Ryan Stuart

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

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 Don’t hold back with the Spitfire. The faster the speed, the more powerful the carve, the better it feels.

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 If you feel the need, the need for speed, just like Goose and Maverick in the original Top Gun, then you are going to love Elan’s Primetime.

Reading Time: 2 minutes Love at first turn. That’s how strongly testers felt when they clicked into the newest member of the Montero family…

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Curv is bringing back the twist. “This one wins for most turns ever,” said Steve Acciaroli, adding that it delivers…

Reading Time: 2 minutes N°5 sounds like a British spy and this ski turns like a Bond girl too.

Reading Time: 2 minutes Head tuned up its women-specific Joy line this winter, lengthening the turn radii and narrowing the tips, but…

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Evolve is a metal ski with a secret formula. Instead of a horizontal sheet of metal, Liberty has positioned three strips of…

Reading Time: 2 minutes At first glance, this looks like a race ski. It shares the same bright yellow paint job and RC4 initials as Fischer’s World Cup skis…

Reading Time: 2 minutes Get the lowdown on this season’s skis.