Head was generous enough to drop off four pairs of the all-new Supershapes for us to try at Arapahoe Basin over Mother's Day week. We received a 170 Magnum (green), 170 Rally (red), and 170 and 177 Titan (blue). Unfortunately, the iSpeed (yellow) was not available. These skis were out on demo constantly, resulting in a waiting line of both men and women testers. And for good reason: the Supershape series is the benchmark that most other companies reference for their hard-snow skis.
Models tested:
i.Magnum 131-72-110, radius 13.1m@170cm
i.Rally 135-76-114, radius 13.7m@170cm
i.Titan 137-80-117, radius 14.1m@170cm
The color triangle on the ski tip shows the amount of rocker.
Head has added Graphene to the production of the Supershapes and given them all-new profiles and sidecuts that are more aggressive than before. The tip and tail shapes are much more pronounced now: the tip is broader and has a sidecut that runs past the running surface all the way to the end of the tail; the outgoing model had a bit of taper to the tail. These changes give the new Supershapes a much more positive feel and more purpose on the snow.
i.Magnum 131-72-110, radius 13.1m@170cm
i.Rally 135-76-114, radius 13.7m@170cm
i.Titan 137-80-117, radius 14.1m@170cm
The color triangle on the ski tip shows the amount of rocker.
Head has added Graphene to the production of the Supershapes and given them all-new profiles and sidecuts that are more aggressive than before. The tip and tail shapes are much more pronounced now: the tip is broader and has a sidecut that runs past the running surface all the way to the end of the tail; the outgoing model had a bit of taper to the tail. These changes give the new Supershapes a much more positive feel and more purpose on the snow.
- Who are they for? Carvaholics who want some versatility. Great technical and instruction skis.
- Who are they not for? Skiers with ramp angle issues; the PDX system binding has over 5mm of ramp difference between the toe and the heel.
- Insider tip: With the last generation of Supershapes, I would err on the longer of two sizes; with the new ones, the shorter of two sizes feels better. Also, Head scales its sizing so that the smallest and largest of each ski in the collection have different waist widths.