The foundational ski that launched Black Crows 11 years ago, the Corvus, remains relevant today for precisely the same properties that made it a sufficient sensation to serve as the petri dish for a holistic Chamonix ski culture brand. Black Crows’ founders, Camille...
A typically dense spring snowfall two years ago afforded the perfect opportunity to test the mettle of the BMX105. The time was mid-morning, the venue Squaw Valley, the run Headwall, where wind-hammered steeps bleed into bumps and more bumps. By then the snow was...
I’ve never met Pep Fujas, the big mountain athlete whose fingerprints are reputed to be all over the Marksman. No question he’s a jaw-dropping exhibitionist, capable of descents I can’t imagine even as I’m watching them on film. I’m equally certain his anything-goes...
The Backland FR 109 is lightweight, attractively priced and unequivocally committed to off-trail skiing. The component that sets the Backland 109 apart is its HRZN Tech forebody, a feature it filched from the Bent Chetler. HRZN Tech is an extended ABS sidewall...
The Monster 108 isn’t exactly a dinosaur. Graphene, a carbon matrix one atom thick, is the most modern of materials, a component the Monster 108 uses selectively to make its extremities firmer and its center relatively soft. But despite its high tech composition, the...
