2017 Brand Profile No other boot brand has done more with the 3-piece, external-tongue shell design than Dalbello. Dalbello didn’t just copy the Raichle design they adopted; they improved on it. They optimized its performance properties by playing up its strengths: a...
2017 Brand Profile Fischer had a long and illustrious history as a ski maker before they decided to jump into the boot pool, despite said pool already being awash with brands. The focus of their debut models was an abducted (toes-out) stance, a clever idea they...
2017 Brand Profile When Atomic’s parent company, Amer Sports, acquired Salomon from adidas, it forged a perfect marriage of skiing nobility. Salomon would benefit from Atomic’s acknowledged artisanship in race skis and Atomic would gain instant access to much better...
Old school technique emphasizes steering, in which tips are pressured and steered into the turn and pronounced up or down unweighting is used to initiate the turn. Sometimes referred to as “an elegant, feet-together style.” Modern technique, such as...
