If this review looks rather rich for an un-Recommended model, it’s because it’s a reprise of last year’s review when the XDR 88 Ti squeaked past the velvet rope and into our VIP room. A few new ballots from unadoring fans pushed it below our...
Salomon’s Technical skis must feel like Rodney Dangerfield: they can’t get no respect, no respect at all, I tell ya. The S/Max Blast was a new ski only last year, and still hardly anyone in our test panel took them for a spin. This is but one measure of how the QST...
There’s no more conclusive evidence of the sorry state of Technical skis in the U.S. market than our experience with Rossi’s new React series (for men) and Nova for women last spring. Not counting my own input, I received exactly one test card from an...
There isn’t a more viciously competitive market segment than the Women’s All-Mountain East genre, where a ski is expected to excel in any and all conditions. As the women’s 88 Ti evolved in lockstep with the men’s ski, the version of the E88 W...
As a member of Rossi’s legendary 7 series, the Sky 7 has received every upgrade, including Carbon Alloy Matrix and Air Tip 2.0, that have made its bigger brothers, the Soul 7 HD and Super 7 HD, perpetual benchmarks in their respective categories. Since its inception,...
