What’s old is new again, as Skilogik returns several of our testers’ favorites, including Ullr’s Chariot TT and its sister ski, Goddess TT, to their official catalog. Since Skilogik is in the business of custom manufacturing, these models remained available even when...
What do you do for an encore after elevating a tiny, exotic brand like touring ski maker Scotty Bob to cult status in the most niche-like niche in skiing? If you’re Dave Mazzerella, you cash out, pack up the Breckenridge kit and move lock-stock-and-barrel-stave to...
Salomon allowed brother brand Atomic to steal the new product headlines for 2016, while they focused their efforts on two areas we at realskiers largely ignore: Frontside system skis made more to match a package-ski price point than to fulfill a performance...
Völkl didn’t actually invent the notion of quality control, but denizens of our little corner of the universe can be forgiven for thinking so. They have set the standard for base finish for so long, if someone gave a trophy for the best QC they’d have to name it the...
To continue this tale of brand transformation, once the new Gotama with the flat baseline was accepted, Völkl applied the same technique to its Frontside carvers and with the same result: the RTM 84 won instant adherents. Each passing season saw another venerable...
