I’ve never met Pep Fujas, the big mountain athlete whose fingerprints are reputed to be all over the Marksman. No question he’s a jaw-dropping exhibitionist, capable of descents I can’t imagine even as I’m watching them on film. I’m equally certain his anything-goes antics live outside the realm of our readers, except in their most deluded fever dreams.

If you’re a traditional, directional skier, the Marksman will feel like its aim is scattershot, as likely to suddenly swing its barrel sideways as shoot straight. Indifferent to short-turn input and preferring to smudge instead of carve, the Marksman is unlikely to hit any targets on hard conditions, despite an asymmetrical design intended to put more edge in the snow. Unless you put a pair on backwards, in which case the smear factor moves from Threat Level Orange to Red.