Head applied an across-the-board overhaul to their superb Supershape series, incorporating Graphene™ into what was already a stout construction. The Graphene is deployed underfoot where its insane strength-to-eight ratio allows the designer to dispose of core material, making the core thinner and more pressure sensitive.

It’s considered axiomatic that a ski that bends more easily is best suited to lower skill skiers who need the help. While it’s probably true that the new, softer i.Titan is more accessible to the average punter, don’t imagine for one second that it isn’t also an ecstatic epiphany for the expert.

For here’s the truly brilliant element of the new design: when Head engineers added Graphene to the i.Supershape construction, they didn’t reduce the amount of metal in the ski, they increased it. A lot, as in wall-to-wall, tip-to-tail thicker sheets. There’s your power plant, the reason that once the i.Titan is tipped on edge, there’s not a trace of shimmy in its soul.

This is why we at Realskiers love new materials like Graphene. When properly applied, it can make a ski like the Titan a better ski for anyone, regardless of his degree of expertise and aggression. This is what a perfectly balanced ski is all about, absolute power with fingertip control. It’s exhilarating to let the i.Titan run, leaning into the belly of big, bodacious arcs, feeling as carefree as riding first class.

Having a sister ski like the i.Rally, identical in every way but sidecut dimensions and only 4mm slimmer at that, invites inevitable comparisons. Among our Realskiers testers, the i.Titan emerged a slight favorite as a Power ski, while the i.Rally earned the higher total score average. We’d say whatever highly nuanced differences may exist between the i.Titan and i.Rally are insignificant compared to their similarities.