’Tis the season for ski shopping, so your friendly Canadian ski media source is back with the results from our sixth annual ski test, which once again took place at Red Mountain Resort in Rossland, British Columbia. If you’ve clicked on this page in the past, then you know the drill. In an effort to make our test as authentic, impartial and legitimate as possible, we assembled a team of everyday skiers who work everyday jobs (along with a handful of Red’s employees, because who better to test skis than people who go skiing on a daily basis?) and gave them roughly six whole weeks—from the middle of February until early April—to put 36 pairs of skis from 12 of our brand partners through the ringer in as many types of terrain and snow conditions as possible. Then, once the ski season came to its begrudgingly annual end, we asked our testers which skis they liked best, and had them provide reviews on them in both written and video form, which you can watch and read by clicking on the thumbnails below. Here’s hoping you find them helpful, informative, and above all else relatable if you’re in the market for a new pair of memory making sticks.

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Get To Know The Story Behind Our Third Cover

Get To Know The Story Behind Our Third Cover

Issue Three coverboy Joffrey Pollet-Villard. Photo: Maxime Ramoul They say three times is a charm, so we’re pleased to present the cover of our third issue, which features halfpipe highest...

Get To Know The Story Behind Our Third Cover

Issue Three coverboy Joffrey Pollet-Villard. Photo: Maxime Ramoul They say three times is a charm, so we’re pleased to present the cover of our third issue, which features halfpipe highest...

Infliks Talks "The Unseen"

Infliks Talks "The Unseen"

If you've enjoyed previous Inflik projects like Doorstep Project, you'll notice a fresh new flavour with the company's latest offering, The Unseen. A big part of that new flavour is...

Infliks Talks "The Unseen"

If you've enjoyed previous Inflik projects like Doorstep Project, you'll notice a fresh new flavour with the company's latest offering, The Unseen. A big part of that new flavour is...

Get to Know Switchback Entertainment's "Snowman"

Get to Know Switchback Entertainment's &qu...

Editors' Note: This piece has been republished in anticipation of the Snowman premiere in Toronto on Wednesday December 2, 2015. For tickets, visit Eventbrite.  Following three tedious years of toiling and tinkering,...

Get to Know Switchback Entertainment's &qu...

Editors' Note: This piece has been republished in anticipation of the Snowman premiere in Toronto on Wednesday December 2, 2015. For tickets, visit Eventbrite.  Following three tedious years of toiling and tinkering,...

Get Kitted out by Scott and Dane Tudor

Get Kitted out by Scott and Dane Tudor

Win our contest and you too could become this strapping and handsome. Photo: Will Wissman Dane Tudor does it all. As one of the most versatile skiers in the world,...

Get Kitted out by Scott and Dane Tudor

Win our contest and you too could become this strapping and handsome. Photo: Will Wissman Dane Tudor does it all. As one of the most versatile skiers in the world,...

Here's What We Almost Put on Our First Cover

Here's What We Almost Put on Our First Cover

Picking a cover photo is hard. Sometimes everything in the shot is right: the lighting, the terrain, the trick and the composition, except the skier has a plumber crack overseen...

Here's What We Almost Put on Our First Cover

Picking a cover photo is hard. Sometimes everything in the shot is right: the lighting, the terrain, the trick and the composition, except the skier has a plumber crack overseen...

Top 10 Things That Make Freshtival Great

Top 10 Things That Make Freshtival Great

Freshtival, Canada’s longest-running freeski film festival, threw down in Cow Town, Alberta (aka Calgary) for its 12th triumphant time last weekend. WELCOME TO FRESHTIVAL. Over the course of three days,...

Top 10 Things That Make Freshtival Great

Freshtival, Canada’s longest-running freeski film festival, threw down in Cow Town, Alberta (aka Calgary) for its 12th triumphant time last weekend. WELCOME TO FRESHTIVAL. Over the course of three days,...

Cody Townsend Talks "Conquering the Useless"

Cody Townsend Talks "Conquering the Useles...

Because Conquering the Useless is showing tonight at the Revelstoke Performing Arts Centre, we figured it was high time to share with you some of the thoughts that Cody Townsend...

Cody Townsend Talks "Conquering the Useles...

Because Conquering the Useless is showing tonight at the Revelstoke Performing Arts Centre, we figured it was high time to share with you some of the thoughts that Cody Townsend...

Vincent Gagnier Talks His Favourite Ski Movies and Segments of All Time

Vincent Gagnier Talks His Favourite Ski Movies ...

Words: Travis Persaud It’s movie season, which means that everyone is talking about the new hotness—like Jesus. H. Christ, did that guy in the Legs of Steel trailer do a...

Vincent Gagnier Talks His Favourite Ski Movies ...

Words: Travis Persaud It’s movie season, which means that everyone is talking about the new hotness—like Jesus. H. Christ, did that guy in the Legs of Steel trailer do a...

Everybody Gets a Shoutout—iF3 Montreal Edition

Everybody Gets a Shoutout—iF3 Montreal Edition

Words: Travis Persaud | Photos courtesy of iF3 iF3 Montreal took the stage this weekend, which means that the first issue of Forecast is now out in the world and...

Everybody Gets a Shoutout—iF3 Montreal Edition

Words: Travis Persaud | Photos courtesy of iF3 iF3 Montreal took the stage this weekend, which means that the first issue of Forecast is now out in the world and...

Here's the Story behind Our Inaugural Cover

Here's the Story behind Our Inaugural Cover

With the inaugural issue of Forecast primed and ready to makes its debut today at the International Freeski Film Festival (iF3) in Montreal, Quebec, followed shortly thereafter in ski shops...

Here's the Story behind Our Inaugural Cover

With the inaugural issue of Forecast primed and ready to makes its debut today at the International Freeski Film Festival (iF3) in Montreal, Quebec, followed shortly thereafter in ski shops...

Jekyll & Hyde

Jekyll & Hyde

When it comes to dealing with endemic ski media, it’s a well-known fact that most pro skiers aren’t as savvy as the A-list celebrities who spend their days dodging paparazzi...

Jekyll & Hyde

When it comes to dealing with endemic ski media, it’s a well-known fact that most pro skiers aren’t as savvy as the A-list celebrities who spend their days dodging paparazzi...

Welcome to Our Internet

Welcome to Our Internet

We officially joined the Internet this morning, which is a big deal. After about a month of tinkering around on the backend of this site while dicking around on our social...

Welcome to Our Internet

We officially joined the Internet this morning, which is a big deal. After about a month of tinkering around on the backend of this site while dicking around on our social...