Black Diamond has teamed up with Mike Barney, an Avalanche Professional, to create a series of educational videos around the basics of snow safety. Mike’s a Black Diamond athlete, has been ski guiding for the last two decades and spends around nine months per year taking clients skiing in potentially Read more…
Well serviced skis are a thing of beauty to use. They slide, turn and grip much better and significantly enhance your time on snow. Unfortunately most skiers don’t get to experience this sensation very often. Hire skis tend not to be maintained as well as they should. Ski owners generally Read more…
The M-Line is Dynastar’s Mountain sport range of skis, for skiers looking to spend as much time as possible away from the groomed runs. It covers ski touring, ski mountaineering, freeride charging, a bit of all-mountain and backcountry freestyle. The M-Pro’s are the directional freeride weapons, while the M-Free models Read more…
Dynastar S-Line is the Speed range of skis for men, including Speed race, Speed piste and Speed 4X4 all-mountain models. Dynastar has changed the naming for many of their skis for the 21/22 season. They’ve incorporated their men’s 4X4 all-mountain range and the Speedzone piste skis into their Speed line-up, Read more…
The Völkl Deacon 74 is an incredible performance piste ski, but the Völkl Deacon 75 is a relatively new addition to the family. We wanted to see if this far cheaper brother could cut-it against its pricier sibling. Deacon 75 / 75 Black & Deacon 74 / 74 Black The Völkl Deacon Read more…
The Line Skis Blade and Blade W are superb, fun skis and a real break from the norm. Line has smashed the smile-ometer with the Blade women’s and men’s planks. Unique construction ideas and Line’s infectiously fun approach to skiing brings a smile to your face. The Blade and Blade W really Read more…
K2’s top of the range helmets are their Diversion MIPS for men and Virtue MIPS for women, which were both new for winter 2021. They share the same construction and multi-sport certification, but are available in different colours and size ranges. SkiKitInfo.com got to test the Diversion MIPS, to let Read more…
Elan, the often innovative Slovenian ski company, has launched a folding all-mountain ski, called the Elan Voyager. This isn’t the first folding ski Elan’s developed, but it’s the first model for mainstream skiing. We haven’t tested this ski yet, but we have tested the previous version of this design from Read more…
SkiKitInfo.com brings you a complete guide to the full Decathlon Wed’ze RT and MT ski touring packages. Wed’ze is the winter sports division of the French powerhouse, Decathlon. They sell a vast range of kit, from many brands, but also design and develop their own-brand products. We were fortunate to Read more…
SkiKitInfo.com brings you a full review of K2’s touring skis for men and women. We’re not paid by the brands to feature their kit and don’t receive any commission or income from them for reviewing their products. They don’t have any say in what we write or report about their Read more…
SkiKitInfo.com has the world’s most comprehensive guide to Atomic Backland touring skis, for everything from ski-mo racing to epic powder days. We look at design, construction, strengths, weaknesses, boot and binding compatibility and who each model will work best for and more. We’re not paid by the brands to feature Read more…
SkiKitInfo.com has the full run-through of the Faction Agent ski touring range. We’re not paid by the brands to feature their kit and don’t receive any commission or income from them for reviewing their products. They don’t have any say in what we write or report about their kit. We Read more…
SkiKitInfo.com has all you need to know about Völkl’s new range of Blaze freeride skis. At SkiKitInfo.com, we’re not paid by the brands to feature their kit and don’t receive any commission or income from them for reviewing their products. They don’t have any say in what we write or Read more…
SkiKitInfo.com’s got all you need to know about Rossignol’s new breed of freeride skis, called Blackops, to replace their incredibly successful S-7 series. We’re not paid by the brands to feature their kit and don’t receive any commission or income from them for reviewing their products. They don’t have any Read more…
Salomon introduced men’s S/Force skis last season, and now they’ve got a women’s S/Force range too; Salomon S/Force Fever and S/Force W. SkiKitInfo.com has the full range run-through, to help you choose. We’re not paid by the brands to feature their kit and don’t receive any commission or income from Read more…
Salomon’s been working on a new freeride touring boot for the everyday skier. SkiKitInfo has all you need to know about these new kicks. We’re not paid by the brands to feature their kit and don’t receive any commission or income from them for reviewing their products. They don’t have Read more…
Salomon has a brand new range of all-mountain and freeride skis, called Stance. The Stance range is quite different to other all-mountain and freeride skis from Salomon and SkiKitInfo’s here with all you need to know about these new toys. We’re not paid by the brands to feature their kit 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…
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…