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Shop Similar ProductsA fast-and-light powder ski for touring in the Whites or the Rockies.
The Black Diamond Drift ski is all about letting you get fat in the backcountry, without gaining weight. At just six pounds, six ounces at its shortest length, this touring ski feels light on the skin track and nimble in tight chutes or trees. The wide, soft-flexing, early-rise tip makes for buttery smooth transitions between turns and plenty of tip flotation in particularly deep snow. This is a versatile backcountry and sidecountry ski for skiers on both coasts and of a wide range of experience levels.
Details
- Semi Rocker tip is wide and extra soft, allowing this ski to initiate turns easier than ever and float like a falcon on a breeze
- Semi Rocker tail for smoother turn release and more agility during turn transition so you can make quick direction changes despite this ski’s fat tip, waist, and tail
- Traditional camber at the waist gives you superior edge hold and turn control directly underfoot
- Paulownia wood core gives this ski the strength of poplar wood and the snappy responsiveness and ultralight characteristics of balsa wood
- Torsion Box Cap construction combines torsion box and cap construction via fiberglass layers that wrap around the wood core like a burrito
- Torsion Box Cap construction increases torsional power for more secure edge hold, and this construction gives the ski a more energetic feel underfoot
- Formula One Tech utilizes three three-dimensional ribs built into the structure above the core, these ribs control longitudinal stiffness without requiring the use of heavy stringers that would increase weight
- 100mm waist (186cm length) is wide enough to provide moderate flotation in deep snow, quick edge-to-edge performance between turns, and a stable platform for powering through choppy and mixed snow conditions
- Moderately deep directional sidecut allows you to carve medium-to-long radius turns
- Racing Edge is thinner and lighter weight than the Power Edge used in Black Diamond's other Freetour skis
- Tail includes SkinLock attachment point that helps to keep the metal clip of your touring skin securely in place
- Item #BLD3386
- Length
- 166 cm, 176 cm, 186 cm
- Dimensions
- [166cm] 134 / 100 / 121 mm, [176cm] 136 / 100 / 122 mm, [186cm] 138 / 100 / 123 mm
- Turn Radius
- [166cm] 20 m, [176cm] 21 m, [186cm] 22 m
- Profile
- Semi Rocker
- Construction
- Formula One, torsion box cap
- Core
- paulownia
- Base
- sintered
- Tail
- flat
- Binding Included
- no
- Claimed Weight
- [166cm] 6 lb 5 oz, [176cm] 6 lb 12 oz, [186cm] 7 lb 10 oz
- Manufacturer Warranty
- 1 year
- Recommended Use
- touring on either coast