new skis are a dream come true. They literally make everything you try to do on skis easier.
People Get Ready, There's a Train A'Comin': Reduced Fares, Both Public and Private
We've got two sales to tell you about, one for the masses and one decidedly more upscale.Whatever your opinion regarding our beleaguered national rail carrier, a sale's a sale and…
Companion Flies Free, Both Drive Free on Classic Hawaii Trip
The consumer is in the driver's seat in these days of empty hotel rooms and quarter-empty airplanes, and the latest deal from Classic Custom Vacations helps prove the point. They have…
Mature Island, Mature Savings: Landmark Hotel Slashes Rates for Seniors on Historic Nantucket
Lying some 30 miles off-shore from Cape Cod, the island of heaths, cranberry bogs and sand is too-oft passed over for more it's faster paced sister, Martha's Vineyard--favorite spot of…
Tips from the Publisher: Visit Cusco
Visit a city just as wonderful as Machu Picchu--only higher!
Free Night in Florida Hotels on September 11 when You Pay for an Adjoining Night
The trend of giving freebies on the anniversary of the last years' attacks appears to be growing, this time with hotels. The Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau…
Kenya Dig It? Blow a C-Note off Already Low Prices for African Safaris; the Same for Southeast Asia Treks
Stunning sights--and stunning savings--await you on two separate, but equally life-changing adventures available this fall and winter from Djoser.The first? An 18-day/16-night safari…
Bike, Boat and Climb Your Way Through Costa Rica
You've read about Costa Rica Expeditions, that pace-setting outfit that was one of the first eco-tourism companies, in this space before. For the rest of the summer and into the fall…
Tips from the Publisher: Vacationers' Caribbean Favorites
Don't forget about off-season Caribbean destinations--you can find some great bargains and have spacious beaches all to yourself. See what readers have to say about their favorite…
Den Haag, the Quiet but Cosmopolitan Village of the World
Bob Fisher takes you on a tour of this former hunting grounds for royalty now turned into the seat of international law.
Great PR for PR: Free Airfare to Puerto Rico When You Book a Minimum Five-Night Stay, Now Extended through August 30
The Puerto Rican Tourism Company is offering for the third time in the span of only one year their incredible free airfare-for-rooms deal. That's right, free airfare. Of course, it's…
What's New in Europe
Here's where you'll find out what recently opened, what's changed, and what's hot for your trip in the year to come.
Choo Choo Choose This Rail Pass to Follow the Royal Comings and Goings
All of 2002 is Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee, celebrating her 50 years on the British Throne, and she is visiting every region of the island at some point before December 31.…
Almost Eco-Touring the Mayan Riviera
Bob Fisher highlights what to see and do in this popular vacation region.
Kids Stay Free, Rates Go Low, at Breezes Curacao
The Dutch island of Curacao is a fine place for beach activities and water sports (think snorkeling, for instance), and it's also a gaming destination (think casinos). It seems an…
A Cache of Cruises for Fall and Winter--Bahamas, Caribbean, Panama and More
While it's those last minute bargain hawkers, Moment's Notice, serving up these savings at sea, you still have enough time to plan an end-of-the-year trip, starting as low as $139 for…