Men's Men's advanced ski reviews 2011

Our reviewers really loved this ski. While its roots are based in Ski Cross and the slalom, the Contact Cross is an exceptionally versatile and well-balanced ski. It matches our "Advanced" criteria perfectly. Always enjoyable, it's suitable for a wide range of skiers from intermediary to expert, looking for an excellent "pleasure-generating" alpine ski that is effective, comfortable and easy to... Read on

With its focus on accessibility and comfort, the well-balanced Rossignol Zenith Z76 Ti is particularly well-suited to the "Advanced" category. We would recommend this excellent ski to all intermediary to experienced skiers who are looking for an "easy" tool that offers reasonable performance for polyvalent performance on the slopes.

Like many Atomic products, the VF72 was designed for performance. It's a good ski, but too demanding and not accessible enough for the "Advanced" category. Good and very good skiers with larger-than-average build who are looking for an effective tool that will carve turns out of the snow will like it though, particularly on hard snow.

The Dynamic VR27 LT is a good ski for intermediary skiers who enjoy long turns without needing to use too much pressure.

Despite Fischer's great brand image, with products that regularly get excellent ratings in Winter-Sports.com ski tests, this year we felt there were notable shortcomings in the two Watea skis tested in the "Versatile Freeride" and the "Freeride midfat" categories, and in the Progressor 9, tested for the "Advanced" category. We found it difficult to 'understand' the skis we... Read on