Well I've been working on something since last fall and it's look likes it's going to go through.
We've all been frustrated with the way mags have done ski testing. Not all people are ex olympians or level IV ski instructors. So I got the first approvel to do it here. All most all of the ski company's as well. I'm working on doing a test at Whistler now to coinside with Tremblants, to handle the bigger mtn skis. All this information will only be available online at my website and the mtn's envolved.
I will have ski testers of all ages, shape, sex, and level of ability. How many times has a 40 yr old male that is 6' and weighs 200lbs been able to look at a mag ski test review and find a ski that fits him, or a 5'4" 30 yr old woman. My way they will.
I will be contacting a few of the right coast maggots soon to see if they want to do it.
Here is the format:
Each skier will do 2 runs for each ski, while wearing a helmet cam. This will give the viewer a same time view of how each skier is, well skiing the ski based on ability and what body/sex/age catagory they fit into. Then at the end of those two runs each skier will give a 1minute live video review of the ski they were just on. This way they can give live-time feed back opinion of what the ski they were just testing. There will be 2 ski shops here that will have access to this form of testing online for their customers to checkout before buying. I feel this will greatly help with sales. The online menu will be a section for each ski where you can pull information from the type of skier you fit into, and see what that person thought of the ski.
So that is the plan. From the survey I did a month ago I got a 100% positive feedback from the 80 people I questioned. I will be calling a few maggots to help out if interested. The plan is for each testor to leave with the ski of their choice and with other swag I can comg up with.
Skis that will be on the test.
All mtn midfat 72-85mm waist
All Mtn Twintip (parc testing as well)
Big mtn twintip(Whistler Hopefully)
Big Mtn Fat (Whistler hopefully)
All mtn Carve
All mtn female specific (sadly only carve and midfat)
Splat and ONS. If PMGear and TetonGravity is interested in being part of this let me know. Later![]()
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