FACTION 19/20 UPDATE

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…

Volkl Secret 102 women's freeride skis

VÖLKL 19/20 UPDATE

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…

Marker Kingpin M-Werks ski touring binding

MARKER 19/20 UPDATE

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…

Al holding Rossignol Black Ops 98 ski and All Track Pro 130 boot

ROSSIGNOL 19/20 UPDATE

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…

ATOMIC 19/20 UPDATE

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 Mindbender 130 ski boot

K2 19/20 UPDATE

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 Scrapper W 105 skis

SCOTT 19/20 UPDATE

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…

Front half of Armada Trace 98 ski

ARMADA 19/20 UPDATE

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…

Salomon QST 99 front secion

SALOMON 19/20 UPDATE

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 Evo 5

ARVA 19/20 UPDATE

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…

GoPro Hero 7 Black

GOPRO HERO 7 BLACK

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…