’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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WIN A JACKET FROM UNDER ARMOUR!
Looking to keep yourself bone dry and toasty warm for the remainder of the winter? Good, because for one of our final contests of the season, we’ve teamed up with...
WIN A JACKET FROM UNDER ARMOUR!
Looking to keep yourself bone dry and toasty warm for the remainder of the winter? Good, because for one of our final contests of the season, we’ve teamed up with...
PISTE OFF - KEEFER LAKE LODGE
I squint my eyes as my Toyota Tacoma’s headlights make an effort to illuminate the road in this early December blizzard. Breaking trail in the evening darkness, on what should...
PISTE OFF - KEEFER LAKE LODGE
I squint my eyes as my Toyota Tacoma’s headlights make an effort to illuminate the road in this early December blizzard. Breaking trail in the evening darkness, on what should...
THE EAGLE HAS RE-LANDED
In February of 1988, one man changed the rules of winning and losing in a way that had not been seen since King Pyrrhus’s victory over the Roman Republic in...
THE EAGLE HAS RE-LANDED
In February of 1988, one man changed the rules of winning and losing in a way that had not been seen since King Pyrrhus’s victory over the Roman Republic in...
OLYMPIC FREESKIING PREVIEW
On February 9th, 2018, the 23rd Winter Olympics will begin in Pyeongchang, South Korea. While the biggest sporting spectacle on the planet can have a tendency to be polarizing, particularly...
OLYMPIC FREESKIING PREVIEW
On February 9th, 2018, the 23rd Winter Olympics will begin in Pyeongchang, South Korea. While the biggest sporting spectacle on the planet can have a tendency to be polarizing, particularly...
WHY LIFT LINES ARE AWESOME
If there’s one thing that’s frustrating about skiing, aside from ski boots that don’t fit and bone-chilling weather, it’s lift lines. We all get it. Shelling out a substantial pile...
WHY LIFT LINES ARE AWESOME
If there’s one thing that’s frustrating about skiing, aside from ski boots that don’t fit and bone-chilling weather, it’s lift lines. We all get it. Shelling out a substantial pile...
INQUIRY - KYLIE SIVELL
There is a group of people out there whom Shane McConkey once called “the best skiers in the world,” but its members aren’t the movie stars we worship, or the...
INQUIRY - KYLIE SIVELL
There is a group of people out there whom Shane McConkey once called “the best skiers in the world,” but its members aren’t the movie stars we worship, or the...
OUTDOOR RETAILER + SNOW SHOW RECAP
The recently rechristened Outdoor Retailer + Snow Show (formerly known as the SIA Snow Show, prior to their monumental merger with the Utah-based Outdoor Retailer) took place this past weekend...
OUTDOOR RETAILER + SNOW SHOW RECAP
The recently rechristened Outdoor Retailer + Snow Show (formerly known as the SIA Snow Show, prior to their monumental merger with the Utah-based Outdoor Retailer) took place this past weekend...
ISSUE 3.4 PREVIEW
They said that all good things must come to an end, so it’s time to unveil the fourth and final issue of the third volume of Forecast.The cover features Chad...
ISSUE 3.4 PREVIEW
They said that all good things must come to an end, so it’s time to unveil the fourth and final issue of the third volume of Forecast.The cover features Chad...
WIN GEAR FROM SMITH OPTICS & BOBBY BROWN
Bobby Brown has done it all. Over the course of the past nine years, he’s won four X Games gold medals, delivered mind-blowing backcountry performances, starred in timeless film segments,...
WIN GEAR FROM SMITH OPTICS & BOBBY BROWN
Bobby Brown has done it all. Over the course of the past nine years, he’s won four X Games gold medals, delivered mind-blowing backcountry performances, starred in timeless film segments,...
BEHIND THE SCENES OF MAGNETIC
One of the main ingredients of any sure-fire ski and snowboard movie is travel. Due to the ever-present danger of climate change, Mother Nature has a tendency to be an...
BEHIND THE SCENES OF MAGNETIC
One of the main ingredients of any sure-fire ski and snowboard movie is travel. Due to the ever-present danger of climate change, Mother Nature has a tendency to be an...
INQUIRY - CHRISTINA LUSTENBERGER
If you’re looking for concrete evidence that ex-racers make the best big mountain skiers, then consider Christina Lustenberger as Exhibit A. Raised in Invermere, B.C., and now residing in Revelstoke,...
INQUIRY - CHRISTINA LUSTENBERGER
If you’re looking for concrete evidence that ex-racers make the best big mountain skiers, then consider Christina Lustenberger as Exhibit A. Raised in Invermere, B.C., and now residing in Revelstoke,...
ISSUE 3.3 PREVIEW
Now that winter has arrived, it’s time for a preview of the third issue of Volume 3 of Canada’s purest ski magazine, Forecast. The cover features Émile Bergeron (in his first...
ISSUE 3.3 PREVIEW
Now that winter has arrived, it’s time for a preview of the third issue of Volume 3 of Canada’s purest ski magazine, Forecast. The cover features Émile Bergeron (in his first...