by Holly Flanders One of the tragedies of our sport is that far too many women who try skiing for the first time wind up not wanting to ski ever again because that first experience was intimidating, uncomfortable and frightening—in a phrase, downright horrible. And...
The relationship between the male-dominated universe of ski manufacturing and the women’s skis it has spawned over the years has been a one-sided affair. To say the attitude of the ski industry towards women-specific models was condescending would be admitting that...
Adventures Below the Zero Line Now that we are firmly planted in the Age of Rocker, a lot of marketing focus has been trained on the ski’s camber line, or, in the absence of camber, its baseline. For the purposes of this essay, let’s consider a completely flat ski—one...
Which Ski: Full Race or Prosumer Race? Head World Cup Rebels i.GS M/W – FIS approved for World Cup… and mostly unobtainable Head World Cup Rebels i.GS RD- FIS approved for Masters Head World Cup Rebels i.GS – 18m radius, identical construction to RD...
