Gear

Which companies stand to gain the biggest marketing boost from these Winter Games?

Enter your best helmet cam footage on VholdR's website and you can win a free pair of Lib Tech's NAS skis and Orage outwear. Find out the contest details here.

It’s here to stay, and it’s not just for powder skis anymore. Manufacturers are offering new hybrids that’ll help anyone—anyone—ski better.

The skis cost about twice as much as a retail set. They incorporate your height, weight, and ability in the construction. They even listen to the music you want them to hear. But at Wagner Custom, what you also get is a commitment to quality.

Games? What Games? We're talking gear here, in particular the awesome ski equipment coming out of Vancouver.

It’s here to stay, and it’s not just for powder skis anymore. Manufacturers are offering new hybrids that’ll help anyone—anyone—ski better.

It’s here to stay, and it’s not just for powder skis anymore. Manufacturers are offering new hybrids that’ll help anyone—anyone—ski better.

Help us test next year’s ski equipment, March 2 - 6 at Snowbird, Utah. The all-inclusive package (lodging, tickets, meals, gift bag) is just $3000, limited to the first eight skiers to qualify.

The French skiercross team likes bright colors and shiny things. We asked their coach why they’ll be wearing pink and silver uniforms for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. By Olivia Dwyer

Skiing Magazine had a chance to ski a few of next year’s skis at the SIA On Snow Demo Days at Winter Park. Due to the huge amount of skis available and the little time we had, we limited ourselves to fat skis. We tested a handful of new, redesigned and carryover models between 95mm and 115mm underfoot. Although certain skis did better in certain conditions, there really wasn't a bad ski among them.

Canadian freeskier Roz Groenewoud, 20, placed third in X Games superpipe last weekend in Aspen. We asked for your help coming up with questions to ask her in an interview (the best question won a pair of Kombi's Roz G gloves). The winning question: Will Roz pose naked for a men's magazine? Find out her answer here.

What’s the hottest thing in gear for next year? That question was answered decisively at the 2010 SIA trade show in Denver last week, and it’s a one-word answer: rocker.

The annual Snowsports Industries trade show just wrapped up in Denver. You weren't there, of course, because the general public isn't invited. Our online columnist Tom Winter argues why you—the consumer—should be included in the party.

Using a VHoldR helmet camera, Squaw Valley athletes Tim Dutton, JT Holmes, and Jackie Paaso ski the steeps in Chamonix. Here's a point-of-view perspective.

Rocky Mountain Underground, a small, independent Colorado ski manufacturer, needs your help coming up with a ski topsheet design for one of their backcountry skis for next year. The winner gets their design on the ski—and a new pair of their signature skis to take home.

The annual Snowsports Industries America trade show, a gathering of the ski and snowboard industries’ athletes, retailers, media, and manufacturers, is taking place right now in Denver, Colorado. We've been walking the floors to check out all the best gear for winter 2010-11, including a jacket with doughnut graphics and ski socks covered with eggs and bacon.

The annual Snowsports Industries America trade show, a gathering of athletes, retailers, media, and manufacturers, is taking place right now in Denver, Colorado. We've been walking the floors to check out all the best gear for winter 2010-11, including a jacket with doughnut graphics and ski socks covered with eggs and bacon.

Rain, shine, or hurricane. Bomber running shoes for winter conditions.

Spyder makes the uniform for Errol Kerr, sole member of the Jamaican ski team and Olympic ski-cross hopeful. Here's a look at his apparel.

The essential items for skiing steep terrain, from a self-arresting tool to a helmet to a ski-tuning kit.

We covered the floors at last week's Outdoor Retailer show in Salt Lake City, Utah, to bring you some of the coolest new gear for next year—from goggles with a built-in speedometer to snowboard pants that look like jeans.

Bollé athlete Jen Hudak plays host to “Twin Tips,” a series of entertaining and educational videos designed to help you ski safer and stronger.

Stop shivering and start shredding

Advice from an MIT engineer who broke into the ski industry.

JT Holmes, a Tahoe-based big-mountain skier and BASE-jumper (recently featured on 60 Minutes), gets himself a new sponsor.

Bollé athlete Jen Hudak plays host to “Twin Tips,” a series of entertaining and educational videos designed to help you ski safer and stronger.

