It’s hard to find good gifts for those who ski or snowboard. There are the typical gifts of goggles, gloves, and snow-pants. But often, these gifts are not surprises and are standard. I often like to be surprised and don’t mind more “off piste” type gifts. Given that there is still time for shopping, I’ve gone through to find some more unique ideas.
Vintage Snow offers gifts for what appears to be for the older skier or boarder who maybe even own ski property. I say that because they offer gifts, ski art, decor and antiques. Some of the gifts I found that would look good in my office (hint, hint) include a Chair Lift Photo Frame or Vail Trail Map Poster.
You can also fine a variety of gifts on Cafe Press as well. In doing a quick search I found over 2,000 ski related products.
If the budget is tight, check out Microsoft’s Live Search cashback. The cashback program works with all major and smaller retailers and uses your search words to find products that are most appropriate. The retailer pays the user anywhere from 2% to 30+% cashback for buying from them. For example, I recently searched for Avalanche Beacon and found a Backcountry Access Tracker DTS Beacon from Backcountry that would net me back $36.82 for starting first from Live Search cashback.
I’m still enamored with pocket HD video cameras. As I have previously posted, these are a great way to record your vacation memories on the fly in better than normal video. There are several affordable versions available right now including the Flip MinoHD, Kodak Zi6, Creative VandoHD and the Sanyo Xacti series.
Don’t forget that you can always check with your local ski shop as well. A lot of times they carry great niche products too. Have fun with it this year and good luck!
