Over most of Head’s storied history as a ski brand, lighter weight hasn’t exactly been top of mind. They’ve been better known for building battleships as opposed to skiffs. Two pivotal shifts, one global and one local, has made lightweight design a priority, if not...
Every brand, large and small, foreign or domestic, has to make a choice about how they want to build a ski. Once they settle on a construction and the equipment to execute it is on premises, they tend to stay with it for the long haul. Head’s wheelhouse construction...
As predicted in this space last year, the arrival of Kore augured the demise of traditionally made, wide-body carvers like the Monster 98 and Monster 108. Head has pared down the Monster series accordingly, reducing it the Monster 88, Monster 83 and 83X, the 83 minus...
No other ski brand is as dedicated to the proposition that all skis must be carving skis as Head. The Great Joy has the surface area of a Big Mountain ski, yet it still has the sidecut and gripping power of a carving ski. Its ability to hold a precise trajectory is...
The new Head V-Shape series is a Frontside collection that spans the full range of ski abilities from never-ever to carving master. Bear in mind that Head has another well-established family of Frontside carvers called Supershape, but there’s no confusing the...