Are you a believer in the wisdom of the masses? We invited anyone who was willing to come be our ski testers for a weekend. And here’s what they told us.

Are you stoked on skiing? Of course you are. Now all you have to do is say why and you'll enter to win a three-day trip to Telluride, Colorado, for two (with the possibility of heli-skiing) and a pair of Wagner Custom skis made just for you.

In March, we'll be conducting our annual ski test, where we test and review hundreds of new pairs of skis in preparation for our annual Gear Guide. Here's a sneak peak at how last year's test went down.

Bollé athlete Jen Hudak plays host to “Twin Tips,” a series of entertaining and educational videos designed to help you ski safer and stronger.

What, like we know? No way. But we know whom to ask for gift ideas that your teen boy will love.

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It's Spyder Season

"Green" and white

Bollé athlete Jen Hudak plays host to “Twin Tips,” a series of entertaining and educational videos designed to help you ski safer and stronger.

Gear companies show off their skis; citizen testers get to work

Boots and ski equipment made in environmentally-friendly ways are easier to find than ever before. Like a new women's ski from Rossignol, the Attraxion Echo, which is made from as many sustainable, low-impact materials as possible. All that, and it's as smooth a ride as any you'll find.

Stuff you'll want to shred your local hill on a powder day.

According to Patagonia. We visited the Patagonia headquarters in southern California to talk about recycling clothing, how to get away from petroleum-based fabrics, and a killer washing machine that tests products.

A new iPhone app lets skiers use their phone's video capacity to determine what lifts, chairs, and lodges are nearby. Fancy that.

We review pants from Patagonia, Scott, Westcomb, and Oakley.

With their new avy beacon, the Tracker 2, the crew at Backcountry Access hopes to change the way skiers deal with slides.

It’s that time of year again—you need to get holiday gifts for Uncle Bob and your sister in New Hampshire. Don’t fret. We have ideas for all the skiers on your list, from your groomer-shredding dad to your jib-rat niece.

We called Eric Edelstein, the founder of exoticskis.com, at his new home in France to talk about the rise of boutique ski companies. He chatted about microbrews, mail-order bases and edges, and the garage-band style of ski manufacturing.

...While heli-skiing in Canada. CMH and K2 partner up to offer two seven-day trips to be part of designing the next generation of K2 skis. Where do we sign up?

Fat skis have redefined the way we ski powder. Once rare, now they’re mainstream—and only getting fatter.

Sadly, the contest is over now. But check back for future giveaways. Here's a list of who won this time around.

Bolle athlete Jen Hudak plays host to “Twin Tips,” a series of entertaining and educational videos designed to help you ski safer and stronger.

BetterThanAir - the leader in Supplemental Oxygen Products for Skiing and other high altitude activities

the leader in Polarized + Photochromic lens technology, introduces the SPPX Eclipse™ model for 2010

Ski photographer Lee Cohen created Altaholics Anonymous in 1983, when Utah's Alta ski resort received 244 inches of snow in one month. He launched a website to sell his goods a few years ago, and he's recently added a few more products. Interview by Caroline Gleich.

For the 2009/10 ski season, Volkl introduces an entirely new concept, called Bio-Logic, that delivers a huge leap in performance PLUS the potential to reduce injury.

An afternoon of stories, wisdom, and one large palm tree. Jake Davis spends some time with Klaus Obermeyer, who turns 90 in December.

Check out the newest Hestra freeride glove designed by a pro

Jacket-of-All-Trades

Jackson Hole custom-ski-maker Igneous produces one-off powder boards made to withstand any kind of beating. If you can find the warehouse in Jackson (through an unmarked door in an industrial-looking building), they'll make you whatever you want.

Black Diamond Fist Strike junior trekking pole (MSRP: $46)

CMH provides the helicopters, K2 provides the prototypes, guests provide the feedback for final ski designs.

CMH provides the helicopters, K2 provides the prototypes, guests provide the feedback for final ski designs.

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Gear giant Backcountry.com launches Stoic brand apparel

Spyder's new Slippery speed suit promises to shave seconds. Will the FIS ban it from competition?

Partnership with Nashville guitar maker helps two worthy charities.

An army of opinionated web surfers help develop a new clothing line.

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