The All-Mountain West category is, or ought to be, the province of advanced to expert skiers with a penchant for the off-piste. If climbing is part of the equation, then weight, or rather, it’s absence, becomes a pivotal issue. But if you’re an in-resort skier, mass...
The Vantage 97 C occupies the same position in Atomic’s 2020 Vantage series as the 2018 Vantage 95 C, transposing the Carbon Tank Mesh that made the latter such a hit to a new construction called Prolite. Prolite, as the name suggests, is all about reducing a ski to...
The new Kästle FX106 HP is an unabashed powder ski. It’s built to float and drift on a lightweight chassis that does without the two Titanal laminates that characterized the BMX105 HP that preceded it. Nearly 50cm of its running surface is rockered (320mm in the...
Head overhauled its Joy collection, eliminating the Great Joy and Wild Joy to clear the way for the Kore 99 W and Kore 93 W, respectively. All the remaining Joys – Total, Super, Pure and Easy – were run through the make-over machine. New molds were cut...
The Head Super Joy, an avatar of the Lighter is Better trend in ski design, returns in 2020 with a slight tweak in its shape and composition. There’s Karuba in the core in lieu of Koroyd – still a super light substance, but substantial enough to be called...
