By Tony Crespi For many skiers, new skis lining the racks of our area mountain shops bring a distinct appeal. And, with the pandemic impacting skiing dramatically last winter, many of us deferred on new skis and boots. Still, new, […]
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The family that skis together
By Brett Yates During the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Neil Gorsuch, the federal appellate judge from Colorado, Republicans strove to give Donald Trump’s nominee opportunity to present himself as a friendly, well-rounded human being—as opposed to the Constitutional pedant […]
UVM team working on technique to help skiers find ultimate skis
Undergraduate engineering students at the University of Vermont have teamed up with a professor to find a technique that could help performance skiers select the ultimate pair of skis. It all started last fall, when UVM senior Elli Terwiel was […]
To demo or not to demo, it’s not really a question
By Karen D. Lorentz There’s been a huge sea change in skis since I learned on my dad’s 1930 hickories with the bear trap bindings on a golf course in the 1950s. From my first wood Vostra skis with edges […]
Binding control
I think I am at 93 days of skiing now for the season; 88 lift service, five uphill. All in all, with a season as occasionally dismal as this one, I have to say, once again, that the skiing has […]
The joys of responsive skis, two excellent choices in my quiver
After a few years on some frustratingly unresponsive BD Warrants (it wasn’t BD’s fault, they were just the wrong skis, I bought them without trying them), last year I bought a set of the previous years Head Motorhead Rock n’ […]
The Mountain Journal: The 2016 ski collection
Inside the latest technology shaping new skis By Tony Crespi Each season the ski industry unveils new ski collections boasting innovative refinements and technological advancements. This season, as example, manufacturers have realized that while many new technologies are extremely light, […]