Every ski catalog, brochure and review includes a smattering of statistics meant to encapsulate some aspect of the subject ski’s behavior. Many, if not most, ski tails likewise sport summaries of design details. Here at realskiers, we provide the basics: sidecut,...
Tales from the Front Lines: Saving Skiing One Skier at a Time This week the American branch of the world ski market reconvenes in Denver at the annual SIA show. While the engine that drives the show is commerce, its machinery is oiled and fueled by personal...
What We Learned at SIA Last week I spent three days immersed in the annual ski show in Denver and, like many of my brethren, almost as much time trying to travel home. After sifting through the catalogs of 14 major brands, culling and categorizing over 260 models we...
Scattershot Observations on What’s New for 2017 Dispatch from the Front Lines I’ve just concluded 4 days of intensive ski testing at Mt. Rose, Nevada and Mammoth Mountain, California. Naturally, the first question posed during this ski fetishists’ festival by a...
Tis the season we in the ski evaluation racket look forward to all year, when we can take run after run on new ski after new ski, soaking in the sensations each ride imparts. It’s also the peak of the winter season, when members of the general skiing public have their...
You’ll never ski as well as Felix Neureuther, but with good coaching you can ski your personal best. The inspirations for this week’s reflections arose from two otherwise disconnected observations of the ski scene, one that has been percolating all season and...
