SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah-based company is reinventing how skis are made, substituting petroleum products in ski production with an algae-based bioplastic. “We’re building skis… but in a different way ...

The chairlift is a ubiquitous part of the skiing experience. Without our faithful aerial steeds, we'd be relegating to schlepping ourselves uphill after each lap. Yet, despite the commonality of ...

When Matt Cudmore first clicked into skis he'd built and headed downhill, it was a revelatory moment. "It turns out it was the funnest ski I've ever been on," Cudmore said. "I decided to make more." ...

Strap on a pair of state-of-the-art, Northern Michigan-made skis from Shaggy’s Copper Country Skis The evolution of Shaggy’s Copper Country Skis began with a surfboard: in 2004, the father-and-son duo ...

Traditionally, the skis you want to carry you into and out of the isolated and unforgiving backcountry is not the pair with algae on it. Or in it. But a Salt Lake City ski maker would like to change ...