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VOKL TEAMWEEK
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INTRODUCING THE CODE
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AUSTRIAN FREESKI OPEN
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SERIES: RTM, FREESKIING
WHAT IT IS: A smooth, gradual bend from tip to tail with matching sidecut and flex.
WHAT IT DOES: Extended Low Profile (ELP) gives the skier all the benefits of added maneuverability in soft snow while also delivering smooth, graceful arcs on groomed terrain. How? By matching the flex and sidecut with the full rocker (long, gradual bend from tip to tail) profile, the skier gains full, uninterrupted edge contact. The more you put the ski on edge, the more effective the edge becomes. The resulting smoothness and predictability is truly uncanny.
On a flat ski the skier has complete directional freedom, and exceptional maneuverability in deep snow. The more you put it on edge ... ... The more efficient the edge becomes!
SERIES: CODE, FREESKIING Pipe and Park
WHAT IT IS: A slight rocker bend in the tip and tail, complemented by traditional camber under foot.
WHAT IT DOES: With a slight rocker in the tip and tail, combined with a classic camber profile under the foot, Völkl engineers have created the ideal blend for frontside carving. Easy, smooth turn entry and exit, with acceleration and rebound as well. While not as maneuverable in soft snow as our full rocker designs, this rocker design is best utilized on hard snow or in the park and pipe.
SERIES: FREESKIING
WHAT IT IS: An early-rise tip design.
WHAT IT DOES: For high performance all-mountain freeskiing, the combination of an early rise tip and a classic camber profile in the rest of the ski provides easy, smooth turn entry regardless of conditions. In softer snow the ski is incredibly forgiving, floats better, and requires less energy to ride.
SERIES: RTM
WHAT IT IS: An early rise tip combined with a softer tail section.
WHAT IT DOES: Völkl's game improvement rocker design features an early rise in the tip combined with a softer tail section. Added to more models for 11/12, Progressive technology gives the intermediate to advanced skier the best of both worlds: ease of turn entry, smooth ride quality from the rockered tip, and easy, comfortable turn exit thanks to the softer tail section. All these characteristics contribute to less fatigue, allowing the improving skier greater enjoyment.
PROGRESSive Flex
At the tail, the ski's profile becomes very thin in the middle - torsionally soft for the last 7cm, allowing the skier to exit the turn at will. The ski accelerates less aggressively out of the turnto help prevent the skier from sitting in the proverbial “back seat”. The skier can makebetter turns with less effort.
PROGRESSive Edge
Progressive Edge utilizes an early rise concept in the tip of the ski. Bringing the widest part of the ski up a little higher ensures easier directional stability, and the tip only engages when the ski is on edge, adding to the skier's comfort level.
SERIES: FREESKIING
WHAT IT IS: A traditional camber line.
WHAT IT DOES: Skiers can still enjoy the feel of traditional camber. While not as silky-smooth as a rockered ski, full camber provides stability and acceleration for skiers wanting a more classic ride quality.
SERIES: RTM, FREESKIING
WHAT IT IS: A smooth, gradual bend from tip to tail with matching sidecut and flex.
WHAT IT DOES: Extended Low Profile (ELP) gives the skier all the benefits of added maneuverability in soft snow while also delivering smooth, graceful arcs on groomed terrain. How? By matching the flex and sidecut with the full rocker (long, gradual bend from tip to tail) profile, the skier gains full, uninterrupted edge contact. The more you put the ski on edge, the more effective the edge becomes. The resulting smoothness and predictability is truly uncanny.
On a flat ski the skier has complete directional freedom, and exceptional maneuverability in deep snow. The more you put it on edge ... ... The more efficient the edge becomes!
SERIES: CODE, FREESKIING Pipe and Park
WHAT IT IS: A slight rocker bend in the tip and tail, complemented by traditional camber under foot.
WHAT IT DOES: With a slight rocker in the tip and tail, combined with a classic camber profile under the foot, Völkl engineers have created the ideal blend for frontside carving. Easy, smooth turn entry and exit, with acceleration and rebound as well. While not as maneuverable in soft snow as our full rocker designs, this rocker design is best utilized on hard snow or in the park and pipe.
SERIES: FREESKIING
WHAT IT IS: An early-rise tip design.
WHAT IT DOES: For high performance all-mountain freeskiing, the combination of an early rise tip and a classic camber profile in the rest of the ski provides easy, smooth turn entry regardless of conditions. In softer snow the ski is incredibly forgiving, floats better, and requires less energy to ride.
SERIES: RTM
WHAT IT IS: An early rise tip combined with a softer tail section.
WHAT IT DOES: Völkl's game improvement rocker design features an early rise in the tip combined with a softer tail section. Added to more models for 11/12, Progressive technology gives the intermediate to advanced skier the best of both worlds: ease of turn entry, smooth ride quality from the rockered tip, and easy, comfortable turn exit thanks to the softer tail section. All these characteristics contribute to less fatigue, allowing the improving skier greater enjoyment.
