It doesn’t take much to ruin a ski day. A foot that won’t stop aching. A burr on the edge that catches every time you turn. Rain that won’t stop smearing the outside of your goggles or fogging that obstinately persists on the inside. We only get so many at-bats at...
Back when shaped skis were emerging as a powerful, but not yet all-conquering force in ski design, I was invited by Fischer to visit their factory and essay some new skis on the Sölden glacier. My residual impressions of that trip have faded over the intervening...
Maybe it’s because the Tahoe resorts were recently so choked with snow it was a battle royal just to open a single lift, but my thoughts have been preoccupied with Powder skis, those monsters of the deep that measure more than 113mm underfoot. Once skis get this wide,...
