QST 85

The QST 85 isn’t trying to compete with the best skis in the All-Mountain East genre; rather it’s a value ski meant to sell for $399. The target skier is looking for all-condition ease, not turn cranking power. The ample front rocker keeps the tips from getting any...

QST Lumen 99

The Salomon QST series treats men and women equally, ergo the new QST Lumen 99 for women is cut from the same carbon and flax cloth as the unisex QST 99. For 2019, this entails an upgrade to C/FX3, a crosshatch grid comprised of tight bundles of carbon and flax...

QST 118

If you attack the fall line like it insulted your mother and spend so much time on your QST’s looking for pow that you inevitably have to send them down groomers, the new QST 118 is your kind of stick. Last season the 118 led the list of Finesse skis in this genre. This year, the infusion of torsional stiffness and shock dampening puts the 2019 QST 118 squarely among the Powder Powers.

QST 99

Salomon gave the QST 99 a double shot of damping for 2019, adding transverse filaments of carbon and flax to the longitudinal strands already in place, along with a bottom layer of basalt. The new additions increase the ski’s torsional rigidity along its full...

S/Max Blast

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 is a new ski, and still hardly anyone in our test panel took them for a spin. This is but one measure of how the QST series...