Renoun Endurance 88 Skis Review: Switch Between Soft and Stiff

I'm a huge fan of non-Newtonian substances. Admittedly, my sample size is limited. I'd never heard of non-Newtonian substances until last year, when I bought a curling toque made with D3O foam, a thin layer of goo that is spongey until it's struck, causing it to stiffen and absorb the shock. A few weeks ago, I had my second experience with extremely viscoelastic materials while testing the Endurance 88 skis from Vermont upstart brand Renoun. Renoun is a Burlington-based ski maker that's been around for just over a decade. The direct-to-consumer company's big innovation is the use of the non-Newtonian material in the core of its skis, which it calls VibeStop. Renoun launched with a D3O partnership but soon after transitioned to its own patented polymer blend, designed for subzero temperatures and high-frequency vibration. In my two days of testing at Arizona Snowbowl outside Flagstaff (11,500-foot elevation at the top with 2,300 feet of vertical), the Endurance 88s skied extremely smo ... Read full article.