Head Monster IM 88 Ski

Head Monster IM 88 Ski:
If you play outside the boundaries in spaces where others can't see the lines down the mountain, you need the big floatation and pro freeride potential of Head's Monster IM 88 Ski. Bigger than the former IM 85, the Monster IM 88 ski features Head's Intelligence™ Technology, a stability-enhancing group of "Intellifibres" inside the ski that uses torsion energy to filter out disruptive energy for added stability. It all might sound a little out there, but all you need to know is that the Intelligence™ Technology in the Monster IM 88 allows the ski to react instantly to sudden terrain changes (in about 5 milliseconds or so) so the ski adjusts to changing conditions when you're ripping from powder to windswept ice crests and back to powder again. Another Head innovation found in the Monster IM 88 is Liquidmetal® technology. While just about every ski manufacturer is adding titanium to their high-end skis, Head's Liquidmetal® has a molecular structure that returns power at a ratio of 1:1, resulting in an improved ski rebound and improved turn initiation with roughly 29% more power than energy-absorbing titanium. Even if you don't follow all the techno details, the pros at Powder Magazine were impressed enough to give the Monster IM 88 the nod as one of their top All Mountain skis in the 2006 Buyer's Guide issue. The only important thing you need to remember here is that the Monster IM 88 is a backcountry ski--the wide waist has a tendency to ski through anything resembling a carving turn. This is an expert ski made for the other side of the mountain and dream vacation heli-skiing. If you want the flexibility to rip turns on the corduroy and the backcountry, take a look at the narrower profile on Head's All-Mountain Monster IM 77 Skis.

• All Mountain pick, Powder Magazine 2006 Buyer's Guide
• Recommended for experts who spend every moment possible in the ungroomed backcountry
• Dimensions (tip/waist/tail): 126/88/112 mm. in 175-cm. length
• Turn radius: 19.2 m. in 175-cm. length
• Compatible with Tyrolia's Railflex bindings
• Head Intelligence™ Technology with energy-absorbing Intellifibres and a wood core
• Liquid Metal technology with Titanium alloys in a sandwich construction
• UHM C base

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