The realskiers testers who fill out the bulk of our Kästle test cards each season have been skiing and selling the brand for years, and while familiarity has hardly bred contempt, it has engendered a slightly distorted, insider’s view of the brand.

Testers always have in their heads a benchmark performance level established by what is for them a reference ski.  In the Kästle line the reference ski is often the MX83, which sets such a high bar that to our testers the lighter weight LX72 skis like a great intermediate’s model.

It’s a lot more than that, with all the stability inherent in two 5mm sheets of titanal on board and all the prompt response of a full-camber ski in a tidy 14.5m (162cm) sidecut. Its supple overall flex reacts to minimal loading, a boon to the Finesse skier, and the tip is made to engage the turn the moment its petite pilot makes a move.  Its high taper angle (tip width minus tail width) lets the ski release the edge naturally and the rounded tail geometry ensures the turn transition is smooth.