It seems counter-intuitive, but the best place to test powder skis isn’t in powder. Don’t misunderstand: the most fun place to test anything, from horseshoes to harmonicas, is in powder. But all you really learn about a ski in deep, uncut snow – that you can’t learn...
When the Patron debuted two years ago, it immediately established itself as an exceptional Big Mountain stick. Now that Nordica has stocked this genre with three models, the Patron remains the most surprising of the lot. No ski 113mm underfoot should feel nimble and...
Nordica slipped the I-Core Torsion Bridge of the NRGy series into the El Capo mold from last season and lo, the NRGy 107 was born. How one feels about surrendering some of the El Capo’s superior strength to create a kinder, gentler Big Mountain ski depends on where...
The Santa Ana illustrates an interesting point: if a wide-waisted ski has a short meter-radius measurement, which dimension dominates behavior? As your Editor at realskiers has contended for 20 years, the width dictates response as it doesn’t matter what the math...
We understand why other ski tests awarded top honors to the Enforcer: if the skier is strong enough, it’s a love affair waiting to happen. Our most powerful skiers would also place the Enforcer among the best in show, so we’ve included it among our Recommended models...
