SOUTH LAKE TAHOE — The carved turn, it’s one of a skiing’s most graceful maneuvers — getting up high enough on edges to show the mountain below the brand logos on the bottom of the skis. Look at a ...

We test a lot of skis at SKI Test each year, but the carving category is usually the one that excites our testers the most. And for good reason--skinny skis are some of the most thrilling in the bunch ...

One of the skills that separates an average skier from an expert is properly incorporating the skis’ edges in a turn. One look at an intermediate run, and you’re unlikely to see anyone carving down ...

Jenny Wiegand is Outside’s associate gear director, a job that mandates she test and write about the latest and greatest in gear for a living. It’s a tough job, but someone has to do it. While she’s a ...

Groomer skis, frontside skis--call them what you will, it doesn't change what they do, which is rail on corduroy. Boasting waist widths in the 80mm-90mm range, these skis are first and foremost ...

When you watch a ski movie, the stars carve buttery turns down an Alaskan precipice, whip through moguls without a pause, and jump cliffbands in a powdery poof, schussing away without a second thought ...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE — The ski carve turn, it’s one of a skiing’s most graceful maneuvers — getting up high enough on edges to show the mountain below the brand logos on the bottom of the skis. Look at a ...