By Geoff Scotton Pro Deals Committee Member (geoffscotton@skipatrol.ca) Head Skis has roots reaching back to 1947 when company founder Howard Head started to develop the world’s first metal ski, eventually settling on a sandwich design with a marine plywood core
By A.P. Crawford (ap.crawford@skipatrol.ca) On March 27, 2024, at about 8 p.m. Mark Wickham was at the Lakefield Curling Club in Lakefield, Ontario, when an adult male was found collapsed on the ice, unconscious with vital signs absent. He had
By Kerri Loudoun, Pro Deals Team Member (kerri.loudoun@skipatrol.ca) Glove-maker Auclair is fuelled by the outdoors and innovation. Top-tier quality? One hundred per cent. Breakthrough designs? It’s in Auclair’s DNA. Your comfort and safety? Front and centre, always. Proudly Canadian since
By Brian Low, CSP FIPS Delegate (brian.low@skipatrol.ca) Caroline Elliott is a snow safety expert and France-qualified ski patroller, and a Fédération Internationale des Patrouilles de Ski (FIPS) rescue dog group member. She has written a book for young people related
By Jeffrey Smith, Western Zone Patroller (sibco@execulink.com) Many patrollers across the country have literally been in the dark on calls and this month’s cool tool can help in a variety of dim situations. This tool is especially useful for members
By A.P. Crawford, Kawartha Zone and Dagmar Patroller, Life Member No. 87 (ap.crawford@skipatrol.ca) Charlie Turner was a true builder of the Canadian Ski Patrol. In the CSP Kawartha Zone and at the Dagmar Patrol, we knew him for all of
By Kerri Loudoun, Communications and marketing Portfolio Leader (kerri.loudoun@skipatrol.ca) Last month, we outlined the function of the CSP Financial Oversight Committee and who its current members are. This month, we are profiling the CSP Information Technology (IT) Advisory Committee (ITAC).
By Kerri Loudoun, Communications and marketing portfolio leader (kerri.loudoun@skipatrol.ca) There is just over a month remaining for HH winter uniform orders to be placed by zones. If you still need to submit your uniform order to your PL, please do
By Kerri Loudoun, Portfolio Leader, Communications and Marketing (kerri.loudoun@skipatrol.ca) In 1977, Jake Burton Carpenter founded Burton Snowboards out of his Vermont barn and dedicated the rest of his life to snowboarding. He was the founder, the soul of snowboarding, the
By Shannon Reed, Lake Louise patroller, Calgary Zone (shannon.reed@hotmail.ca) Waterproof notebook and mechanical pencil I always carry these cool tools together whether in wildfire season, ski patrol duty or for recreational use in the backcountry. It’s the Rite in the
By Kerri Loudoun, Communications and Marketing portfolio leader (kerri.loudoun@skipatrol.ca) We are seeking interesting stories and topics for future member newsletters Every month, the 5/5 editorial team works to offer interesting and pertinent stories for the CSP member newsletter, the 5/5.
