10-4 Ott.
Customers always lead the way. Businesses that don't listen to customers generally don't make it, unless they're a monopoly, in which case they can last much longer. But even monopolies don't last when customers are dissatisfied. Upstart entrepreneurs sense the void and offer those customers products and services. So in a free market, those are the rules. But with the forest service rule, there's no free market, so that analogy can't be used. Now what?
I just shake my head.
On a separate but related note, ski equipment sales out paced snowboarding sales in 03. The biggest sellers? Mid-fat skis and twin tips. What does it mean? Well, it probably means that older folks are buying the mid-fats to make skiing "easier" (I'm biting my tongue) and that younger folks are buying the twin tips for the terrain park. It indicates that snowboarding sales are starting to slow down.
So now that ski areas have pouched all the snowboarders, where is the next growth spurt to come from? You can only fit so many in the terrain park. What does that leave? Skiing. If that's the case, then wouldn't it make sense to capitalize and provide those skiers with a neato swell learning system? I sure think it does.
I'm heading out now, going up Valley for a beer. I'll toast to your good health.
Be cool,