Category: Skis

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K2 Extreme 179cm and Marker Jester SchizoFrantic Long Time Ski Review – Part I, Park and Jumps

K2 states “Emulate PK Hunder’s double cork 1080 or just bust out some of the ol’ moves on the topsheet. Either way, we’ll be proud. Keep it Extreme”. Well, we tried to do exactly that. Read more and find out what our testers thought about K2 Extreme/Marker Jester Schizofrantic combination in the park…

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Whitedot Skis – No Gimmicks Just Good Skis

Have you heard about Whitedot skis? See how Fred “The Mighty Cliff Hucker” or “The Crazy Norwegian” Syversen makes his own Whitedot pro model!

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Armada JJ Ski Review

What kind of ski is Armada JJ? Janne got a chance to review Armada JJ last season, and here is his take on this ski model.

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Birdos Freeride Skis from Andermatt

Overall ratingNo RatingsValue for moneyNo RatingsBeginnersNo RatingsExperiencedNo RatingsBackcountryNo RatingsSlopesNo RatingsThe 30-year-old Dan Loutrel runs Birdos, a small company in Andermatt producing skis of unmatched quality and appeal. Along with respected names such as Shane McConkey (RIP), Pete Turner and Stephan Drake, Birdos is among the chosen few that are suspected to have started the reverse [...]

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Twin Parabolic Ski – A Ski Model From The Future?

Twin Parabolic Ski! And we’re not talking twintip here. The designer of these things thinks that two is better than four and decided to double the number of skis underfoot. Who would’ve thought?

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Atomic Freeride Line-up 09/10 Ski Test: Atlas, Snoop Daddy, Patent, Coax

Janne’s review of 4 different freeride-orientated skis from Atomic.

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Atomic Bent Chetler 183 cm 09/10 Ski Review

Janne’s review of these fun rockered skis with a funky shape.

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Lacroix Ultime Diamond and Gold Skis

Lacroix is offering some serious bling bling – these skis come with gold inscription accomponied with four different kinds of crystal. Forget that house that you were saving for and check these out..

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Hardpack Ski Test: Some ARMADA, MOVEMENT and ELAN Skis

Janne reviews 6 pairs of Armada, Elan and Movement skis in icy conditions. Some of the fat skis did surprisingly well..

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A Couple Interesting 2009/2010 New Ski Models

Overall ratingNo RatingsValue for moneyNo RatingsBeginnersNo RatingsExperiencedNo RatingsBackcountryNo RatingsSlopesNo RatingsThe ski season 2008-2009 has barely started and the companies are already releasing info on the next season’s (09/10) models.
Here is a quick look on some new skis – some really interesting concepts, some pretty wild and weird designs too. All this information is found on [...]

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Skis Made of Stone – Granite Zai Skis by Simon Jacomet

Overall ratingNo RatingsValue for moneyNo RatingsBeginnersNo RatingsExperiencedNo RatingsBackcountryNo RatingsSlopesNo RatingsHave you ever thought that skis could be made of stone? No worries, we didn’t think of that either. Swiss designer Simon Jacomet has developed Zai granite skis which are the first ever to be made of stone. Zai makes well known high-spec skis, but only [...]

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Praxis Powder Boards Review

Juho reviews one of the first reverse-camber, reverse-sidecut skis to enter the market, the Praxis Powder Boards.



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