D2 VARIOFLEX 75 £550

Taking the tech that won our Piste Ski of the Year award last season onto a slightly wider chassis makes for a very stable, uncannily smooth ride with huge reserves of grip. The giant floating plate which makes this a Vario-Flex 'Doubledeck' ski really works - we don't (often) fall for gimmicks at Fall-Line. The radius is slightly misleading because this really is a ski which works incredibly effectively drawing different turn shapes. We still like the narrower versions, think the race versions are outstanding (if pricey) and still think the Vario Cut, with a rubber bit in between the tip and tail edges, is a bit iffy.