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Racers, start your savings! Our race skis are deeply discounted, so whether you're heading to Mt. Hood, South America or just have a podium in your sites for next season, now is the time to buy. Why pay more next year for the best race skis from Atomic, Blizzard, Head, Fischer, Rossignol and Volkl?

As we've mentioned elsewhere in our 2014 ski reviews, the 100 to 110 mm wide segment of skis is going to be big next year. We've already reviewed the Nordica Vagabond and the Rossignol Soul 7.

But one of the skis in this class we're most excited about comes from a brand we haven't carried in the past - the Stockli Stormrider 107. The top pick for many of our testers in this group, the Stockli SR 107 is a departure for Stockli, and an impressive ski for soft-snow oriented all mountain skiers.

“All I wrote on my testing card was ‘wow!’” said Kenzie, one of our expert testers who participated in Powder Magazine's Powder Week at Jackson Hole.

It's time to save huge on select skis at the Start Haus! Our Ski Outlet is chock-full of amazing deals (up to 75% off) that won't last. Click here to shop.

These skis, priced between $99 and $499 are all great skis we just ended up with too many of. Mother nature didn't cooperate on the powder days this season, so our loss is your gain!

That's $299 for select powder skis, junior skis starting at $99, system skis with bindings starting at $399 and women's skis starting at $299 - from top ski brands including Armada, HEAD, Icelantic, K2 and Volkl.

It's starting to look a little summery here at the Start Haus, with Boga Stand Up Paddle Boards, Werner Paddles, PFDs from NRS and Kokatat, and more!

Take a virtual walk around the shop to see the summer goods, or go to our summer gear section of the website here: http://shop.starthaus.com/store/pc/Summer-Products-c327.htm

While fatter skis get more attention these days, a mid-80 mm underfoot ski is a must have for the days the snow isn't fresh & deep.

One of the best - and one of the best values - in the category, is the HEAD REV 85 Pro, coming in at only $799 with 12 DIN bindings.

2014 introduces a lot of 100-something mm underfoot all mountain skis, and one that's getting a lot of attention is the Rossignol Soul 7.

Landing somewhere between the 2013 Rossignol S3 and S7, the Soul 7 is 106 mm underfoot with a 17 mm turning radius and a little less rocker in the tip, and substantially less rocker in the tail.

As we've spent some time on next year's skis, we have - believe it or not - been able to get a handful of powder days in, and one of our favorite powder skis for 2014 is the Volkl One.

That is, it's been one of Jared's favorite powder skis for 2014 for a while, and once we pried them away from him, the rest of us agreed. In a 12-inch storm, Jared quickly grabbed a pair of 186 cm Volkl One's and headed into the backcountry outside of Sugar Bowl, foregoing his touring skis and skins, booting lap after lap.

One of the most unique skis that's got everybody at the Start Haus excited for next year is the Volkl V-Werks Katana, a cutting edge evolution of the popular Volkl Katana big mountain ski.

V-Werks skis from Volkl typically blend high tech materials like carbon fiber and titanium to get the best performance and the lowest weight possible for a ski.

In the case of the V-Werks Katana, Volkl created an innovative structure with a wood core sculpted into a Carbon Fiber frame, resulting in what looks like a rail extending down the length of the ski, leaving the sides of the ski super thin.

One of the Start Haus ski experts, Kenzie, was selected to be a part of the Powder Magazine Powder Week at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort!

She's been sending us feedback on the 2014 skis she's testing, photos of epic conditions in Jackson and more.

Between Outdoor Retailer, SIA, WWRSA at Alpine Meadows and Mammoth Mountain, our ski testers have been hard at work figuring out what goes on the ski wall for next year.

It's been mostly firm snow across the west, but we tested everything from skinny carving skis to fat powder skis, and a few favorites have started to surface. This isn't a comprehensive list, just the skis that have already started catching our attention.

The Start Haus is known as one of the best ski shops in the country,  with numerous awards, accolades and some of the world's top skiers relying on us to work on their skis and ski boots.

One of the tools that makes our shop on of the best in the country is the Wintersteiger Micro NC grinder - the only one publicly available in North America!

The Wintersteiger Micro NC can create patterns and structures in the base of a ski no other ski grinder can.

2014 is already shaping up to be an awesome year for Blizzard Skis, with an expanded line of Freemountain skis.