Back in early January, Armada invited me and a few other gear editors to Silverton for a few days of sampling what was soon to be their all-new line of freeride skis. I flew down to Durango, peering out the plane window at a bleak start to winter in Colorado. It was dry. Like really dry. I didn’t really know what to expect when I hopped off the plane and met Max Palm and the Armada crew at the baggage claim, but I did know we were there to be among the first people to ski the new Antimatte