by Jackson Hogen | Aug 16, 2019
The top echelon of unisex Frontside skis isn’t made for Finesse skiers, period, end of story. Finesse skiers are instead served by the cascade of step-down models that populate the bulk of the Frontside category. Generally speaking, these lower priced models don’t...
by Jackson Hogen | Aug 16, 2019
Only a few years ago, the women’s Frontside genre looked something like the men’s. Now about all the two different collections have in common is a multiplicity of price points that cover the needs of entry-level skiers and those stepping up to something a bit better....
by Jackson Hogen | Aug 16, 2019
The 2020 women’s Frontside collection is practically the polar opposite of the men’s.. While almost every men’s Recommended Frontside model is a Power ski, the women’s Recommended models are wall-to-wall Finesse skis. None of our women’s winners is even a system ski,...
by Jackson Hogen | Aug 16, 2019
A case could be made that the whole idea of acquiring a modern ski is to make the business of getting from point A to point B as easy and effortless as possible. The skis our test panel has identified have taken this mission to heart. These aren’t limp noodles that...
by Jackson Hogen | Aug 16, 2019
Women won’t find the unalloyed carving machines that dominate the Power listings on the other side of the gender divide. The women’s Power Picks don’t depend on massive doses of speed to become responsive, nor do they have to ride at a high edge angle to demonstrate...
by Jackson Hogen | Aug 16, 2019
If there is a single, do-it-all ski – particularly for western, big-mountain skiing – it no doubt lives in this category and probably has a waist width of 98 or 100mm. The reason is simple: up to this girth (95mm-100mm), these relatively wide skis don’t...
