by Jackson Hogen | Sep 7, 2016
In yet another example of our cutting-edge journalism, permit us to point out that men and women are different. The pertinent manifestation of this principle is that the same width ski that makes an ideal men’s all-terrain tool is a tad too wide to be an everyday ride...
by Jackson Hogen | Sep 7, 2016
Women who don’t attack every run like it was The Charge of the Light Brigade want a ski that will navigate through off-trail conditions at a trot instead of a gallop. For these more leisurely lasses, we recommend the easy-going charms of our Finesse Favorites. Lighter...
by Jackson Hogen | Sep 7, 2016
The defining difference between our Power Picks and Finesse Favorites can be summed up succinctly: how fast are you willing to go before you can easily steer out of the fall line? If you tend to ride the brakes and the gas at the same time, you’ve overshot your...
by Jackson Hogen | Sep 7, 2016
The women’s Big Mountain genre has bedeviled us since we began covering these super-fat models as a separate category four seasons ago. Part of the problem is that skis this wide require some semblance of new snow to be given a fair evaluation, limiting their appeal...
by Jackson Hogen | Sep 7, 2016
If you don’t like going fast, you’re reading the wrong paragraph, for the essential trait of a Frontside Power ski is stability at speed. Maintaining control at rocket speeds isn’t for the meek, for it involves commitment to each turn by leaning into it with your...
by Jackson Hogen | Sep 7, 2016
More women’s skis are sold in the Frontside category than any other, for several salient reasons: The first ski a woman owns is usually a Frontside ski, for better performance on groomed terrain. Anything wider is almost always a second ski, Women tend to be smaller...
