Wagner Custom Ski Blog » travis http://www.wagnerskis.com/blog Custom Ski Stoke Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:49:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Chronicles of a freeskier – Travis Wolfe reflects about his Wagner Custom skis http://www.wagnerskis.com/blog/2008/chronicles-of-a-freeskier-travis-wolfe-reflects-about-his-wagner-custom-skis/ http://www.wagnerskis.com/blog/2008/chronicles-of-a-freeskier-travis-wolfe-reflects-about-his-wagner-custom-skis/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:25:41 +0000 travis http://www.wagnerskis.com/blog/?p=145 Travis Wolfe conducting durability tests on his Wagner Custom skis. photo: Zak Gerdts

Travis Wolfe conducting durability tests on his Wagner Custom skis. photo: Zak Gerdts

Last winter Wagner Custom skis and snowboards picked me up as a factory team rider. It was pretty wild – I was standing on the podium after placing 4th in Telluride’s freeskiing competition when Herb Manning of Wagner Custom suddenly handed me my first pair of Wagner Custom skis and informed me that I’m sponsored. Damm was I excited!!! I had myself a pair of the sickest skis on earth.
Travis Wolfe airing the Shark Fin at the Taos Freeriding Competition - photo by Chason Russell

Travis Wolfe airing the Shark Fin. photo: Chason Russell


The first time I took them out I was ecstatic. Instantly I was in awe at their performance and incredible endurance. I used those skis for the rest of the winter and took them to 3 more freeskiing competitions after Telluride where they outperformed every other pair of skis I’ve ever owned. Before riding on Wagner Customs, I went through 2 pairs of skis in less than 2 months including one pair I wrecked after just 3 days. Then I obtained the Wagner skis and they held up beautifully throughout the rest of the season. I remember seeing other competitors at the freeskiing events with broken skis and foot long strips of p-text hanging off there skis and all I could do was laugh because I skied my Wagner’s super hard and nothing would happen to them. I would jump off of cliffs onto rocks, even ski over rocks, without even thinking twice about it. When I would get to the end of my runs I would look at the bottom of my skis thinking that they would be wrecked and to my surprise there wouldn’t be more than a small scratch.

Eventually I was purposely trying to wreck my skis to test their durability and I couldn’t do a thing to them. Wagner’s are by far the best skis I have ever had the pleasure of skiing and I wouldn’t trade them for anything.
-Travis Hart Wolfe
Travis Wolfe above the Ophir valley

Travis Wolfe above the Ophir valley

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