As I was sorting the Powder skis I’d essayed at Mammoth into Finesse and Power piles, three models emerged that resisted categorization. To pigeonhole them as Power skis would obscure their exceptional willingness to operate from any stance and remain tractable at any...
Any ski over 113mm underfoot can be thrown into a skid, but some would prefer it if the pilot knew how to point ‘em. Our Power picks not only aren’t afraid of speed, they live for it and to one degree or another, require it. Imagine you’re heli-skiing on a pitch...
Technical skis are invariably high performance, hard-snow carving models that have race ski properties and similar dimensions yet aren’t actually intended as gate skis but as hard snow toys for people who probably had race training in the misty past. In today’s...
Our on-snow evaluations capture several “soft” behaviors that favor skiers who want to make their lives on snow easier. In the All-Mountain East genre, this means a ski that bows under minimal pressure so lower-energy skiers don’t have to labor to bend it. To achieve...
This is an odd collection of skis with little in common except one, all-important possession: power steering. They turn so easily you’d swear they’re reading your intentions before you signal them. To dig a little deeper into the oddities, our top two picks are...
