Jean-Marc Blais

From his start in 1979 as a ski club operator at 18 year of age, JM has grown within the ski industry with Ski Press company. At its peak, he was publishing over a million ski magazines distributed in most ski shops and resorts throughout Québec, Canada, the US and German markets… JM innovated by creating free access quality ski magazines.

JM also redefined trade show publishing with award winning high quality, glossy, all colors print magazines at the SIA. And for 8 years running, he innovated the trade show news and created its daily digital distribution.

For a decade JM leaded with innovating ski web sites and introduced to the ski market a daily news service, streaming videos, widgets, e-magazines, and live reporting.

JM is a level 4 ski instructor, and the creator of the Ski Press ski test. He has directed the tests and elevated them to the highest standard for the past 20 years. Today, JM is innovating again with Mag-e tablet publishing and presenting this ski test to us.