 At Alice Brigham we take ski testing really seriously and this involves two different ski tests. The first one is done early in the season. Everything's put through its paces and compared we make the decisions what we're going to stock. Later on in the season we bring staff out to Austria. Here the staff test all the skis that we've decided to go in the range. This means we can make sure we've made all the correct decisions but it also means that when you come into any of our stores the staff there can give you personal advice. They know exactly how the ski skis because they've been on them. Hi my name's Kevin I'm from Elan UK. I'm here to tell you about this Elan Ripstick 94. This is the ladies version of the Ripstick range. We have three in the range and this is the middle width at 94mm underfoot. The Ripstick skis are our free ride range and the USP of them is the amphibio profile. This gives you a specific left and right ski and what it's all about is the profile of the edge. The inside edge of this ski has a full length camber. The outside edges have rocker at the tip and at the tail and what that gives you is great edge grip but really easy turn initiation and a really easy flow ski. Also in the tip and tail they have the vapor tip inserts which lightens the shovel and the tail of the ski gives you really low swing weight but it really improves the flow of the ski to have a really big tip off piece. The construction of the Ripstick is a full width wood core with two carbon rods that run the full length of the ski. It gives you a really lively ski but a really light ski and everyone seems to think that there's metal in these skis when they first try them but there isn't. This is a full wood core and carbon ski. They have a notch in the tail because they're light enough to tour with so with the hybrid binding on here you get yourself a really nice lightweight free touring setup. As I said at the beginning these are from our women's range of Ripsticks. We have a dedicated team of female athletes working on our women's collection and to steal the strap line that they gave for this particular ski they are pink but they are mighty. Give them a try. Hi I'm Kat and from the Castlebird Store as a ski tech. This morning I was riding on the Lama Ripstick 94. I thought it was a really fun ski. Everything about it was just so smooth and easy. It doesn't matter if you're a beginner skier or an intermediate skier it's really easy to control and great fun to have even if it's soft snow or on the beach it's really fun. So I found when skiing this morning there's a bit of fresh snow outside moving over into that snow is a really nice transition. You didn't feel any bumps or anything it was just really smooth and easy and nice. Overall I think this ski is really great for anyone that just wants to have fun on the mountains doesn't matter if you're on the beach or in the soft just want something easy to ski that doesn't take much effort of energy.