Skiers who put their faith in our Finesse favorites should include those who are willing to step up to a wider ski as long as it’s still forgiving and easy to maneuver at less than warp speed. A Finesse skier uses gravity to the max and seeks to keep his or her own...
In yet another example of our cutting-edge journalism, permit us to point out that men and women are different. The pertinent manifestation of this principle is that the same width ski that makes an ideal men’s all-terrain tool is a tad too wide to be an everyday ride...
Women who don’t attack every run like it was The Charge of the Light Brigade want a ski that will navigate through off-trail conditions at a trot instead of a gallop. For these more leisurely lasses, we recommend the easy-going charms of our Finesse Favorites. Lighter...
The defining difference between our Power Picks and Finesse Favorites can be summed up succinctly: how fast are you willing to go before you can easily steer out of the fall line? If you tend to ride the brakes and the gas at the same time, you’ve overshot your...
The women’s Big Mountain genre has bedeviled us since we began covering these super-fat models as a separate category four seasons ago. Part of the problem is that skis this wide require some semblance of new snow to be given a fair evaluation, limiting their appeal...
