The Kästle DX85 isn’t so much a new ski as as re-christening of a pre-existing one, the 2019 LX85. As the Austrian brand’s de facto women’s ski, the LX85 was a perennial Power Pick among Women’s All-Mountain East skis, probably the most...
Salomon has a history of making skis that are light and quick edge to edge, so when the Lighter is Better trend in consumer goods took hold of the public imagination, Salomon was all over it. Like a lot of other brands, it worked with carbon and other fibers –...
When skiers think of off-piste terrain, the first, and often only, thing they contemplate is powder. This despite the fact that uncut powder is the least likely off-trail condition to encounter. Far more prevalent are moguls, tree skiing and of course, crud, the...
Because of the runaway popularity of the All-Mountain East genre – currently the market choice for a one-ski quiver – ski makers like to stock the category with a multiplicity of models. To avoid cannibalizing its own line, the brand needs to clearly...
If the new Ranger 92 Ti from Fischer were fed a strict diet of powder and crud, it would be a premier performer. Put it in the middle of field of wind-affected pow and you’ll grin all the way down. But All-Mountain East models shouldn’t be finicky about...
