Every ski test card I’ve ever encountered included as its final criterion a catchall bucket such as “Overall Impression,” that tried to capture in one score all the qualities delineated in the previous nine. On a realskiers test card, the one score that says it all is...
With all the weight-saving technologies on board, the Ranger W 98 makes for a relatively agile off-trail ride, well suited for the woman who is getting her first skis this fat. Skiers of less developed powder skills need to be able to swivel their skis sideways; its...
Don’t let the “Ti” in the Ranger 98 Ti hypnotize you into thinking this will be another Austrian World Cup ski blown up to dirigible dimensions. It’s almost the opposite scenario: a decidedly buttery knife that uses but a slip of metal underfoot and is responsive to...
Sticklers for statistical details will scratch their heads over our scores for the Fischer Motive 95 TI. What’s a ski with a higher aggregate score for Finesse properties doing on our list of Power Picks? We confess to exercising editorial override and positioning...
“What’s good for the goose is good for the gander,” goes the old adage. The Cham W 2.0 97 makes this point even if you stand it on its head, since it seems to replicate the make-up of the men’s Cham 2.0 97 yet it was the women’s first-generation Cham that served as...
