{"id":7497,"date":"2018-01-28T15:54:33","date_gmt":"2018-01-28T22:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/?p=7497"},"modified":"2019-02-09T13:28:28","modified_gmt":"2019-02-09T20:28:28","slug":"2019-elan-skis-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/2019-elan-skis-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Elan Skis Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><em>Check out our preview of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/2020-elan-skis-preview\/\">2020 Elan skis<\/a>.<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Highlights from the\u00a02019 Elan skis lineup:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7498\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7498\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7498 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Webp.net-resizeimage-49.jpg\" alt=\"2019 elan skis ripstick w\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Webp.net-resizeimage-49.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Webp.net-resizeimage-49-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Webp.net-resizeimage-49-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7498\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The women&#8217;s Ripstick W lineup offers waist widths of 86, 94, and 102.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Special\u00a0Edition Ripstick<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Elan&#8217;s Ripstick series, an ultra-versatile all-mountain\/big-mountain line that incorporates their Amphibio technology, have been met with widespread approval over the last couple years. They&#8217;re light, skiable, fast, stable, and just plain fun.<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate the line, they introduce a limited-release Black Edition Ripstick 96 this year that features more carbon and profiles as a harder charging version of its cousins.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Light Touring Skis, New Amphibios<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7499\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7499\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7499 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Webp.net-resizeimage-50.jpg\" alt=\"2019 elan skis backcountry\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Webp.net-resizeimage-50.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Webp.net-resizeimage-50-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.powder7.com\/ski-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Webp.net-resizeimage-50-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7499\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Ripsticks are light and tour-able. The Ibexes are super light and super tour-able.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Elan brings back their line of carbon-happy, lightweight touring skis for 2019. The possibilities for a Ripstick\/Ibex quiver are pretty enticing.<\/p>\n<p>That said, Elan also brings two new faces to their time-tested on-piste Amphibio series: the Amphibio 76 Ti and the Amphibio 78 Ti.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out our preview of 2020 Elan skis. 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