chris on June 17th, 2008

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. Stunning performance, smoothness, control, power and stability. In the 193 length this is a serious pair of World Cup skis and not for anyone who isn’t racing on a full-time basis. The shorter lengths are very different skis, the 188’s are still extremely powerful and super-solid underfoot, and [...]

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chris on June 12th, 2008

As ever Dynastar excel in manufacturing slalom skis - although not seen as much on the World’s podiums as when J-P Vidal raced for them and won Olympic gold only a few years ago the design, construction and finish of the Dynastar Speed Course always manage to put fire in your limbs and a [...]

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chris on May 28th, 2008

What better way to talk about Head skis for this coming year than this awesome photo of Maier in action, in training and having the good fortune to be in Portillo, Chile.
There is a definite Renaissance at the Austrian manufacturer. They have, through the quality of the their products, and most certainly their [...]

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chris on May 25th, 2008

So rare in the winter of 2007/08 that even by April we still hadn’t managed to test a pair.A hybrid of Atomic and Salomon World Cup technologies the new LAB SL WC should be awesome, will let you know when they turn up this summer………hopefully!
The manufacturer says this about the Salomon SL Lab WC [...]

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chris on May 21st, 2008

Dynastar announced today that French slalom skier Julien Lizeroux, ranked sixth in the world, will be heading back to the Mont Blanc based French manufacturer.
World Cup skier and general “good guy” Julien Lizeroux began his professional skiing career with Dynastar, progressing through the ranks up to the World Cup level where he has had success [...]

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chris on May 18th, 2008

The “Junior” SG ski in a measly 195 or so. With all the latest specs for FIS and junior international races - if speed is your thing then you know what you need - or want.
Only available to order, they come un-prepared but its to be hoped you’ve been in the gym preparing [...]

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chris on May 18th, 2008

Big, monstrous, fast, super-fast, Michael Schumacher, Hermann Maier, Bode Miller fast. This is an extremely rare, expensive and quick pair of boards. In fact there are probably more Bugatti Veyrons about in London than pairs of these skis - but then you don’t break your knees in a Veyron if you don’t [...]

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chris on May 5th, 2008

In an astonishing turn around it looks like French ski manufacturer Salomon’s “Golden Girl” racer Anja Paerson has left. After a below-par season for Anja it looks like a move to the home of Miller, Maier and Schönfelder could be on the cards, the Austrian manufacturer Head.
No official news has been announced as to [...]

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chris on May 5th, 2008

Exuberant character, pop singer and one of the Worlds top racers Rainer Schönfelder has moved to Head skis on a “multi-year contract”. Rainer Schönfelder has so far won five World Cup races and two medals at the Olympics in Torino 2006 as well as the silver medal in the World Cup slalom of Bormio [...]

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chris on March 18th, 2008

HEAD “dynasty” reigns over the World CupNow, at the end of the season, with five out of the possible twelve Crystal Globes going to HEAD racers, the next chapter in the great book of HEAD has been written, and it is yet another unparalled story. With 13 World Cup victories, over 40 podium places [...]

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