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...
The Völkl Kanjo, introduced a couple of years ago, is an off-trail ski in a Frontside body, geared down to suit an intermediate skier who isn’t ready to graduate to the Kendo or M5 Mantra. Lighter skiers who want to explore the backside of the mountain without...
When K2 introduced its iKonic construction 4 years ago, the brand was determined to strip away excess weight, both by liposuction (dampening material was removed) and a change in diet (the use of heavier construction materials like wood and metal was curtailed,...
K2’s initial attempts to make a willowy Frontside ski didn’t cut the mustard as true carving utensils when the iKonic series debuted 4 years ago. Two years ago the brand stopped kidding around, cooking up a carbon-reinforced, wood-and-metal structure that behaves like...
I’ve never met Pep Fujas, the big mountain athlete whose fingerprints are reputed to be all over the Marksman. No question he’s a jaw-dropping exhibitionist, capable of descents I can’t imagine even as I’m watching them on film. I’m equally certain his anything-goes...
