Afterbang / Skiing Magazine April 29, 2017 by kimberly beekman Boxes, rails, backflips. Two Skiing editors enter the strange pole-less world of park skiing and learn, among other things, why God made Advil. Photo by Tripp Fay
Naked and Afraid / Skiing Magazine January 28, 2017 by kimberly beekman They say if you seek happiness, you will never find it. But I'll tell you exactly where it is: in the fjords of northern Norway, just on the other side of your own discomfort.
The Great Escape / SKI Magazine January 28, 2017 by kimberly beekman For real skiers who also happen to be parents, the adventure never stops. Especially in Portillo.
Slovenian Rhapsody / SKI Magazine November 07, 2015 by kimberly beekman Seventeen hours of air travel. One crummy rental car. Three generations of headstrong women. And not nearly enough skiing. During a pilgrimage to the mother country, a lot of things go wrong, but the important things go just right. Photo by Hanno Mackowitz
Skunked / Skiing Magazine December 02, 2014 by kimberly beekman What do you do when powder doesn’t pan out? It rarely happens at magical Red Mountain, British Columbia’s best-kept secret. But when it does, well, we are skiers. We’ll find the joy.
Riding the Waves / Skiing Magazine / Included in Best American Travel Writing 2013 December 02, 2013 by kimberly beekman Up. Down. Up. Down. In skiing as in life. When in Iceland with the Warren Miller film crew, three of the best female skiers on the planet, and a crew of curious Frenchmen, you’re wise to remember that the down is, in the end, the most fulfilling part. Photo by Mike Arzt
Silver Lining / SKI Magazine / Finalist for Maggie Award for Best Essay December 02, 2013 by kimberly beekman Sometimes you get what you need, not what you want. Illo by Matt Wood
What's so Great about Big Sky? / SKI Magazine October 28, 2012 by kimberly beekman If it were bigger than Jackson Hole, and just as steep, wouldn’t everyone go there? It is. They don’t. Go figure.
El Otro Lado (The Other Side) / SKI Magazine / Included in Best American Travel Writing 2009 March 06, 2009 by kimberly beekman In just about every ski town in the United States, Mexican immigrants cook your food, build your vacation houses, and clean your hotel. But what you know about them usually ends there.
