by Jackson Hogen | Sep 8, 2017
Atomic’s two principal product categories, Frontside and All-Mountain, receive a couple of notable upgrades, one deep inside and one applied on top. The inside alteration to the Vantage and Vantage X series is a switch to a maple/ash core to give the top models in...
by Jackson Hogen | Sep 8, 2017
Building on its foundation in the Big Mountain genre, Black Crows continues to flesh out its collection, adding an on-piste ski, the Vertis, and the all-terrain Daemon for 2108. We didn’t get enough data to rate the Vertis, a shame since our limited experience...
by Jackson Hogen | Sep 8, 2017
Blizzard is on a hot streak that shows no signs of cooling off. Capitalizing on the best-selling year ever for a women’s ski, Blizzard applied the Black Pearl magic to the Samba and Cheyenne, now the Black Pearl 98 and 78, respectively. What is now the Black Pearl 88...
by Jackson Hogen | Sep 8, 2017
The transition to a kinder, gentler Dynastar freeride collection that began with the elimination of metal laminates in the Cham series culminates in the all-new Legend collection for 2018. The Legends of yore were among the burliest powder skis ever, but having the...
by Jackson Hogen | Sep 8, 2017
Faction cleaned up its line for 2018, reducing its unisex offering to four series, each comprised of four models: the new Prime collection of balsa/flax-core backcountry models, a category we don’t attempt to cover; the returning Candide Thovex Signature series,...
by Jackson Hogen | Sep 8, 2017
The central theme to 2018 is capitalization on The Curv name and the masterful carving capacity for which it stands. The new The Curv GT successfully extends the power and accuracy of The Curv DTX to a Frontside footprint (129/80/112). It instantly earned a spot among...
