Laser AR

If one were to believe the pandering prose describing the Laser AR in Stöckli’s 2021 catalog, it’s an all-terrain ski. BTW, Stöckli annually produces the most lavishly produced yet poorly written catalog in the ski world. Here’s a taste lifted from the Laser AR’s...

Laser AX

It’s a testament to the enduring excellence of the returning Laser AX that we culled all new data on it and its scores barely budged from those logged last season. As both the ski and our testers’ collective appraisal of it are unchanged, our 2019 review likewise...

Stöckli Brand Profile

Overview Our spider sense tingles when we hear the term “handmade” applied to skis, as the implication is that such slats will receive extraordinary care in manufacture no mass-produced ski can hope to receive. One reason we look sideways at the “handmade” qualifier...

2020 Stöckli Season

With the new Laser AR, Stöckli has bridged the gap between its Laser and Stormrider collections, moving its widest carver within 5mm (waist width) of its narrowest all-mountain model. At 83mm underfoot, the Laser AR is one of a cluster of new models that blur the...

Stormrider 88

[Neither the Stormrider 88 nor its scores have changed since this review was posted last season.] Nothing else skis quite like a Stöckli. The combination of limitless power and cushioned ride is so intoxicating that Stöckli skiers often become addicts, unable to even...