Gear
Dress to Impress
Reading Time: 2 minutes Hiding under these stylish exteriors is technology to keep you comfortable. Kari Traa Silja Long Sleeve and Pant: Heritage ski patterns in a modern aesthetic is how we’d describe the […]
Read more »Racer Ready? 2022 Gear
Reading Time: 2 minutes Auclair Race Fusion To protect hands from gate bashing, Auclair harnessed the morphing armour of D3O. Most of the time the polymer built into the back of the glove is […]
Read more »Buyer’s Guide 2022 Intro
Reading Time: 2 minutes With all the gloomy predictions, who would have thought that last winter would prove to be an excellent one for the ski industry. Ontario excepted. Looking for an alternative to […]
Read more »Parablacks: Seemed Like a Good Idea
Reading Time: 2 minutes 50th Anniversary looking back Back in the day, when the epitome of style was skiing with feet and legs glued together as one on skinny, unshaped 207s, there was an […]
Read more »Coming to a Ski Shop Near You
Reading Time: 3 minutes From the longest lift lines in memory to locked-down resorts to the continued rise in alpine touring, the one thing uniting skiers across the country is our hopeful look to […]
Read more »Renoun Atlas Ski Test
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Testers were unanimous in praising the Atlas’s ability to wander wherever the map led them. “Very stable at speed but also quick to turn in bumps and trees,” wrote Paul […]
Read more »Fischer Hannibal 106 Ski Test
Reading Time: 2 minutes Titanal is a rare ingredient for a touring-focused ski and almost unheard of in this weight class. In the redesigned Hannibal, Fischer added the metal alloy to its Air Tec […]
Read more »Gear & Gadgets – Vol 49 #3
Reading Time: 6 minutes You’ve reached the summit, the sun’s gone, the wind’s picked up… You know that cold, clammy feeling, especially on your lower back, whether it’s after a huffy-puffy skin uphill or […]
Read more »Blizzard Zero G 85 Ski Test
Reading Time: 2 minutes At first, this “skinny” ski may look as if you’re touring on “matchsticks,” as Heather MacMillan put it, but any concerns go away quickly, whether going up, down or across. […]
Read more »Line Pandora 94 Ski Test
Reading Time: 2 minutes Some resort skis are light enough for the backcountry. Others are touring skis with enough umph to hold their own inbounds. Line’s Pandora family covers the line between the two. […]
Read more »Atomic Backland Ski Test
Reading Time: 2 minutes LENGTHS: 164, 172, 180, 188 DIMENSIONS: 129/100/120 @ 180 RADIUS: 19 @ 180 WEIGHT: 1.4 kg OTHER MODELS: 117, 107, 95 SUGGESTED RETAIL: $699 from Fall […]
Read more »Kindred Rambler Ski Test
Reading Time: < 1 minutes If this were a beauty pageant, the Rambler would win. No question. The inlaid wood veneer graphics are spectacular, original and fit with the brand’s home near the base of […]
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