What You Pay For

What You Pay For

A great new ski is going to set you back $600 – $700, and you haven’t yet paid for bindings, mounting and testing, base and edge prep, plus tax. That’s a lot of simoleans for two long and slender sleds. Of course it’s possible to buy a pair of mounted skis for a...
Realskiers.com Solves World Hunger!

Realskiers.com Solves World Hunger!

Well, not entirely. But don’t let it get you down. Cheer up! After all, Realskiers.com is back and better than ever! Of course you expect tons of ski reviews, so there are 135 to peruse and ponder. And that’s just the Recommended models for this year. For several...

2018 Tecnica Boots

Tecnica is much more than just a boot company, although to the boot buying public appearances remain unchanged. Tecnica’s alpine boot line remains a classic amalgam of narrow to wide lasts, with the obligatory option of boots with a hike mode (HM). What most skiers...

2018 Salomon Boots

The success of Salomon’s boot line is difficult to overstate. It rules the roster of top models by an unprecedented margin, at one time having the top seven best selling boots in the U.S. Maintaining this level of market dominance is impossible, yet Salomon shows no...

2018 Rossignol Boots

Rossignol hit a home run when they launched the Alltrack line of hike mode (HM) boots 4 seasons ago. In 2016 Rossi essentially re-built its entire collection around the foundation laid by Alltrack, creating a parallel universe of classic overlap shells (i.e., no hike...