Anyone notice an improvement in Skiing Mag

[marcski]

Not that it has become a bastion of literary expertise, but I have noticed an improvement over the last few years. The articles are better written and they seem to be pandering less to the "dirtbag" (for lack of a better word) segment of the skiing market. Anyone else agree/disagree?

 

[frozencorn]

They had a pretty vast re-toolling over the winter. It appears to have worked so far.

 

[drjeff]

Not that it has become a bastion of literary expertise, but I have noticed an improvement over the last few years. The articles are better written and they seem to be pandering less to the "dirtbag" (for lack of a better word) segment of the skiing market. Anyone else agree/disagree?

I think the change started a couple of years ago when Ski and Skiing came under the ownership of one company. Basically rather than print the same basic magazine twice, they decide to keep Ski in its original "literary class/trash and take Skiing up a notch. Atleast nowadys you're less like to see "f-bombs" in print in Skiing than Ski

 

[Robert Goulet]

Skiing is pretty good. Ski is about real estate and haute fashion, not skiing. But that's my opinion.

 

[prisnah]

Not that it has become a bastion of literary expertise, but I have noticed an improvement over the last few years. The articles are better written and they seem to be pandering less to the "dirtbag" (for lack of a better word) segment of the skiing market. Anyone else agree/disagree?

Whattya got against dirtbags?

Actually I think Skiing is a decent magazine. I think Ski completely sucks. Now the Ski Journal, that rocks my world.

 

[Robert Goulet]

Who do you consider dirtbags? I'm only asking because I could see it being directed to a bunch of different groups, depending on where you are coming from.

 

[thinnmann]

Yes

Most recently, see this thread starting here

and this older thread

 

[ski_resort_observer]

Both mags in addition to about 10 other consumer mags were purchased by Bonnier Publishing from Time Warner about two years ago.

 

[mattchuck2]

Yeah, Skiing Mag . . . epecially the photography, is much better this year

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

The main issue I'm interested in is the gear review. I thought Skiing did a better job then Ski this year.

 

[kingslug]

Yes.

 

[RootDKJ]

I stopped subscribing to Skiing a 2 years ago.