Hmmmm, tasty. Eyeing up the racers feast that is the new GS Loch ski from Fischer is not like being hungry and desiring some pie-filler. No the WC GS Loch (or “hole” in English) is to a ski racer what a three-starred Michelin restaurant is to the gastronaut. This is [...]
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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 [...]
Join Dissent Ski this summer. In July they are in the French Alps skiing in Tignes or if you have three weeks spare this September try the stunning Ushuaia for some fresh tracks and race coaching in one of Argentina’s top resorts.
For a heady mix of ski race and technical training at a [...]
World Cup construction, “barely legal sidecut.” The iSpeed in this form is quite a serious pair of boards, they are very much built for the athletic expert skier who is going to have the terrain available to let a near pure-GS ski tear its arcs.very stable and lovely and smooth to ride, you [...]
Another new ski from Salomon for 2008/09. Tested in Meribel early in the season the 2V surprised me with its willingness to whip down the fall-line and grip like a demented demon on the artificial snow that was pumping onto the already adequate natural.
So a lot more bite than the previous and somewhat [...]
Following weeks of rumour Anja Paerson has officially moved to the Austrian manufacturer Head. Paerson’s opening gambit of “My goal is to win the Overall World Cup again with my new equipment” is a confident rich barometer of her intentions over the next twelve months.She will join the seemingly endless stream of athletes moving [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Dissent Ski have two camps running this summer.
Tignes - Val d’Isere from the 5th to the 19th of July plus Ushuaia, Argentina from August 30th - September 27th.
Summer is a great time to work on technique, improve your gliding skills on smooth glacial terrain and hone your carving for clean, fast arcs. Summer develops the [...]
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“Hi-tech, quality and design” - Volkl Skis and Marker bindings are “aiming to excite winter sports enthusiasts around the world.” This coming season sees even more innovation from the highly respected German manufacturers and it is not surprising that “demonstrating new ideas and German engineering” is key to both brands.
Production quality tends to [...]