Like prescription medicines, Stöcklis should come with a warning label, something along the lines of, “Requires skill, effort and commitment.” In lieu of this development, their price tag will have to serve as sufficient deterrent to prevent posers from accidentally...
The Kenja is one of the last iconic Völkls to go through the modernization process that inevitably added rocker to what was once a traditional, fully cambered baseline. Being the youngest child can have its benefits, for Völkl learned from its elder siblings that...
Although Völkl plumped up the waist of the RTM 86 UVO to push it into for our All-Mountain East category, this is in all other respects a Frontside carver. “Doctor” Bob Gleason pegged it as a “go-to ski for groomers, quiet and predictable. Smooth at speed and...
Völkl kept the model name and basic construction, but altered just about everything else about the new and noticeably improved Kendo. While the baseline retains a cambered profile underfoot, the tip and tail are now emphatically rockered. The sidecut has been...
For women on the brink of greatness, the Q-88 Lux is one of the last pieces to the puzzle. It’s light, it’s quick, it’s peppy and it doesn’t demand a lot of energy to extract all these qualities. It’s like a good friend who always wants to know what you want to do...
