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There are many factors to consider when choosing a pair of skis: skiing style, height, weight, etc. The ski selection chart below categorizes our handmade skis by skiing style to help make your decision process a little easier.
Ever wonder what’s up with early rise, rocker, flat or reverse camber? Is the old standby, traditional camber, good enough? We've put together a handy guide to answer all your ski tech design questions.
What it looks like: Traditional camber underfoot with a rockered tip and moderate tail rise.
What it’s for: Our most popular profile for recreational downhill skiers. The long effective edge and camber provide strong edge hold and precise carving on firm snow. The rockered tip helps initiate turns, while the moderate tail rise makes it easier to release at the end of the turn.
What it looks like: Camber underfoot with rockered tip and tail.
What it’s for: Designed for freeride skiing across the whole mountain. Camber underfoot still provides edge grip, though not as powerfully as traditional camber. The rockered tip and tail allow for quick pivots, easy slashing, and strong performance in chop, trees, and softer snow.
What it looks like: Flat underfoot with aggressive rocker in the tip and tail.
What it’s for: Built for dedicated powder skiing. The lack of camber allows these skis to float and surf effortlessly in deep snow, but makes them less effective on firm or icy conditions. This profile is reserved for our widest skis, designed for the deepest days and powder destinations like Alaska or Japan.
Designed to float atop powder, these skis are particularly popular in areas that receive frequent major storms. The mega-wide underfoot widths – ranging from 105mm to 130mm – keep the skis from sinking deep into fresh snow, but they can be challenging and sluggish to control on groomed runs.
The style of skiing or snowboarding seen in ski movies, featuring fast, big turns on long, steep vertical descents and, usually, cliff drops. They make it look so easy!
A large percentage of Alpine skis fall into this category. All-mountain skis are designed to perform in all types of snow conditions and at most speeds. Other names for this style of ski include mid-fat skis, all-purpose skis, and the "one-ski quiver". Not all of have the luxury of picking a ski like a pair of shoes in the morning. If you're looking for one pair for all conditions, this is the category for you. The majority of skis purchased worldwide fall into this category.
This category consists of narrower-waisted skis, usually 98mm or under. These are for the folks who prefer to stick to the groomed runs, but may duck in the trees or slay some bumps occasionally. They roll from edge-to-edge quickly and easily. They generally have a small turn radius to make it relatively effortless to carve your way down the slopes. They grip well on icy conditions and are generally stable at high speeds. A lot of East coast and Midwest skiers prefer a ski like this due to the typically firmer snow conditions.
Skis where both the tail and tip are turned up at the end and the boot center mounting point is directly in the middle of the ski enables a skier to ski backwards with ease. Originally popular only with freestyle skiers, as the twin tip shape allows for reverse (known as fakie or switch) take-offs and landings off jumps. Modern advancements, however, have seen twin tip shapes appear more often in big mountain skis, as they shape handles smoothly in powder conditions.