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Wax Man Cometh

By Brian Kamenetzky

Sunday, January 25, 2009

As it happens, the common belief that the Inuit have over a hundred words for snow has no more validity than that email you just got celebrating your win in a Kenyan lottery. They've got no more terms in the lexicon than anyone else. That doesn't mean that there aren't endless types of snow. Icy snow, dry snow, wet snow. Cold snow, warm snow. Big crystal snow, small crystal snow, in-between crystal snow. The stuff comes in all shapes and sizes, and each can change how a pair of skis will run d ...

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