Blizzard’s fortunes began to turn around several years ago when the Tecnica Group acquired the brand and factory in Mittersill, Austria, and pumped a few million euros into an overhaul. It’s often the case in the world of industry that he who builds the last factory...
When Laurent Boix-Vives acquired the distressed fledgling brand Dynastar, he already had Rossignol in his portfolio. Thus was born a sibling rivalry that persists to this day, with the elder trying to establish an untouchable record and the younger always looking for...
We’ve been saying since their inception that Dynastar’s flagship Cham models behave better without metal laminates than with, and given the construction found in the Cham 2.0 series, Dynastar seems to agree. Cham 2.0 addresses another critique we had about the first...
What buzz there’s been about Elan centers on their carving skis and race models. The Ripstick might have the largest single bloc of Elan enthusiasts in its corner, and of the Elans we review here it was our testers’ clear favorite. All four of the Elans in our...
Were one to distill Fischer’s essence, the resulting elixir would be made of equal parts precision and speed. Rigorous quality control is the driving force in the corporate culture, a comforting thought for a brand that also makes components for aircraft. The...
The heart of this lay-up is a wood core that’s been whittled by a 5-axis milling machine to pare away every gram of excess mass. Square sidewalls are replaced by sloping shoulders that slice easily through 3-D snow. A thin Titanal shell reinforces the ski underfoot...
