From the FasterSkier archive — posts syndicated from athletes’ and coaches’ own blogs between 2004 and 2012, kept online as published. Current coverage is at fasterskier.com.

Toe Warmers–An Essential Ski Bag Item

Back in the old days I never used to use these things…but I was young and stupid back then.
Up at the Pepsi Challenge, as Frank and I were preparing to confront a -10 start (or whatever it was), Frank saved my life by whipping an extra pair of toe warmers out of his pocket.
“Here…do you want these?”
DO I!
There was a time when I would have turned him down out of the misplaced notion that I’d