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Rockstar Energy Drink Licensed: These skis are produced by Klint skis, but are officially licensed Rockstar Energy Drink. Want to be like Sammy Carlson or Phil Casabon? Well you should practice your steeze and skiing abilities, but they're sponsored by Rock Star also (along with more pro riders), so these skis are a start. Ideal Target Skier: Weekend Warrior/Charger: These skiers were once upon a time ski bums, or very proficient skiers in college, then landed an internship that led to a 70 hour work week and a spouse and 2.5 kids. They are still great skiers, and ski hard every chance they get on steeps, moguls, powder... whatever they can get their hands on. Early Rise: Somewhere between rocker and traditional sits the Early Rise. This helps the tip of the ski get up in softer snow, and still maintains good edge grip and firm snow performance.  Sandwich Construction (SW): SW means that the sides of the skis are a vertical wall rather the rounded Cap construction found on most skis. Since none of the skis material needs to be exerting force maintaining shape at the edges, SW skis are stiffer than their Cap counterparts. Most people find SW skis to be damper, that is more glued to the snow, superior at high speed GS turns and top notch at busting through crud or choppy snow.
 Wood Core: The standard core which has throughout time provided the best performance and durability. Each model may have it's own density level to help define flex and maximum speed but every wood core ski will be solid.
 Active camber is a traditional base, essentially the absence of tip rocker. Active camber skis have superior edge hold on hard surfaces and at high speeds, but are more difficult to ski off-piste.
Easy Care Extruded Base: An extruded base is very durable and requires less maintenance from the skier to stay gliding smoothly. These bases are less prone to gashing and therefore should be good to go on about ~1 ski tune per year. |
