With the holiday season upon us, it’s time to unwrap Realskiers’ picks as the best skis of 2018. Nothing seems to galvanize reader interest quite like a selection of a Ski of the Year; if you want the very best, you need to know what to ask for, right? Wrong. There is...
If you can only carve one hour out of your crazy holiday schedule to get fully outfitted in new gear, how best to spend this precious hour? Your best chance of success depends on a small amount of preparation. First, try to fit your priceless sixty minutes into a...
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...
Back when shaped skis were emerging as a powerful, but not yet all-conquering force in ski design, I was invited by Fischer to visit their factory and essay some new skis on the Sölden glacier. My residual impressions of that trip have faded over the intervening...
Before we begin doling out victory laurels, we pause to recognize all the great skis of 2016/17 not being singled out below. Every unisex ski that earned a Realskiers.com Recommended medallion is by definition one of the best skis of the year. We award a lot of...
