What buzz there’s been about Elan centers on their carving skis and race models. The Ripstick might have the largest single bloc of Elan enthusiasts in its corner, and of the Elans we review here it was our testers’ clear favorite. All four of the Elans in our...
Were one to distill Fischer’s essence, the resulting elixir would be made of equal parts precision and speed. Rigorous quality control is the driving force in the corporate culture, a comforting thought for a brand that also makes components for aircraft. The...
The heart of this lay-up is a wood core that’s been whittled by a 5-axis milling machine to pare away every gram of excess mass. Square sidewalls are replaced by sloping shoulders that slice easily through 3-D snow. A thin Titanal shell reinforces the ski underfoot...
Management at every brand, large and small, foreign or domestic, has to make choices about how they want to build a ski. Once they settle on a construction and the equipment devised to execute it is installed on the premises, they tend to stay with it for the long...
Last season saw the debut of the women’s Joy series, the first application of Graphene™ in the ski world, and the market reception could not have been better. Head also made hay with two cornerstone models, the Rev 85 Pro and Rev 80 Pro, which offered elite...
