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Straight to the Point: Tahoe, Your Skin Tracks Are Too Steep

Straight to the Point: Tahoe, Your Skin Tracks Are Too Steep

Written by Kyle Neddenriep | Mar 31, 2025

As old as time—how steep, or not steep, to set the skin track? In this Op-Ed, it seems Tahoe might have a too-steep problem.

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How to kick turn: Community Note from a Curmudgeon

How to kick turn: Community Note from a Curmudgeon

Written by Alex Lee | Apr 12, 2024

Two words: kick turns. An art. A science. A timeworn skill set. To some frustrating. To others, ballet. Kick turns. It’s what’s on the skin track. Here’s a THR how to.

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