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The recently launched Enforcer 104 Free is a mere four millimeters wider than Nordica’s revered Enforcer 100-a small design change that would be tough to feel on snow. Turn Radius: 18.5 meters (179-centimeter length)īest For: Hunting leftover powder after a storm Nordica Enforcer 104 Free ($850) (Courtesy Nordica) In-bounds, all-mountain powder skis are just as fun, and you can carve elongated turns on firmer snow 30 percent of the time, too. Yes, brands sell fatter skis, but those behemoths are better off in the bottomless backcountry snow you find on heli-ski and snowcat trips. That amount of girth allows a ski to float in the type of real-world conditions we find at ski resorts, where new snow falls on top of a solid base. If you’re not sure, or if your interest falls in numerous categories, we suggest reading through each review.Īll-mountain powder skis typically feature waist widths between 100 and 110 millimeters underfoot. If you know the category of ski you’re looking for, click directly to it in the menu below to get the lowdown. Naturally, since these are all-mountain skis, they all do both well, but all skis have their own feel. Use these to get a quick sense of whether a ski favors directional charging or a loose and slashy style. Our reviews include ratings of stability and surfability on a scale of one to ten (the highest possible score).
We’ll also help you learn some basic ski terms, dive deep into how materials affect performance, and, ultimately, give you a better understanding of what categories of skis and ski constructions you favor. Starting your shopping with that type of working knowledge is better than falling for marketing. Here we’re focusing on all-mountain skis.
But the long-form reviews-what you’re reading now-reflect the best offerings on the market, whether they’re new or old. Our short-form print reviews are intended to make your buying decision easier, by giving you the highlights of the best new and updated skis each year. Back at the home office, we pour a mountain of data into spreadsheets and tabulate winners and losers. This happens up to 18 times a day, over three days, resulting in something like 100,000 vertical feet of cumulative shredding. On the lift, testers fill out scorecards, ranking the planks on up to six criteria, like stability, carving, floatation, and surfability-the ability to slash turns and dump speed.
This year we had eight men and eight women testers (women try out both gender-specific and unisex models). Testers grab skis from racks, burn a lap on varied terrain appropriate for the category, swap skis, and repeat. Between all the different categories of skis- all-mountain, all-mountain powder, all-mountain frontside, etc.-and multiple lengths of each model, reps have to get hundreds of pairs sharpened and waxed each night and then haul them to our slope-side test corral. Most recently, that testing has gone down at Colorado’s Steamboat Resort. Our ski test begins with about 25 manufacturers bringing their demo fleets to a set location. The following selections, though, are among our favorites. Most of those skis don’t earn the right of inclusion. Every year we take upward of 250 new or updated models through their paces. For the last ten winters, Outside has teamed up with Mountain magazine for its ski testing.
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