What do you do for an encore after elevating a tiny, exotic brand like touring ski maker Scotty Bob to cult status in the most niche-like niche in skiing? If you’re Dave Mazzerella, you cash out, pack up the Breckenridge kit and move lock-stock-and-barrel-stave to...
Our spider sense tingles when we hear the term “handmade” applied to skis, as the implication is that such slats will receive extraordinary care in manufacture no mass-produced ski can hope to receive. One reason we look sideways at the “handmade” adjective is that...
Völkl didn’t actually invent the notion of quality control, but denizens of our little corner of the universe can be forgiven for thinking so. They have set the standard for base finish for so long, if someone gave a trophy for the best QC they’d have to name it the...