PROGRESSive Flex
At the tail, the ski's profile becomes very thin in the middle - torsionally soft for the last 7cm, allowing the skier to exit the turn at will. The ski accelerates less aggressively out of the turnto help prevent the skier from sitting in the proverbial “back seat”. The skier can makebetter turns with less effort.
PROGRESSive Edge
Progressive Edge utilizes an early rise concept in the tip of the ski. Bringing the widest part of the ski up a little higher ensures easier directional stability, and the tip only engages when the ski is on edge, adding to the skier's comfort level.
SERIES: FREESKIING
WHAT IT IS: A traditional camber line.
WHAT IT DOES: Skiers can still enjoy the feel of traditional camber. While not as silky-smooth as a rockered ski, full camber provides stability and acceleration for skiers wanting a more classic ride quality.
Extended Sensorwood Cores are created in a complex CNC milling process. The highly sophisticated milling program enables Völkl to produce wood cores with extreme precision. They are "extended" upward and lengthwise, milled to form the chambers of the Extended Double Grip construction. The core consists of a blend of poplar and beech wood, and is found in Völkl's highest performing models.
Tough Box construction features a Multi-Layer wood core wrapped with a composite/fiberglass sheath to create the ultimate resilience and snap for our freeskiing models. Surrounding the core in the mid-body of the ski, it adds snap, strength and binding screw retention.
The symmetrical sidecut allows the park and pipe rider the best possible performance by allowing a center-mounted ski to perform the same while riding switch or forward. It also allows completely even balance for rail slides
In this new construction, reinforcement channels are aligned to support the outside of the ski, over the sidewalls and edges. This works to prevent chatter and provide a stable ride throughout the turn, regardless of snow conditions.
Featured in the RTM 80, the Dual Extended Transmission construction has a similar profile to the sidewall construction of the RTM 84. It makes the RTM 80 more forgiving and softer in its feel, yet still delivers the necessary power for an exciting ride that is accessible to more than just expert skiers.
The mid-range RTM models follow a similar construction philosophy, although the reinforcement is somewhat less pronounced, giving the ski a more relaxed ride quality, while still ‘keeping up’ as the skier improves.
Our proven Double Grip constructions continue to deliver incredible performance. This high tech construction consists of raising the height of the construction above the edge, creating added support for the edge, and in turn, better edge grip.
The unique Motion iPT interface allowed Völkl engineers to further develop our signature Double Grip construction, creating Extended Double Grip. The added height extends from tip to tail, placing more material where it‘s needed - in support of the edges. Featured in conjunction with various Motion iPT and eMotion systems.
All skis with 3Motion feature Power Grip™ construction, which improves power delivery to the edge with a unique 3 Dimensional design. As with Extended Double Grip, the segmented Motion interface allows the ski to be shaped with more material supporting the edge, for better edge grip and smoother turns.n iPT and eMotion systems.
Völkl’s longest-running construction, Power Construction utilizes traditional vertical sidewalls and a torsion box internal layup. Used in racing skis as well as all the freeskiing models, this versatile, proven construction provides tremendous grip and stability when combined with the Sensorwood core.
Völkl’s Power Shell Construction utilizes a full cap shell, without a vertical sidewall. This design allows for an easy, round flex pattern, with an extremely friendly ride quality.
Extended Sensorwood Cores are created in a complex CNC milling process. The highly sophisticated milling program enables Völkl to produce wood cores with extreme precision. They are "extended" upward and lengthwise, milled to form the chambers of the Extended Double Grip construction. The core consists of a blend of poplar and beech wood, and is found in Völkl's highest performing models.
The Extended (XTD) Wood Core is used in Extended Double Grip constructions. More forgiving than the Extended Sensorwood Core, it consists of a full-length wood core sitting beneath the Extended Double Grip chambers.
Like the Extended Sensorwood Core, the Sensorwood core is CNC milled using vertically laminated poplar and beech wood.
As the name suggests, the Dual Wood Core consists of parallel strips of wood surrounded by PU. Featured in the Power Grip construction, it is sandwiched between glass layers top and bottom.
A central member surrounded by PU, Wood Core provides stable, lively skis to improving novice and intermediate skiers.
HANNAH KEARNEY
Vermonter Hannah Kearney keeps finding herself in the middle of success, the most distinguished of which was her nailing the gold at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. As a youth, high school state soccer and track team championships were followed by four Junior World Championship titles in moguls. When the multi-sport talent hit the World Cup, she won two competitions in her rookie season — one when she was just 17. A year later Kearney was the 2005 moguls World Champion. Last season she secured her first freestyle overall title, a second moguls crown and her third and fourth World Championships medals. As if all that wasn’t enough, she began her college career at Dartmouth in the spring of 2011.
