“Go fast or else.”

That was the terse advice scrawled, ransom-note style, on the bottom of a Fire Arrow 84 EDT EVO test card. Indeed, it’s impossible to overlook this ski’s insistence on speed. The same technology that allows the 84 EDT to hold an incorruptible edge at speeds approaching that of light make it a tad disinterested in deviating out of the fall line until it’s in its happy place, around 50 mph and aiming at sea level.

We kid you not. There aren’t many skis without “Race” in their name that live in the speed range where the 84 EDT thrives. If you get queasy at 40 (your speed, not your age), you’ll never discover what makes this ski special.  Damper than a moist towelette, one hardly feels the speed, at least underfoot, as the mind strains to process life at downhill speeds.

Needless to say, the timid are better served elsewhere, and no one should mistake this beast for a bump ski. But if you want a machine with no discernable top end in a footprint this wide, this is your kind of ride.