What hasn't changed? That's the easier question.

Snowboards changed the sport well before 10 years ago. But there was a turf war raging at that time. But that's buried now.

In the ski universe, Taos is an American classic, no question about it. It's a place where you truly earn your turns.

Parks cater to the younger crowd and have gotten a lot of kids on a board, whether it's one board (snowboard) or two boards (skis).

The face of skiing literally has changed with the explosion of parks and pipes. Many of the resorts out there have started turning their resources toward terrain parks with features such as hits, jumps and rails.

The shaped ski, which really came along just about 10 or 12 years ago, completely changed the sport. They are shorter with bigger tips and tails, which makes them much easier to turn.