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...
Nordica didn’t change a thing about the Nemesis except how they build it. It’s still a lightweight 98, they just set aside the Wi-Core construction they used last year and substituted the new Balsa Core CA, aiming to make what was already a favorite among our testers...
“This ski was a total surprise to me,” confessed Matt from Footloose. “It gets my award for Best 97 Waist that skis like an 80-something waist. I just wish it wasn’t a twin tip…” We concur on all points. One of the bigger shocks of our 2016 test is that the Nordica...
