realskiers

A couple of clarifications about your $.02 worth.

1. Peter isn't concerned about reviews posted by users to this site and in fact would like to have more of them. However he does have a lot of ski review information for a large cross section of skis, with a pretty consistent rating and exaltation scheme. It is this information that he makes available on his subscription site that he wants to protect.  His business model is subscription as opposed to selling advertising. (and to your journalistic integrity point).


So Max's point is that the people that are capable of providing good ski reviews may be people, as you say that don't need his site for ski advice.  And, people that are subscribers may not create good ski reviews.  But there may still be some synergy of the free reviews leading people to want more information and becoming subscribers. (I am still a subscriber and the last three skis I've purchased have been facilitated by his reviews. And one of those was a three year old ski that I bought for $100 new and has been great.)

2. There is another forum that focuses on skis that work well with PMTS. That's not the intent here; other than the members who follow that technical approach who post here. Many others have a broader view of skis and technique. Bushwacka, Liam, and High Angles are in this group. Gary had a number of PMTS camps, but has been learning from John Clendenin recently and many have benefitted from that.



-- Note: By the way, I am not really associated with RealSkiers (or PMTS or Epic). I enjoyed the people here but the older version had become a mess from neglect, so I volunteered to be an administrator and try to clean it up some.  Both Epic and PMTS have their own business models and management directions, and while I respect their right to determine the directions of their sites, they are like oil and water. I enjoy the comments of people that are in both camps, and don't see a reason why we have to be in either camp.