[The test results for the SRC Racing are from 2014 and 2015; the ski’s only changes for 2017 are cosmetic.]

Somehow, Blizzard figured out how to put sneakers on a freight train. The SRC rolls out of the station like it was hauling lumber, but once this implacable platform is in motion it develops the reactions of a mongoose. “Crazy fun quick!” exulted Eric Smith from Footloose, compressing into three little words what the SRC Racing is all about.

Feeling quiet while sitting in an activated catapult is no mean feat, but the SRC pulls it off with such equipoise that it makes its pilot feel as confident as it clearly is. A big, badass plate imparts impenetrable security from any vibration or tendency to wobble, whether one’s stance is relatively upright or laid over like Ligety.

With the intractable solidity of a sumo wrestler married to the airy agility of a ballerina, the SRC is one solid slalom.