Most of the skis in the Technical fraternity are body-builder strong, winning the war for your allegiance with conquest, not caresses. The Elan Ripstick isn’t one of the burly bunch, but a sinuous smoothie who earns your affection with its yes-man acquiescence to...
Dynastar takes justifiable pride in producing one of the highest testosterone production powder skis on the planet, but even they had to admit the Cham 127 took aggro over the edge. They’ve dialed things back a bit with the Cham 2.0 117, but don’t think for une...
Any women’s ski with a 107cm waist is a lot of timber underneath a not-so-heavy load. When the women’s ski is a virtual clone of the men’s model, as is the case with the Cham W 2.0 107, it’s essential the chassis it’s copying isn’t built like a locomotive. Dynastar...
Our test panel has always been partial to the High Mountain, metal-less version of the original Cham 107. For 2016, Dynastar has eliminated the metal option all together and with Cham 2.0 has re-formulated the forebody to make the rocker line less extreme, changes we...
“What’s good for the goose is good for the gander,” goes the old adage. The Cham W 2.0 97 makes this point even if you stand it on its head, since it seems to replicate the make-up of the men’s Cham 2.0 97 yet it was the women’s first-generation Cham that served as...
