Larry Prosor didn’t just document the birth of extreme skiing in America, he ignited it. The spark was lit by a nine-page barrage of eye-popping images lovingly displayed in the pages of Powder magazine, titled Ski to Die. If the editors at Powder had never seen a...
Twenty-five years ago, even astute ski industry insiders wouldn’t have predicted that tiny Swiss brand Stöckli would one day be the darling of the specialty retail channel. Then as now, Stöckli’s deepest roots are in the race community, and its ski line reflects this...
When I first raised the topic of composing a weekly newsletter with Realskiers.com founder Peter Keelty, he coughed, bit down on the Salem that was forever dangling from his lips and curtly advised me that I would run out of topics in a month. This will be the 332nd...
Suppose you’ve decided that this is the year you’re finally going to spring for new skis. Let’s add to this scenario the likelihood that you’d prefer to get a good deal on your prospective purchase. To help guide you through the thicket of decisions in front of you,...
A scant three seasons ago, there wasn’t a single alpine boot adorned with the now-familiar BOA® dial. As the 2026 season commences, there isn’t an alpine boot brand that doesn’t deploy a BOA® cable retention system in at least one product across a broad swath of its...
