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Ski Press World Inc. - SIA Day 1 - Index

top trends/skis
New to PALMER’S line are the P03 (117-85-117 in
171 cm) park/pipe/jib ski and the P04 (132-98-124 in
189 cm) fat, big-mountain twintip. Both feature Palmer’s
proprietary FLF (Feels Like Flying) shape with multiple
sidecut radii for better power transfer across conditions.
Light and wide, the P04 bridges the gap between resort
and backcountry powder.
NORDICA completely reworked its freeride collection to
focus on supporting a high level of skiing in extreme terrain
and doing everything possible to permit and enhance
the powder-surfi ng sensation. The brand new Jah Love is
140 mm underfoot. It’s a totally new project focused 100%
on powder. It has zero camber and is the material equivalent
of two full WC GS skis.
Bucking the twintip trend, KARHU introduces four new
backcountry skis, the Storm (128-96-117), Storm BC
(128-96-117), Spire (122-86-108) and Spire BC (122-
86-108) with fl at tails for climbing skin wires and mountaineering
anchors. The skis use Titanal 3 and Carbon 3
construction and Greenlight cores for torsional rigidity
with reduced weight. The four-radii progressive sidecut
is more aggressive at the tip and tail for better edge hold
and quicker release.
ICELANTIC’S target market skis almost exclusively on twintips,
so that’s all it makes. The company takes an unusual
approach to ski design, making stiff fat skis for stable and
“explosive” performance in all conditions, not just powder.
This year, Icelantic offers the Nomad, Pilgrim and Shaman
in longer lengths and introduces the symmetrical Da Nollie
(118-88-118), a park ski specifi cally made for popular tricks
like butters, nose/tail presses and ollie/nollie maneuvers.
The flagship Scout and Soft SFT (soft version) are back
unchanged.
LINE gave birth to the New School category 12 years ago,
and they are still nurturing it as it enters adulthood. Eric
Pollard’s ultra-fat twintip skis — the EP Pro (153-127-150),
Sir Francis Bacon (142-115-139) and Elizabeth (142-110-139)
— continue paving the way. In the All-terrain Freestyle category,
Line stretches the Blend’s (132-100-122) waist width to
100 mm for even more power fl oat. One of the fattest skis in
the freestyle category, the Blend is an indicator of what’s to
come. The Mothership (142-111-132) returns, resurrecting
the Big Mountain category, and Line introduces two women’s
skis, the Pandora (142-110-139) for powder and the 100%
symmetrical twintip Shadow (110-83-110) for park.
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Palmer P04
Nordica Jah Love
MOVEMENT’S not stopping, introducing eight new shapes,
lengths and molds. The company acquired new factory
machinery to produce its sustainable wood cores. The widest
beast in the freeski category, the Goliath Sluff (134-99-118)
will now be offered in 174 cm length for smaller big mountain
skiers. In freestyle skis, the Zoo (107-77-97 (in XS and S)
and 114-84-105 (in M and L)) features sandwich sidewall
construction to stand up to park abuse and offers more sensitive
edge energy transfer in the snow and in the air.
HIGH SOCIETY FREERIDE emphasizes the elusive combination
of light weight and durability in their new fat ski, the
FR 187 (136-104-126) and park ski, the 177 (119-81-107).
The FR line has a new weight-reducing top sheet, thicker
edges and stronger base material.
SCOTT created four new skis, three of which are twintip.
All are chubby with dual-radii sidecuts. The massive Stunt
(141-113-128, 196 cm only) and the Crusade (133-92-122
Karhu Storm BC
Icelantic Scout
Line Sir Francis Bacon
Movement Goliath
High Society Freeride 177
in 179 cm) have Venturi tip and tail to lessen pressure on
the snow when getting into and out of a turn. The Sheela
(126-86-113 in 172 cm) is a women’s twintip for the park
and beyond. Also for the ladies, the Maya (116-76-106 in
165 cm) is the only directional ski in the line.
BLACK DIAMOND’S high-voltage Megawatt (153-125-
130) is electric in powder with a long rocker tip and a wood
core for torsional integrity and stability in deep pow. Zero
camber offers predictable carving on fi rmer snow.
4FRNT revamps its EHP Eric Hjorleifson big-mountain backcountry
powder ski (129-116-123 in 186 cm), adding a
179 cm length and zero cambered gradual radius tip and
tail curves. The shapes extend as deep as 40 cm in the tip
and 20 cm in the tail for a short, fl at and wide running
surface. The ski is made with sandwich construction and
the graphics were created by Eric, inspired by Molson’s
Pilsner Old Style Lager. — SUSAN SCHNIER
Scott Sheela
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