2025 Nordica Enforcer 94

The 2024 Nordica Enforcer 94 was not in need of a makeover. It was already one of the most versatile skis of its generation, so easy to steer from any stance and ever ready to switch between a drift or a carve on a whim. What do you fix on a ski that doesn’t require fixing? The fundamental components of the Enforcer 94’s success are its traditional materials: a vertically laminated wood core and two sheets of Titanal have always been part of the formula, but how the pieces fit together is new. All the 2025 Enforcers have been rebuilt from the inside out, adding a layer of elastomer (dubbed Pulse Core) between two wood laminates and top and bottom sheets of Titanal. This sandwich construction, called Double Core, had humble origins in the Wilde Belle women’s model, but the concept has matured in the hands of the Race Department, where it has already been applied to the Dobermann and Spitfire collections. Any change to a ski’s core is significant, but Nordica went further, subtly altering the baseline to lengthen the camber pocket and shorten the tip rocker. The shovel also was reshaped into a deeper curvature. The combined effect puts more edge in the snow on groomers and provides a better bumper in the front, where the ski takes the brunt of the impact in choppy conditions. The net effect of all these alterations is that an already compliant ski has become even simpler to steer. Distilled to their essence, the changes equate to smoothness. It may sound like an esoteric concept, but the magical Enforcer 94 seems to disappear in the flow. The Enforcer 94 acts like a guidance system wired into the skier’s optic nerve: where you look, it goes, without ever calling attention to itself. All the new Enforcers are very, very good skis. The Enforcer 94 is one for the ages. It’s a brilliant achievement in ski design.