If you own a pair of Alpine ski boots, you are skiing in a product whose origins can be traced directly back to one...
The Extraordinarily Gifted Athlete Who Created the Modern Ski Boot
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Revelations
Ski Luminaries Explain Why You Should Listen to Jackson
The American ski market has never seen so many new and returning skiers in need of good information, yet this critical...
Not Dead Yet!
A scene from the timeless classic Monty Python and the Holy Grail immortalized this mild protest from an unfortunate...
What You Pay For
A great new ski is going to set you back $600 - $700, and you haven’t yet paid for bindings, mounting and testing,...
Realskiers.com Solves World Hunger!
Well, not entirely. But don’t let it get you down. Cheer up! After all, Realskiers.com is back and better than ever!...
Where We Stand
We live in turbulent times. While it’s silly to compare the tribulations of the ski trade to the powerful tides...
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...