Völkl seems determined to eradicate any remnants of their erstwhile reputation for making über-precise, unforgiving skis. The One, Two and Three (does anyone spend less time in model-naming meetings than Völkl?) are all calibrated to smear, slide and slither. The...
If you’re under 30 and living at the base of Snowbird or Jackson Hole– an improbable but attainable nirvana – the Rocker2 122 might be your everyday ski. For everyone else, this is a Powder-only proposition, with its every design aspect tailored to this condition. ...
Salomon’s signature monocoque construction is ideally suited to building a big-bodied ski. A monocoque can be made skeletally light, and Salomon doubles down on weight diminution by stripping the edges off the extremities and using a synthetic honeycomb in lieu of a...
While the Rossi Squad 7 had a couple of its teeth pulled during its makeover to an Air Tip (and tail) design two years ago, it’s still a burly ski. While it’s ski test apostasy to disregard the scorecard stats, in the Powder genre they are unreliable guides to...
Most women’s skis this wide were MIA during ski-test sessions for the last few seasons, including the Star 7, so our remarks here are logged under the heading of speculation. We mention the Star 7 because women have very few choices of well-adapted skis in these...
