Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Skiing is a gear-intensive sport. Not only do you need lots of stuff, you also need the right stuff. Making sure you have items ...

Good news: Skinny skis are for everyone. Unlike alpine skiing that involves expensive lift tickets, pricey gear and mountain-specific geography, cross-country skiing is heaps more accessible. Sure, ...

This is part of Travel Firsts, a new series featuring trips that required a leap of faith or marked a major life milestone. I’d never thought much about it, not knowing how to ski. Growing up, my ...

Skiing is a gear-intensive sport. Not only do you need lots of stuff, you also need the right stuff. Making sure you have items suited for you—warm gloves, a jacket that’ll stay dry, goggles that ...

Having skied only once in my life-almost 30 years ago, and rather clumsily-in the Midwest, skiing in Colorado felt like a big step up, and I was intimidated. However, decades after that first ski ...

For select Chinese skiers and snowboarders, there are WeChat groups whose names include the phrase Gan Dengyan: “Look on in Despair.” Despair is not open to everybody. In order to join, applicants ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Let’s face it: The best skiers in the world all started as soon as they could walk. In your group of ski friends, there’s a good chance the one with the best ...

There is one goal I set every year (OK, to be honest just about every day) that we all should set and we all can do easily. Get a friend into skiing or riding, and do it the right way. The right way ...

Skiing can be intimidating. Between the cold temperatures, the specialized gear and the prospect of sliding down a snowy slope at high speeds, the sport definitely takes some getting used to. But if ...