The Atomic Vantage 90 Ti is built on a minimalist frame called Prolite that works hard to keep the weight off. Noticeably lightweight both in the hand and on the foot, it feels more agile than its 18.4m sidecut radius (@176cm) implies, with a particular facility for...
The All-Mountain West category is, or ought to be, the province of advanced to expert skiers with a penchant for the off-piste. If climbing is part of the equation, then weight, or rather, it’s absence, becomes a pivotal issue. But if you’re an in-resort skier, mass...
The Vantage 97 C occupies the same position in Atomic’s 2020 Vantage series as the 2018 Vantage 95 C, transposing the Carbon Tank Mesh that made the latter such a hit to a new construction called Prolite. Prolite, as the name suggests, is all about reducing a ski to...
As the widest member of the Vantage series, the 107 Ti stands the most to gain from the super lightweight design of its Prolite chassis. Constructions like Prolite that place a premium on weight reduction can add surface area without turning into a freighter, so the...
The Head V-Shape series, introduced last year, is a Frontside collection that spans the full range of ski abilities from never-ever to carving master. Bear in mind that Head has another well-established family of Frontside carvers called Supershape, but there’s no...
