Atomic Ski makers at Atomic can’t help being obsessed with speed. They’re Austrian down to their toes, thereby imbued with a patriotic obligation to assist Austrian natives in winning World Cup titles. They’ve been very good at meeting expectations, delivering a horde...
The 3D.Ridge design puts any ski it’s applied to on a crash diet, making this svelte construction better adapted to men than women. With only a carbon stringer for reinforcement – compared to two sheets of Titanal in sister ski Aura – and a wafer-thin core thickness...
The 100EIGHT is so good at leveling the unruly rubble that remains two days after a storm that a fleet of them could be used as an off-trail grooming machine. They love to be pushed into a wall of snow where their fully rockered, U-shaped baseline can feel complete...
The Belle 84 is not a drama queen. She’s easy to get along with and more than willing to let the skier set the agenda. Her medium-wide waist provides a broad beam to balance on whether the skier sticks to groomed trails or succumbs to the allure of all the loose snow...
[The test results for the Amphibio 16 XTi Fusion are from 2016 and 2017; its only changes for 2017 are cosmetic.] The Amphibio 16 XTi works like it’s on the midnight shift: it’s made to check in super early and be out of the turn promptly so the next shift can start....
