Day 3 of the Utah trip we headed over to Solitude in Big Cottonwood Canyon to meet up with Hans Smith and Matt Rihm from Armada. Hans is one of the Co-Founders and CEO of Armada, and Rihm is the Director of Product & Innovation. You couldn't ask for two better people to spend the...
Read MoreDay 2 of our Utah trip was spent testing gear at Deer Valley with the team from Rossignol, Dynastar, Lange and Look. It hadn't snowed in weeks, but the sun was shining and the groomers were firing.George on the Dynastar M-Pro 99Rossignol Experience...
Read MoreMan did it feel good to get back out West!! We had a season hiatus on our annual trip to Utah for obvious reasons, but we weren't going to miss it this year. In a typical year we spend a week in Utah for meetings and testing gear with the brands based there. This year we opted for a super early...
Read MoreTesting the new 21/22 goods with Atomic. We had a small role in the procuct development of this new category of skis, so we'll be getting out on them quite a bit this season. We skied the prototypes in Utah last Winter (Pre-Covid) with some of the team from Atomic, and it’s really nice to...
Read MoreWaterville Valley was the only major demo we attended this season for a number of reasons, but mostly because we had lined up private testing days with as many of the brands as we could. It was a good opportunity to get a lot of the staff on a lot of different products though, so we took...
Read MoreEven though we have a brand test day setup with Atomic soon, they sent us a handful of the new Maverick and Maven skis to test for the rest of the season and couldn't pass up a powder day at Stowe. These skis replace the aging Vantage series, and we were lucky enough to be part of the...
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