Our test panel has always been partial to the High Mountain, metal-less version of the original Cham 107. For 2016, Dynastar has eliminated the metal option all together and with Cham 2.0 has re-formulated the forebody to make the rocker line less extreme, changes we...
Blizzard has been serving up one home run product after another since their launch of the Flip Core construction for the 2011/12 season. Except in one department: over that span of time they’ve wrestled with the right formula for a woman’s Powder ski. They began by...
If the Peacemaker were Snow White, its roommates would be named Floaty, Surfy, Smudgy, Softie, Fatty, Swimmy and Twin-Tip. The Peacemaker’s plan is that if you want to turn, you’ll simply swivel your feet. Thus it’s possible to ski an entire day and never engage...
For the second season running, Blizzard has given the Cochise the full spa treatment: first slim the core and fluff up the camber, then add more taper to the tip and tail and take off a bit more weight by adding a swath of carbon front and rear. They all add up to...
The Century 109 is every centimeter the ski that the men’s Automatic 109 is, only the size range downshifts to fit a smaller clientele. Made around a lightweight but reactive poplar core, the Century 109 serves as an ideal sidecountry escape vehicle. Amply rockered...
