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...
K2 has reigned over the US market for so long its leadership has practically become a cliché. The keys to their sustained success are manifold, but from a product standpoint it’s not hard to summarize: K2’s are easy to ski. Regardless of your skill level, your terrain...
Brands with an entrenched position don’t normally overhaul the core of their collection for both men and women in the same year, but that’s just what K2 has done for 2016. We’re not talking some deft tweak, the umpteen iteration of the brand’s signature Mod technology...
Today’s Kästle has adopted one of skiing’s venerable names, but behaviorally the skis they are crafting in the present share zero DNA with the skis the brand made in the past. We know whereof we speak because we skied the Austrian Kästles of thirty years ago and they...
However hazy the boundaries might have been between previous MX, FX and BMX series, that fog has lifted. While the MX and FX models appear to overlap, with FX models down to 85mm (underfoot) and MX models available up to 98mm, were you to ski them side-by-side you...
