Word: skying
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ski manufacturers completely redesign their ski models each year, thereby forcing dealers to unload surpluses at reduced prices. But this year, because of the general tightening of money and the dim fuel prospects, manufacturers and dealers have found themselves sitting on huge inventories of both last year's and this year's equipment...
...Many ski shops still have large inventories of last year's models--still guaranteed and unused--and these provide the opportunity for the best savings, if one is content to forego the dubious distinction of having the "very latest." Look for name brand equipment which is marked way off the list price and choose the best discount. This can easily be done by shopping the ski shop advertisements in the Boston papers...
...same procedure with a little less price discrepancy can be followed for new equipment. It is unusual to get the latest style at sale prices, but recent weeks have seen an outbreak of a price war between ski shops trying to pawn off their over-stocks of 1974 models...
Except for the most advanced skiers, the differences between recreational skis in similar price ranges are not all that important. Some may develop a particular preference for metal, fiber glass or epoxy skis, but this is more a personal matter. Consult with the expert at the ski shop to decide which models are best suited for you and then compare the prices...
...years Boston area skiers have been more inclined to drive a few hours longer to get to Vermont's "biggies"--Stowe, Mt. Snow, Killington, et. al.--leaving New Hampshire as the Green Mountain State's little sister. But last year, the ski operators in New Hampshire intensified their campaign to pull a larger chunk of the New England ski dollar into their coffers...