Welcome back to the Next Level Skiing podcast, brought to you by Wagner Skis!   A few years ago I got to join Kim Beekman on a ski trip to the San Juans. We skied at and around Telluride and all over Red Mountain Pass. I don’t think she ever wondered why everyone always wanted to ski those backcountry lines before her. It was because we all wanted to get down and watch her ski.   Few ski with more grace, ease, and power than Kim. She is a flawless skier. And an incredible writer. As the editor at Skiing and a longtime ski journalist, she has shepherded years of ski reviews, charting the evolution of ski design for decades. She’s raised an amazing daughter who rips and has all sorts of insights into making the most of our time on snow. Tune in and learn from a master.   Thanks for listening to Next Level Skiing. Topics:  3:40 Growing up chasing her older brother  2:50 The secret sauce of being a good skier: having a ripping older sibling  3:55 Honing her writing chops at the Jackson Hole Guide in the 1990s  6:36 What makes a good ski story?  7:50 Her new children’s book about Hilaree Nelson  11:10 The emergence of rocker and shape in skis  18:30 Her favorite ski designs  21:50 Raising young rippers. Candy bribery.  26:00 When ski skills spill over into life  30:30 Hands up!    Resources:  Kimberly Beekman  Wagner Custom Skis