Equipment
AGAINER, which claims to be the ‘Most Powerful Ski Exoskeleton’, providing up to two times more support than its closest rival, is now available for test and purchase in UK.
Since 2013 AGAINER has been boosting enjoyment for skiers worldwide by enabling and prolonging the time they can spend on the slopes even if they have any knee or back issues.
Situated at Suffolk Ski Centre in Bourne Hill, Ipswich (IP2 8NQ), Active Snowsports is a stockist of some of the world’s leading brands in hardware and accessories.
The store offers everything from custom boot fits, equipment servicing, clothing, plus all your essential snow accessories.
DO YOU sometimes find your ski or snowboard boots are still a bit damp inside when you put them on during your holiday?
Drysure claims to have come up with a solution which is also eco-friendly as the company’s Boot & Shoe Dryers do not use batteries or electricity. The manufacturer also claims that Drysure’s patented design give a drying performance that is 12x more effective than air drying and helps reduce bacterial and fungal growth which improves the odour.
by Frank Baldwin – editor of the Skier & Snowboarder magazine
DID you know that ski boots wear out? I certainly didn’t. I only discovered this when I visited The Ski Shop Captain’s Cabin Sevenoaks, my local ski store, to ask for some advice after my trusty Salomons started to rub away the skin on my ankles last season every time I went skiing.
by Rob Freeman
INNOVATIVE independent ski makers Faction claims to be the world’s fastest-growing ski brand, with 30,000 pairs being sold across 35 countries this year.
They are hand-made in Austria, and testing is carried out in Verbier – but it all started just 12 years ago when a self-confessed rag-tag bunch of Australian, Canadian, English and American ski bums set out to design tough, durable skis that would survive ‘without being serviced and could be thrown in the closet for the summer’ and, most of all, be fun to ski – in ski bum parlance, ‘would have a high stoke factor’.
WHEN it comes to ski boots, comfort and performance are equally paramount. Yet, a common gripe among skiers is that ski boots can be dreadfully uncomfortable.
Aching arches, blackened toenails, numb toes and ankle agony have historically hampered many skiers’ ability to enjoy their time on the slopes. As with any realm of life: Where there lies a problem, there lies a solution.
by Amy Borrett
MOST skiers and snowboarders have experienced this scene. You stop for something to eat, or at your favourite apres ski bar as you come off the slopes, you plant your skis or snowboard outside and when you come out again another couple of hundred people have also dumped their skis or snowboards and you spend ages trying to find yours.
Julia Bester models the Bollé Nevada Goggle – Phantom + technology with her Slide Award.
THE winners of the Slide Awards 2018 were announced at the recent Slide tradeshow at the International Centre in Telford.
Steve Fisher gets ready to toast the award for Patagonia’s Micro Puff Hoody.
The show is organised by the Snowsport Industries of Great Britain (SIGB) and exhibitors are invited to enter their ski and snowboard products into the categories of hardware, software and accessories.
Emma Kirk-Odunubi and Max Willcocks – employees at Profeet in London – have set new world records for the fastest 100m while wearing ski boots.
Guinness World Records recently confirmed that Max is the new fastest male over 100m, with his time of 14.09 seconds eclipsing the previous record of 17.65 by Andre Ortolf, set in Augsberg, Germany in 2014.
THIS may be the year of the real skier, with more go anywhere boots on the shelves; lighter designs which are as at home hiking up as making arcs on the way down. Skis have more sidecut and the focus has moved away from big skis with wide waists to genuine all mountain boards that work on and off the groomed.
DAHU ski boot technology is available to the UK public for this first time this winter. The inner boot can be worn independently from the shell so skiers simply unclip the boot and step out onto the snow. This, say the manufacturers, means no more standing around in après ski bars in your boots and a more comfortable walk to and from the lifts. The 2015/16 collection includes the Joe & Jane (RRP £449) – boot and liner pictured here; Monsieur Ed (RRP £469); Miss A: Elegant for the advanced women’s skier (RRP £469); and the Numero 7 with a power strap and a hard flex which will suit professionals and experienced skiers (RRP £449)
IT IS difficult to make ski and snowboard socks sound sexy, but Wigwan has certainly done their best with the new range of Snow Fusion. Here is an extract from how the company describes the product. ‘A sock and liner in one, the innovative, new Snow Fusion range pairs vibrant and colourful designs with Wigwam’s patented 
Ultimax Fusion technology for increased performance and blister-free comfort on the mountain’. The socks retail at around £22.
DO YOU struggle to read a piste map or messages on your phone when you are wearing goggles? RxSport has come up with a solution. Their new AW15 goggles have special toughened lenses with a large distance area plus a small reading segment which can be set to your own prescription. RxSport also offers a complete range of goggles which are available with or without prescription lenses.
G-SHOCK and Burton Snowboards have united to create a custom timepiece. The limited edition Rangeman is designed to withstand the harshest environments both on and off-piste – as well as in the bar during après ski. It has G-SHOCK’s legendary Shock Resistance, 200M Water Resistance and is fully loaded with V3 Triple Sensor Technology allowing for altimeter, compass and barometer/thermometer readings, plus many other additional features. The G-SHOCK x Burton watch will retail for £430.