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The Verbier born Faction freeski brand don’t just make skis, which you can check out in the Faction kit review, they also produce some killer ski movies. This is Home, was a big success with a 300-stop film tour across 32 countries and receiving over a million views online. For Read more…
Bollé has been around a long time; over 130 years. They know a thing or two about eyewear, and make some awesome sunglasses and eyewear for skiing. Bollé has a superb lens called Phantom, which is their photochromic (light adaptive) lens and used in many of their goggles. They also Read more…
Faction is growing rapidly and in 2018 sold 30,000 pairs of skis into 35 countries. The skis are handmade in Europe and they test them in Verbier, Switzerland. They’ve got a lot of new and exciting stuff for this season, including another ace movie, clothing, new skis and a monoski. Read more…
For winter 19/20, German technophiles Völkl introduce a wider Mantra and Secret, Kendo/Kenja get upgrades, there’s a new Deacon all-mountain line-up, the Women’s Flair piste ski range expands and the Racetiger RC and SC models change. FREERIDE SKIS For 18-19 Völkl made a bold move and changed the legendary Mantra Read more…
Today (1st November 2019) Marker has released a video of a new freeride touring binding – the Marker Duke PT 16. These will be available for winter 20/21. This binding will compete directly with the Salomon / Atomic / Armada Shift binding. It’s a bit like taking the best of Read more…
Marker has a new touring binding for winter 19/20, to work well with the new Dalbello Lupo Air, as well as new kit for your head. BINDINGS Marker’s been one of the main players in pushing forward the development of freeride touring bindings in recent years, and they’ve a new Read more…
Dalbello has gone from strength to strength in recent seasons and the 19/20 range sees further improvements to their already excellent line-up. Grip Walk Almost all of Dalbello’s boots for 19/20 season come with Grip Walk soles on them or as an option – so you can swap out the Read more…
Ski Kit Info clarifies the confusing world of ski boot/binding standards, with information about downhill, AT, pin, WTR and Grip Walk boots and bindings. Ski boot and binding systems are designed provide a safe interface between skier and skis . You need to able to ski with power and control Read more…
Rossignol has exciting new piste skis for men and women for winter 19/20, to help you ‘find your flow’. Black Ops skis gives us a glimpse at the future of Rossignol’s freeride range. The Alltrack Pro freeride touring boots have also received development love and are great for those after Read more…
Head has a fair amount of change for the 19/20 season. The main theme coming out of the new kit feels to be LYT tech. They’ve already had this in the V range of skis but it’s a focus across various products for 19/20. Joy skis All of the women’s Read more…
Atomic has new gear for the performance piste skier as well as a new Savor range for beginner and intermediate skiers. The Vantage X all-mountain range will be replaced for winter 19/20. The Backland touring boot gets an overhaul. Atomic Backland ski touring boot Atomic is making significant changes to Read more…
K2 has a new freeride and all-mountain range of skis and boots for winter 19/20. There’s a new Anthem range for women, to replace the Luv skis and boots. Mindbender / Mindbender Alliance skis For winter 19/20, K2 has a new range of freeride skis, called Mindbender for men and Read more…
Scott Sports may not have a huge amount of new products for winter 19/20, but the new products are worthy of attention. Female skiers benefit as Scott has introduced a female model of the Slight 93 and Scrapper 105. The E1 electronic avalanche airbag range gets two new models, tripling Read more…
Armada welcomes back the VJJ freeride ski for winter 19/20, as part of the ARW range. The Zero series of innovation lab skis will be more widely available. The Shift free-tour binding gets the Armada treatment and goes black. There are some changes to ARV/ARW skis and new construction for Read more…
SKIS Salomon has made construction changes to some of the QST freeride skis for winter 19/20 along with introducing a new range of wide body piste skis called S/Force. New S/Pro boots build on the S/Max boot technology. S/Force wide body piste skis The new S/Force range of skis for Read more…
Arva will release a new avalanche transceiver for winter 19/20 – the Evo 5. This replaces the Evo 4, which was first released in 2015. The new Arva Evo 5 has a 50 metre search width, marking function, group check and U-turn indication. It also comes with interference management to Read more…
Action cameras are pretty common place in ski resorts, and more-often-than-not the camera you see is a GoPro. The latest version of the little black box of tricks is called the GoPro Hero 7 Black, retailing at £379.99. There’s a Silver and a White version too, which are cheaper but Read more…