Nordica should be able to build a carving ski to the Fire Arrow 80 Ti EVO’s dimensions in their sleep, so whatever foibles caused it to fall from our Recommended ranks should be corrected by the time you read this sentence. If you were to examine past realskiers’ reviews of Nordica models built along the same lines, you’d expect the 80 Ti EVO to grip like Gorilla™ glue on hard snow, favor the Power skier and prefer not to meander on off-piste.

Sadly for our exercise, too many test cards bore evidence of base preparation that was so off the mark it completely camouflaged the ski’s behavior.  Carving skis with deep sidecuts like the Fire Arrow 80 Ti EVO are particularly vulnerable to indifferent base tuning as they present a lot of surface area to the snow and depend on glide to function in their hard snow habitat.  We’ll endeavor to get better data on FA 80 Ti EVO as soon as the snow flies.