With all the weight-saving technologies on board, the Ranger W 98 makes for a relatively agile off-trail ride, well suited for the woman who is getting her first skis this fat. Skiers of less developed powder skills need to be able to swivel their skis sideways; its...
Don’t let the “Ti” in the Ranger 98 Ti hypnotize you into thinking this will be another Austrian World Cup ski blown up to dirigible dimensions. It’s almost the opposite scenario: a decidedly buttery knife that uses but a slip of metal underfoot and is responsive to...
Sticklers for statistical details will scratch their heads over our scores for the Fischer Motive 95 TI. What’s a ski with a higher aggregate score for Finesse properties doing on our list of Power Picks? We confess to exercising editorial override and positioning...
The Ranger series puts the emphasis on ease, and the 90 Ti, as the narrowest of this off-piste lot, spreads its mellow attitude all around the mountain. Its featherweight aspect is impossible to overlook, setting our testers up for the surprise pay-off: it still knows...
When you step into a Fischer Motive 86 you can imagine the ski inquiring, “Where to, sir?” for it behaves like an all-terrain limo. You’re instantly comfortable and effortlessly in control. You just slide in the saddle and go, confident your transport is going to...
