A specialized tool for the purity of the moment.
Convex Bases.
Fully Rockered.
Reverse Sidecut.
146mm Underfoot.
We were tired of “all mountain skis”. Jacks of all trades, but masters of none. We wanted to bring in a new era of specialized powder tools that bring skiing to the next level of creativity and feel.
Inspired by prototypes from the rainforests of the Canadian Pacific Northwest, we decided we needed to turn traditional ski design on its head. Everything about these skis is the opposite of traditional ski design. And it works.
Designed for the Deep
Traditional skis are designed to work on hard snow - a solid surface. But fresh snow doesn’t behave like a solid - it behaves more like a liquid when you ski through it.
Take a look at anything that moves through liquid: you don’t see fish, boats, or surfboards with camber or sidecut… so it doesn’t make a lot of sense for powder skis either.
FAQ:
How do those ski? Because of the unique shape and convex bases, it doesn’t force you to engage your edges like a normal ski does. You can surf turns fully sideways without losing speed, but if you want you can lay it on edge and it will turn like a normal ski. It basically adds another dimension to your turns - gives you creative freedom to ski exactly how you want to. The width also means you float much easier, so mellow, low-angle powder slopes become ridiculously fun and fast.
I bet hardpack is impossible to ski on those. They’re not an all-mountain ski. They were never intended for hard snow. That being said, they do fine on hardpack - totally safe and controllable, and they’ll even carve a bit. They aren’t as fast on hardpack as a narrower ski.
Traverses must be awful. Actually not bad at all. The extreme rocker means they don’t glide as much on soft traverses that haven’t been packed down yet, but other than that they are very manageable. They have the same metal edges that normal skis do, so you can get down sketchy terrain and you won’t slide out on traverses.
Getting grip on skins must be impossible. They struggle a bit on icy side-hills and really steep packed down skin tracks. But in our tests so far, we’ve always been able to keep up with other skis. On really tricky sections, it helps to break trail for a few steps in order to engage more of the skins on the snow. They aren’t the lightest skis in the world, but you’re here to ski pow not go ski mountaineering, right?
Made in Utah.
Made at the Hinterland Ski Workshop in Salt Lake City - renowned for their craftsmanship and high-quality skis,
you can rest assured that no detail will be overlooked.