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2023 Buyer’s Guide — Part 2

Reading Time: 16 minutes PART 2: FROM CARVING TO ALL-MOUNTAIN FROM  ASPHALT TO POWDER Head and Porsche designers teamed up on two skis worthy of both their names. The Porsche 70 is a carving […]

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2023 Buyer’s Guide — Part 1

Reading Time: 3 minutes PART 1: PLAYING FOOTSIE – RESORT BOOTS PRE-FORMED TO PERFORM If fit is key, Dalbello is making it easier to unlock comfort and performance by pre-shaping its Veloce boots in […]

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2023 Buyer’s Guide

Reading Time: 4 minutes 2023 Buyer’s Guide The folks who make and supply our gear have navigated some nasty patches lately, but skiers can look forward to better conditions ahead. There’s a reason we […]

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Gear & Gadgets – Winter 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutes Heading to the U.S. or Europe? The quickest and cheapest Rapid Antigen COVID test we could find comes in Proof of Entry’s DIY kit for $25. Test results are verified […]

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Seemed Like a Good Idea – Scott boots

Reading Time: 2 minutes As leather succumbed to the superiority of plastic in the 1960s, there was a period of experimentation and innovation that saw many new, now memorable, ski boot designs, such as […]

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Gear & Gadgets – Vol 50 #3

Reading Time: 5 minutes Goat power! With a 70:30 mohair-nylon ratio, Chamonix-based Black Crows promises its all-new, 100 per cent waterproof Pilus skins ($269) to be “the ideal partner for gliding serenely toward happiness.” […]

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Powder Buyer’s Guide 2022 pt 8 – Gear & Gadgets

Reading Time: 5 minutes AVALANCHE SAFETY  Gear up for sliding beyond the ski area boundary with these essentials. Osprey Soelden Pro: Along with the women’s Sopris, this avalanche pack uses an electronic power source […]

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2022 Powder Buyer’s Guide pt 7 – outerwear

Reading Time: 4 minutes LAYERING 2022  Staying comfortable on the ski hill is as much about staying cool as it is staying warm. Get sweaty and then sit on a chairlift for 15 minutes […]

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2022 Powder Buyer’s Guide pt 6 – skis

Reading Time: 4 minutes CELEBRITY SKI LINE  Over the last decade Kye Petersen has earned a reputation as one of the world’s best big-mountain skiers, stomping airs and bombing faces onboard planks made by […]

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2022 Powder Buyer’s Guide pt 5

Reading Time: 3 minutes THIN IS IN – NORDIC UPDATE   Politics may be more polarized than ever, but gone are the days of skiers hating snowboarders and both wondering about those hippy skinny skiers. […]

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2022 Powder Buyer’s Guide pt 4

Reading Time: 2 minutes 50/50 BOOTS – ALPINE TOURING In order to see where skiing is heading, it’s often illuminating to watch where the energy and R&D are going. And much of that is […]

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2022 Powder Buyer’s Guide pt 3

Reading Time: 3 minutes TESTED HEAD TO HEAD PUFFY PROTECTION We never went ski touring without a puffy for packable warmth and a shell for weather protection. Most of the time we wear both […]

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