No matter how big a company is today, it started as a micro: a small group of people who share the same passion for ski making. Today more people than ever are picking up tools, building ski presses in garages, and popping out skis. Most impressive is how many of these companies are putting out quality skis. Here are our favorite indie brand skis of the year, our Editor’s Picks, made by people fueled by the gas fumes in their garage.
1. Folsom Rapture
Rockered tips and tails and camber underfoot ensure all bases are covered, whether you’re charging pow or shredding hardpack. Read our full review here.
Overall Score: 17.66
Rockered tips and tails and camber underfoot ensure all bases are covered, whether you’re charging pow or shredding hardpack. Read our full review here.
T-2. Folsom Completo
With rockered tips and tails and low camber underfoot, this ski excels all over the mountain. Read our full review here.
Overall Score: 17.5
With rockered tips and tails and low camber underfoot, this ski excels all over the mountain. Read our full review here.
T-2. ON3P Wrenegade
Additional adjustments were made to the 2012/13 Wrenegade model, and the results are in: The Wrenegade is better than ever. Read our full review here.
Overall Score: 17.5
Additional adjustments were made to the 2012/13 Wrenegade model, and the results are in: The Wrenegade is better than ever. Read our full review here.
4. Klint Prime
The Prime is an all-mountain world beater with a terrain park slant. Read our full review here.
Overall Score: 17.25
The Prime is an all-mountain world beater with a terrain park slant. Read our full review here.
T-5. RMU Professor
If tearing up the frontside with the ability to jump in the park is your thing, then RMU has the ski for you. Read our full review here.
Overall Score: 17.2
If tearing up the frontside with the ability to jump in the park is your thing, then RMU has the ski for you. Read our full review here.
T-5. Folsom Quark
Folsom’s foray into park skis has been a successful one, with testers gushing over the Quark with comments like, “Super fun, quick and responsive,” “Great stability,” and, “The best ski yet!” Read our full review here.
Overall Score: 17.2
Folsom’s foray into park skis has been a successful one, with testers gushing over the Quark with comments like, “Super fun, quick and responsive,” “Great stability,” and, “The best ski yet!” Read our full review here.
7. Lib Tech POW NAS
This ski is so much fun. It performs great everywhere, and it’s so good for solid stomps. Read our full review here.
Overall Score: 17
This ski is so much fun. It performs great everywhere, and it’s so good for solid stomps. Read our full review here.
T-8. Icelantic Nomad RKR
Icelantic says its all-new Nomad RKR “could quite possibly be the funnest ski we make.” Catalog jargon? Hardly. Read our full review here.
Overall Score: 16.8
Icelantic says its all-new Nomad RKR “could quite possibly be the funnest ski we make.” Catalog jargon? Hardly. Read our full review here.
T-8. Folsom Gambit
Slightly stiffer than last year’s model, this iteration is a favorite among our testers. Read our full review here.
Overall Score: 16.8
Slightly stiffer than last year’s model, this iteration is a favorite among our testers. Read our full review here.
10. Hart Griffin
At 125 mm underfoot, Hart’s all-new Griffin is a powder-specific shred stick built for true powder addicts. Read our full review here.
Overall Score: 16.61
At 125 mm underfoot, Hart’s all-new Griffin is a powder-specific shred stick built for true powder addicts. Read our full review here.
See the rest of the Microbrew skis Editor’s Picks.Top 10 park skis | Top 10 big-mtn skis | Top 10 powder skis | Top 10 all-mtn skis
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