SKU: 5215 Voile Objective Skis

I bought these skis with the goal of using them for bigger days. Well it turns out I use them for most days now! I mounted them with Plum Race 150's and they absolutely crush everything. I am honestly surprised at how well they ski deep pow, crud, sastrugi, you name it. Go further!

Without a doubt my favorite ski I’ve ever owned. It’s as light as all of the other skis in its category while delivering far beyond the competition in several areas: float, pop, ease in shitty conditions, and durability. \n\nFloat: There’s more tip rocker on this ski than any other in its category, which allows it to float far beyond what its waist width would suggest, even in the low density snow in Utah. *Note: Tip and tail rocker might be what contributes to the fact that this isn’t my absolute favorite ski on steep, firm snow. Steep corn is great, but steep ice? Not the best ski for that. I try to avoid those conditions anyways though so that’s not a factor. \n\nPop: there’s a lot of camber in this ski and it makes it very lively. The tail is stiff enough to push off off when you’re deep in a turn under most circumstances. Soft snow performance is stellar for a ski this narrow but where it really comes alive is in corn. You’ll need a change of undies if you are on this ski and time a corn cycle just right. So. Damn. Fun.\n\nEase-in-shitty-conditions: This is relative. Huge, fat skis with tons of tip rocker are the easiest skis in crust and chunk, whereas 80mm skis are rarely a good time in conditions like that, but here’s the catch: fat skis are also heavy and heavy skis suck worse than skiing crust on a narrow ski. You only ski breakable crust some of the time, but heavy skis are heavy all of the time. Why not have a light ski that allows you to take advantage of the fact that conditions are good? Lighter skis mean more laps, people! The Objective will definitely delay the shittiness longer than your buddies skis will. Meaning, you’ll be doing less survival skiing on this than any other ski in the same weight/waist width arena. If you ski in the backcountry, survival skiing happens. It’s just a thing. Why not have a ski that’s light so you can lap your friends when the conditions are good and also behave better when conditions aren’t as good?\n\nDurability: It’s a Voile. Speaks for itself. They’re made for skiers that ski a lot in all conditions. \n\nAnd it’s priced right! \n\nOnly flaw I’ve found is that if you are on very firm snow around 45 degrees or higher or you are taking groomer back to the bottom and you REALLY lay into a turn on firm snow, the tail isn’t flat enough or stiff enough to support you, but up until those limits, which you rarely encounter, this ski will redefine what you think an 80mm ski can do.

I love my Objectives. For big days in big terrain, they really can't be beat. Light on the up and fun on the down, I ski them in corn, on hard pack, and have even used them to ski 7,500' of deep powder wearing a 45-lbs pack. They are impressively good at skiing soft snow for a narrow ski. If you are thinking about getting the Objectives, stop thinking and just get 'em. I'm a 5'6" woman and ski the 164.