I can already feel the headwinds of protest this pensée is likely to engender, so to mitigate their ferocity, allow me to open with these caveats: I’m not against people taking electronic gadgetry to the slopes. On the contrary, I’ve created an app for ski testers to...
A scene from the timeless classic Monty Python and the Holy Grail immortalized this mild protest from an unfortunate soul about to be tossed on a cart of medieval plague victims: “I’m not dead yet.” The lesson of this poignant vignette is, until the plague cart rolls...
A great new ski is going to set you back $600 – $700, and you haven’t yet paid for bindings, mounting and testing, base and edge prep, plus tax. That’s a lot of simoleans for two long and slender sleds. Of course it’s possible to buy a pair of mounted skis for a...
Well, not entirely. But don’t let it get you down. Cheer up! After all, Realskiers.com is back and better than ever! Of course you expect tons of ski reviews, so there are 135 to peruse and ponder. And that’s just the Recommended models for this year. For several...
We live in turbulent times. While it’s silly to compare the tribulations of the ski trade to the powerful tides currently transforming the world at large, 2017 has already proven to be a year of seismic change in our little corner of it. Nothing matters more to skiers...
