2025 Head Kore 105

The Head Kore 105 is the perfect ski for our times. No, it doesn’t promote universal love and understanding among all people, but it does what it can, considering that it’s a ski. It’s not just that it’s the lightest ski in the genre, it’s how that light weight contributes to a quickness off the edge that makes the Kore 105 feel narrower than its actual dimensions. Another reason that the Kore 105 behaves like a skinnier ski is it adheres to a metal-free diet; the absence of Ti laminates softens its torsional rigidity, enabling it to conform to terrain rather than attempting to subdue it. This business about feeling narrower matters because it makes it reasonable to consider the Kore 105 as an everyday ski for western resort skiing. Its ultra-light weight also makes the Kore 105 an ideal in-resort/backcountry hybrid. The biggest concern any backcountry skier has about a super-light ski is that it will be great going uphill and suck on the way down, which sort of defeats the whole purpose. There’s zero chance the Kore 105 will flame out on the descent, as it’s far more substantial than any AT model of which I am aware. Another factor that makes the entire Kore series easier to steer off-trail is a beveled top edge that allows the ski to slice sideways almost without resistance. As foot steering is more necessity than indulgence when the snow is up to your knees, the smooth move the 105 makes laterally drastically reduces the amount of effort it takes to steer. The final piece of the Kore 105 picture is a size run from 163cm to 191cm at 7cm splits. When selecting your ideal size, think about weight distribution - the more you weigh, the more ski you need - and flex. If you go too long, you might not be able to bend the ski, a necessity both for steering in general and for inducing the rebound energy that makes it effortless through the turn transition. The current Kore 105 isn’t finicky about anything. There’s no need to adapt to it or ski it in any special way just because it’s light. Just hop on and ski as you naturally would. Only with less effort, a formula that works for anyone.