KATANA £560

Construction:
Wood core sidewall, titanium laminate

NEW! This gets a bit of tip rocker for the 2010/11 season, which makes it sort-of wieldy on hardpack. There are plenty of seasonnaires who'll prove just how useable a Katana is all over the hill, but for most, this is a big line ski which loves any drops that get in your way. You need to be on it to make sense of the Katana, but once you've found the balance between effort and reward it's very hard to put away.