Scattershot Observations on What’s New for 2017 Dispatch from the Front Lines I’ve just concluded 4 days of intensive ski testing at Mt. Rose, Nevada and Mammoth Mountain, California. Naturally, the first question posed during this ski fetishists’ festival by a...
Tis the season we in the ski evaluation racket look forward to all year, when we can take run after run on new ski after new ski, soaking in the sensations each ride imparts. It’s also the peak of the winter season, when members of the general skiing public have their...
Lighter Isn’t Always Better Infamous “Light” Gear Embedded in every pitch or patch of prose about next year’s skis is a word or two about how the new model is lighter than the ponderous slab it’s replacing. “Lighter is Better” (LIB) has become ski...
