Fit for Skiing: How to select and fit a ski boot What You Should Be Thinking Let your bootfitter worry about dialing in the right fit; you should focus on the performance aspects of the boots you’re trying on. Your bootfitter can assist you in this arena as...
Archived Symbols and Definitions Camber Profiles elite-level carvers traditional camber, including twin tips, no pronounced tip or tail rise (other than normal twin tips) early rise tip only, including long rocker – no tail rocker, usually cambered underfoot...
Absolutely everything! The late iconic super-coach Warren Witherell was first to quip that the average skier can improve more by having boots aligned than through an entire season of private lessons. Warren doesn’t malign lessons—quite the contrary—but his wry...
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...
