Ryan Stuart

Reading Time: 2 minutes Lengths: 180, 190 Dimensions: 140-113-125 @ 180 Radius:  21m @ 180 Weight: 1,965g @ 180 Best for: Big, powerful skiers looking for a poppy powder ski. Compare with: Völkl Blaze […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Lengths: 171, 176, 182, 187 Dimensions: 138-106-128 @ 182 Radius:  20m @ 182 Weight:  1,980g @ 182 Best for: Strong freeriders who like to go fast and surf their turns. […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Lengths: 176, 184, 192 Dimensions: 140-106-127 @ 184 Radius:  20m @ 184 Weight: 1,920g @ 184 Best for: Skiers wanting to push into steeper and more technical terrain. Compare with: […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Lengths: 164, 170, 176, 182, 188, 194 Dimensions: 137-108-128 @ 182 Radius:  20m @ 182 Weight: 1,900g @ 182 Best for: Advanced and expert skiers who want a big-mountain powder […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Lengths: 166, 172, 178, 184, 190 Dimensions: 142-108-137 @ 184 Radius:  17m @ 184 Weight: 2,180g @ 184 Best for: Advanced and expert skiers sniffing out soft groomers and tracked-up […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Lengths: 176, 184, 191 Dimensions: 140-110-133 @ 184 Radius:  20m @ 184 Weight: 2,200g @ 184 Best for: Anyone looking to ski like the guys and gals in ski movies. […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes 5 tips for staying out of slides while in-bounds.

Reading Time: 3 minutes April’s Whistler Ski and Snowboard Festival makes it the best time to visit.

Reading Time: 2 minutes “Easy and intuitive” summed up the feedback from testers. “It’s the type of ski that…

Reading Time: 2 minutes As a women’s-specific ski in Stöckli’s Montero family, the AW stands for all-mountain women.

Reading Time: 2 minutes After updating the Mantra, Kendo and Kenja skis with its Titanal frame and carbon tips, Völkl has done…

Reading Time: 2 minutes Playful and stiff, responsive and stable, hard snow to powder and everywhere in…

Reading Time: 2 minutes We think this is the kind of ski young Canadian freeskiing phenom Cole Richardson would like for riding his…

Reading Time: 2 minutes It took some testers a few runs to figure this ski out but once that happened they slid back into the test pit with smiles on their faces.

Reading Time: 2 minutes There’s seemingly nothing a Sheeva can’t do. That was the sum of the feedback from testers who tried the Sheeva 9 and the wider Sheva 10.

Reading Time: 2 minutes Fibre anyone? K2 is bringing flax to its mid-size Mindbender skis. It may not make you…

Reading Time: 2 minutes Some skis elicit unanimous opinions. Others, like the Dancer, split the field. Some testers loved…

Reading Time: 2 minutes Calgary-based Paradise designed the Aloha as a park ski for its free-ride athletes.

Reading Time: 2 minutes Just another Stöckli love affair. The Swiss masters know how to make a great ski—and…

Reading Time: 2 minutes This might be the best deal in the ski test. The Chronic is designed for the demands of the terrain park with…

Reading Time: 2 minutes Think of the Evolve as the Mafia. Trust it and you will cash in, but screw up and it will punish you.

Reading Time: 2 minutes We tested two models of the M-Cross, the 88 and the 78, and a wide range of testers loved them both. “Amazing…

Reading Time: 2 minutes Forza is a new family of eight groomer-focused skis that are all about carving—it’s even in their name.

Reading Time: 2 minutes Don’t hold back with the Spitfire. The faster the speed, the more powerful the carve, the better it feels.