[Neither the Stormrider 85 Motion nor its scores have changed since this review was posted last season.] Some of the best female skiers in the world have been carrying on a long-term love affair with the Stöckli Stormrider 85 Motion. Women who aren’t in the position...
[While there has been a slight shift in scores due to new data, both Laser SX and this review are unchanged from last year.] Stöckli has a knack for making perfect skis, then improving them. Judging by test cards from prior seasons, no one could imagine a better...
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...
If one were to believe the pandering prose describing the new Laser AR in Stöckli’s 2020 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 of the Laser AR’s thumbnail...
The one condition that separates the best All-Mountain West skis from the merely excellent is crud. It’s the dream of perpetual powder that drives the category – there’s no other reason to have a ski this wide – but the reality is uncut powder is over and done...
