Once a garage-tinkering ski brand, this year K2 is celebrating its half-century anniversary. On Wednesday, the company is releasing its second Rolling Stones ski in a series of four skis to celebrate ...

Because I write a lot on ski travel, I go around the world in search of snow, and I rarely carry skis with me. Bringing my boots and renting current season demo skis wherever I go gives me an ...

Bill Kirschner, who developed the first commercially viable molded plastic skis in the United States and founded the K2 Corp., which became a major ski brand in the nation, has died. He was 87. Mr.

Polish ski mountaineer Andrzej Bargiel achieved a world first when he climbed and then descended from the summit of the planet's second-highest mountain on skis. This is his personal reaction. Just ...

Ula Chrobak is a freelancer mainly writing about science, the environment, and animals (especially dogs). She has a graduate degree in science communication and previously studied soil science. She ...

Making skis, snowboards and other winter-sports gear, K2 Sports President Robert Marcovitch says, is "a tough industry on a good day." And lately the industry has been getting a lot of bad days. On ...

Powder aims to feature only the best products and services. If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission. Perhaps the biggest talking point in 2025 for the ski boot world is the ...

It’s difficult enough to climb treacherous K2, the world’s second highest peak, but can you imagine accomplishing that - and then skiing down - all without supplemental oxygen? Well, Polish climber ...