Article: The Golden Age Of Gear? What used to be good is increasingly great, from easy-turning beginner boards to race-ready rockets.(Fall Line: News And Notes Straight From The Slopes/What Now)

Byline: Paul Hochman Joe Cutts

Ski manufacturers, with few exceptions, serve up the most impenetrable names in the sporting goods universe. What does "RX9 Railflex2" say to you? Does mere mention of the "i.XRC 1100 SW" give you goose bumps? As it happens, the new Fischer RX9 Railflex2 is one of the most thrilling long-turn carving skis ever made, and Head's iXRC 1100 SW is among the best boards to hit the snow in years. But their names look like faulty computer code and fail to convey the magic of today's gear. Skis, you see, have never been better.

SKI Magazine gear testers haven't ever seen a time--and that means you haven't either--when intermediate, ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!