The 2018 Sky 7 HD receives the same snazzy upgrades as the Soul 7 HD that are intended to enhance snow contact in the forebody, but it still lacks the carving power essential to hard-snow skiing and of course it can’t match the flotation of a Big Mountain model. Its...
No other ski brand is as dedicated to the proposition that all skis must be carving skis as Head. The Great Joy has the surface area of a Big Mountain ski, yet it still has the sidecut and gripping power of a carving ski. Its ability to hold a precise trajectory is...
Our Power Picks aren’t for women who are looking for a helping hand as much as a ski-by-my-side partner for their forays all over the hill. These skiers have a well-developed skill set that isn’t satisfied by poking along on manicured runs. If they’re on groomers,...
If there is a single, do-it-all ski – particularly for western, big-mountain skiing – it no doubt lives in this category and probably has a waist width of 98 or 100mm. The reason is simple: up to this girth (95mm-100mm), these relatively wide skis don’t...
Our Power picks epitomize the bring-it-on, all-conditions attitude of the very best all-mountain skis. They balk at nothing. If you can set them at a high edge angle, they respond with all the bite of the best Frontside skis. They have no problem with powder and they...
