Surface Analog Blank Skis - REVIEW
Backcountry Skiing is one expensive sport. Just to acquire the basic gear to participate you’ll need to spend at least $2500, if you’re looking at buying new. There’s the avi gear (transceiver, probe and shovel), the AT boots, AT bindings, poles, and of course, the light-weight skis; The light-weight skis typically being the most expensive on the list. Surface has addressed this predicament by producing a backcountry specific ski for under three hundred dollars (US). The skis are part of a new line they have developed called ‘Blanks’, which is a bare bones, stripped down, no frills line of skis for those who want to save a little coin. The Surface Analog Blanks are their alpine touring ski in this ‘easy-on-the-wallet’ line-up, and also the ski that we’ll review here today.