So what’s the big difference between Head’s Titan and Rally?  Once you opted for one over the other, none.

We suppose one could say that about any two skis vying for one’s affections, but with the Head Rally and Titan, it really is a choice with no possible bad outcome. Whatever the Titan can do, the Rally can do, and vice versa.  The skis are even priced the same and come with the same choice of Tyrolia binding.  All things being even, you might as well base your selection on your school colors.

To help illuminate the Rally’s allure, allow me to share a personal moment from a ski test last February at Mammoth Mountain.  The Rally was my 13th ski of the day, representing some 20 runs, and my tank was running low.  Perhaps it was my prayer for Ullr’s protection, but the Rally made the late afternoon sally effortless. It was a turn genie: all I had to do was think of an arc and off we went.

The Rally has one talent that too often goes untapped: it actually handles off-piste conditions better than all the other Heads in this genre, but one.  If you guessed the Rally’s slightly wider clone, the Titan, you’ve cottoned on to the meaning of this review.