I met Loyd Tinsley serendipitously while waiting to clear security at the Haley, Idaho airport. My facemask bore a...
Taking the Leap the Faith
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Revelations
When to Buy in 2022, This Spring or Next Fall?
The photo above shows a section of the ski wall at Bobo's taken yesterday, Valentine's Day, 2022. Note that several...
The Five Fallacies
Most skiers who aren’t professionally involved with the sport cling to any number of misconceptions about equipment...
A Brief Explanation of Why Skiers are Better Than Everyone Else
Skiers are among the finest human beings on our precious planet, which this short essay makes abundantly clear. I...
The Eternal Stickiness of Skiing
While most of my posts on realskiers are devoted to matters pertaining directly to alpine equipment, on occasion I...
Let There Be Light
A Preview of What’s New for 2016 While major ski brands continue fighting fiercely to differentiate themselves,...
Best All-Mountain Skis of 2015
The defining trait of an “all-mountain” ski is versatility, a talent for adapting to any condition from brittle...
Skis of the Year 2015
What a wonderful time to be a skier, No matter where or how you like to slide, there is a ski made just for you; the...
Demo Delusions
The SIA On-Snow Demo at Copper Mountain, CO, draws aneclectic cross-section of ski shops to evaluate the equipment...
The Definition of “Fit”
This week’s post is an exchange between a realskiers subscriber (whom we call Kate) writing in response to last week’s...
The Case for Ski Testing
At the risk of occasionally re-stating the obvious and often repeating points made previously by various ski industry...