Published February 26, 2026 01:45PM
After 18 months of development and countless hours in the Outside Lab at CU Denver, we’re finally revealing the Outside Lab Ski and Snowboard Test Machine—and, in the process, creating a new standard for measuring and reporting flex profiles on our field-tested snow sports gear.
Backing up for a second, testing gear in the Outside Lab at CU Denver comes with challenges. Some products have standard tests to evaluate performance or safety, but these tests don’t always provide the information we really want to know. Other products have no standards or industry-accepted methods to accurately measure performance; instead, development often relies on experience and field feedback.
This second scenario is where our work at the Outside Lab…