If there’s an ounce of mercy in the Nordica Enforcer Pro, it resides in its rockered tip that’s prevented by design from hooking up at the top of a turn. The neutrality of its tip makes the Enforcer Pro ski a tad shorter than it measures, which is kind in that the one-size-fits-all Enforcer Pro only comes in a 191cm. Once you roll it on edge, any notions of mercy or neutrality are over. Pump some speed through its wood and Titanal veins and the Enforcer Pro’s true nature emerges. It’s the skiing embodiment of Nietzsche’s Will to Power, its urge to create a turn inseparable from its need to destroy any snow foolish enough to confront it. (Sorry, I’ll try to keep my inner metaphysician in check from now on.)

A worthy contender for the title of most powerful ski in the Powder posse, the Enforcer Pro shares with the Bodacious an almost biological need for speed. As the “Pro” in its name implies, this Enforcer all business. It can be smeared, of course, but if you want to smudge every arc, the Enforcer Pro is probably not for you. It’s idea of a Sunday stroll is to rip through a couloir, launch a clean air and land arcing. It’s not a “learn-to” ski and should be kept out of the hands of all children, inner children excepted.