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Revelations
What You Should Know Before You Buy Your Next Boots
Buying alpine ski boots has never been a picnic. It isn’t going to get any easier, at least not in the near term. I’ve...
Why Test Ski Boots?
At Realskiers.com, we consider it axiomatic that skiers should entrust boot model selection to a competent boot...
On Fluidity
If there is a single quality that epitomizes how great skiers ski, it’s fluidity. Fluidity is the application of...
When Race Skis Ruled
Last week on Realskiers.com I wrote about the best all-mountain skis made since that terminology became common usage....
The Top 12 All-Mountain Skis of All Time
When asked what sort of ski a prospective buyer is searching for, by far the most common answer is “an all-mountain...
On Trees
Dear Reader: This week’s Revelation is culled from the pages of Snowbird Secrets. It’s a meditation on trees and the...
Triumph of the Tapered Tip
It seems like only yesterday, but it was in fact five seasons ago that Dynastar debuted its first Cham collection, in...
Fear of Fitting
Regular readers of these Revelations are aware that I routinely spend my winter weekends diagnosing and remedying...
Incremental Innovation: What to Expect in 2018 and Beyond
To appreciate the global trends evinced by the 2018 ski market, one must first comprehend the pressure on major...