2022 Powder Buyer’s Guide pt 6 – skis

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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 1

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Reading Time: 3 minutes YOUR APRÈS COMPANION  Mons Royale has always designed its merino baselayers with versatility in mind. Not only does merino resist the aroma of a sweaty day on the slopes, but […]

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Line Pandora 110 – Test 2022

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Reading Time: < 1 minutes SKI CANADA TEST 2022 LINE PANDORA 110 * FREERIDE/POWDER * WOMEN BEST FOR: Women’s powder ski that can still turn on the groomers. Wide, rockered and light left little doubt […]

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Line Blade – Test 2022

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Reading Time: < 1 minutes SKI CANADA TEST 2022 LINE BLADE * METAL ALL-MOUNTAIN BEST FOR: Clowning around all over the mountain  There was something freeing about clicking into a pair of skis that look […]

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Line Pandora 94 Ski Test

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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. […]

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Trends – Buyer’s Guide 2021

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Reading Time: 6 minutes     Performance boots and wide feet used to be mutually exclusive. Higher-flexing boots typically were only available in skinny lasts. But manufacturers are starting to realize that people with high-volume […]

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Test 2020: Line Vision 98

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Reading Time: < 1 minutes Test 2020: Line Vision 98 BEST FOR: One ski for the entire mountain, including the backcountry. LENGTHS:              172, 179, 186 DIMENSIONS:         131/98/119 RADIUS:                 18@179 SUGGESTED RETAIL: $700  Don’t judge a […]

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Do skiers owe snowboarders?

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Reading Time: 4 minutes Have you ever zipped past snowboarders who couldn’t get enough speed on the flats in deep snow? If you love off-piste skiing as much as I do, I’m sure you’ve […]

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Test 2019 women – Line Pandora 94

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Ski Canada Test 2019 On-Slope Reviews LIKE A CHARM Line tapped pro skier Hadley Hammer for input on its new all-mountain ski, the Pandora. “The most important thing about a […]

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Buyer’s Guide 2018 – Women

Reading Time: 5 minutes Suffrage has arrived in skiing. Women are finally getting the attention and equipment they deserve, including Ski Canada’s round-up of cutting-edge stuff made just for those rocking the XX chromosome. […]

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Test 2018 – 14 All-Mountain skis

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Reading Time: 17 minutes When pulling together a winter’s worth of feedback, we realized this new test has some valuable differences. The reviews are more thorough, personal and in-depth. The quality feedback allowed us […]

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Fat & Fabulous – Powder Skis Test 2017

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Reading Time: 7 minutes The guides at Mike Wiegele’s were happy to ride these plus-sized beauties. I spent 14 glorious years as a heli-guide in the most majestic ski terrain on the planet at […]

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Big Mountain Test 2017

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Reading Time: 13 minutes UNTRACKED AND UNRESTRAINED Where All-Mountain skis skid to a stop—right around the edge of the cliff—Big Mountain takes over. These are the skis the pros ride when they’re slashing Alaskan […]

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Cruisers Test 2017

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Reading Time: 11 minutes FUN SKIING ON MOSTLY GROOMED RUNS Think of this category of skis as your vehicle for a smooth Sunday drive. If a ski was tested that was too much for the […]

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Frontside 2017

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Reading Time: 4 minutes Sexy has finally made its way into frontside skiing. Groomers and carving may sound staid, but with direct trickle-down from the World Cup and substantial R&D, some of the most […]

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All-Mountain Test 2017

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Reading Time: 24 minutes ALL TERRAIN, ANY SNOW Like the name says, these skis are made for doing it all: frontside, backside, or both, powder to hardpack, trees, bumps and even the park. These […]

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All Mountain skis 2013

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Reading Time: 5 minutes The lion’s share of R&D finds itself here in the All-Mountain category as ski manufacturers blend their top technologies into that perfect quiver of one. Competition for the 2013 ski season […]

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Big Mountain 2012

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Reading Time: 9 minutes    Size matters in the domain of the Big Mountain—and it doesn’t get any bigger than here. Big Mountain means big snow, air, tricks and glory. It starts around a century underfoot […]

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All Mountain 2012

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Reading Time: 8 minutes All-Mountain Ski Canada Test 2012 – Expert All Mountain Versatility is the name of the All-Mountain game. These skis must perform everywhere under all conditions. Competition is steep—one of the […]

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All Mountain skis 2010

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Reading Time: 3 minutes All-Mountain All-Mountain is the broadest category out there, and it can mean just about everything. As the popularity of going sidecountry booms, many of the big brands are making skis […]

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