Editor’s Choice: 2016 Skis of the Year It’s time for your tireless Editor to unveil his favorite skis of 2016. These are my personal picks, so you won’t necessarily find them ensconced at the top of realskiers’ rankings.Realskiers reviews are based on hundreds...
We’ve enjoyed the participation that our “Top 10” lists have incited on our Facebook page and we pledge to present more Top 10 skier (and ski, and resort, etc.) lists in the weeks ahead. This week we return to our core competence of covering technical issues that have...
The New Year brings with it the opening of ski test season and the first public revelations of what new skis we’ll be putting through their paces in the weeks ahead. As we prepare to peer into the future, we pause for a moment to revisit past trials and tribulations...
Every ski catalog, brochure and review includes a smattering of statistics meant to encapsulate some aspect of the subject ski’s behavior. Many, if not most, ski tails likewise sport summaries of design details. Here at realskiers, we provide the basics: sidecut,...
What We Learned at SIA Last week I spent three days immersed in the annual ski show in Denver and, like many of my brethren, almost as much time trying to travel home. After sifting through the catalogs of 14 major brands, culling and categorizing over 260 models we...
