2022 Women’s Technical

2022 Women’s Technical

If the Women’s Technical category were a figure from Greek mythology, she would be blessed by the gods to be the ideal embodiment of a women’s ski, but forced to wander the universe forever in search of someone to ski her. Here’s the situation: since there are no...

The 2022 Technical Field

Just two years ago, the Technical field in the U.S. was so forlorn it didn’t include a single new model of any importance.  But over the last two seasons, the genre has been rejuvenated by an infusion of fresh blood that, at least on paper, gives the appearance of a...
2022 Technical

2022 Technical

Technical skis are invariably high performance, hard-snow carving models that have race ski properties and similar dimensions yet aren’t actually intended as gate skis but as hard snow toys for people who probably had race training in the misty past. In today’s...

2022 Rossignol Boot Brand Profile

2022 Rossignol Boot Brand Profile         With the arrival two years ago of the Alltrack Elite LT and Pro LT – for Lightweight Touring – Rossi complemented its Speed (standard 2-piece shells) and Track (similar shells, but with a hike mode)...

2022 Fischer Boot Brand Profile

2022 Fischer Boot Brand Profile Fischer had a long and illustrious history as a ski maker before they decided to jump into the boot pool, despite said pool already being awash with brands.  The focus of their debut models was an abducted (toes-out) stance, a clever...