False modesty does not become me, so I’ll just say it: it was the best ski test, ever. Instead of running for barely a week, it churned non-stop for more than three weeks. But it wasn’t just long; it was also deep. Just the local talent pool was insane:...
It isn’t often that a seismic cultural shift can be traced to a single, defining moment, and even more rare that this historic tremor should issue from the world of skiing. Yet on October 16, 1988, a former U.S. National Ballet Champion and heretofore little known...
Last week I outlined the backstory behind the creation of Tecnica’s Mach 1 collection, a fairly straightforward chronology of how a panel of bootfitters exerted a major influence on product development that continues to this day. The code name for the project is...
If the title of this 2-part article sounds about as exciting as a paint chip, it’s because that’s what it stands for, a Pantone color code. This is the tale of how such an unassuming moniker became a rallying cry that inspired a remarkably swift brand resurrection....
Last week on Realskiers.com I wrote about the best all-mountain skis made since that terminology became common usage. This week’s reverie highlights some of the great race skis that served an earlier generation of skiers as their everyday ride. The first race skis...
