K2 bet the farm on their new Konic construction that strips away surface structures and moves the bulk of the remaining mass to the ski’s perimeter, over the edge. We’re pleased to report the farm is not in any jeopardy. In the case of the iKonic 80 Ti, the changes...
K2’s idea of Luv is normally of the lovey-dovey, coddling kind, but the Luv Machine 74Ti is from the tough love end of the emotional scale. Its new, more rounded tip shape will ease the entry to a high edge angle, but it would behoove the pilot to know how to step on...
Just because Powder skis lie at the opposite end of the width spectrum from Technical skis, don’t think for a moment Head won’t bring all their technical talents to bear when concocting an obese board. Do they use all the highfalutin tech in their World Cup race...
Head’s R&D department owns the rights to use Graphene™, the lightest and strongest material known to man, in skis. At one atom thick, Graphene won’t lose any “who’s got the lightest stuff?” contest any time soon. With 300 times the strength of steel, wherever...
When we say a Big Mountain ski “behaves like a carver,” we mean that even though its wide dimensions favor powder, it still works best at the high speeds and edge angles that the hourglass-waisted carving clan requires. In a field of smear sticks that regard carving...
