Karhu Team 130 Skis - Men's

Description

Karhu's freeheel freeriders like Lornzo Worster, Andy Jacomsen, JT Robinson and Jason West needed a special tool to go bigger and faster on the deepest of days. Flotaion equates to better control and stability in soft snow, and as the fattest telemark skin on the market, the unique design of the team 130 is the white room's smoothest ride. Carbon Powerbands enhance performance on less ideal snow and keep the wide boards' weight down, but when the flakes fall for days on end, it's impossible to beat the Team 130.

Features:

• Dimensions are 155-130-148
• Size is 186cm
• Carbon Powerbands
• Progressive Big-Mountain sidecut
• Macroblock Adpen/ Maple Core
• Full Twintip tail

KARHU'S STORY Karhu was founded in Finland in 1916, building cross-country skis for the Scandinavian market. The name Karhu means bear in Finnish, hence the Skiing Bear logo found on Karhu skis. From its home in Kitee Finland, Karhu Sporting Goode produces some of the most technical Racing and Performance skis. In 1976 Doug Barbor, along with some partners, founded Karhu Canada to manufacture cross-country skis for the U.S. and Canadian markets. For three decades, the factory in Cowansville Quebec specialized in Backcountry and Telemark skis and Karhu quickly established itself as the number one source for metal-edge Nordic skis. Today, Nordic Skiing is seeing renewed interest in North America and the interest is coming from all directions. Mountain bikers are exploring winter singletrack on XCD Backcountry skis. Runners and road bikers are staying fit at touring centers on Fitness Touring and Racing skis. Alpine skiers are seeking new adventures and challenges on Telemark and Alpine Touring skis. Karhu is committed to supporting this growth with a diverse offering of Nordic skis, boots and bindings to take your winter experience to the next level. Karhu has always been a leader and innovator in the North American Nordic ski market. Over the past 30 years, we have offered revolutionary products, such as the first XCD™ Backcountry skis, the first Widetrak™ Touring skis, the Sweeper Winter Trekking skis, and the Omnitrak™ waxless base. These innovations have pushed Nordic performance to new levels. Into the future, Karhu will continue to aggressively develop and promote key areas of growth in Nordic skiing. As an independently owned ski company we are proud to use the Karhu brand name and the Skiing Bear logo as the enduring images of our commitment to the sport of Nordic skiing. Karhu's North American headquarters are located on the shores of Lake Champlain in Burlington, VT, one of the ski capitals of North America. Within an hour's drive to some of the best Nordic, Backcountry, and Lift-Access skiing, we are able to test our latest product innovations. As an enthusiastic and driven company, we feel lucky to be able to provide you with the best equipment available. Thank you for your continued support of Karhu and the growth of Nordic Skiing. Karhu Tech: Macroblock Core: Built for maximum durability and downhill performance, our Macroblock core uses wide blocks of maple and aspen laminated side-by-side, balancing weight savings with ultimate power for those who put the emphasis on the descent. Used On: Storm, Spire. Also used on Team 130, Team 100. Powder Magazine: "'Drop the knee, or drop the sport.' Posers need not apply on this beast. The Team 130 (a new offering from Karhu that comes from the same mold as the Line Prophet 130) is being toured as the fattest telemark-specific ski on the market. Although it takes a few runs to adjust the width of your stance, the all-wood 130 has a gradual tip-rise and shortened contact points for edge hold." Backcountry magazine: "An unabashed team rider tool, this clown-show proportioned, single-length fatty is designed, as Karhu says, 'to go bigger and faster on the deepest of days.' That claim got more validation in the Eastern test's copious powder than in the mixed conditions Western skiers faced. The bottom line on these is, as on veteran tester said, 'You do not want to find the bottom. You do not have the muscle to keep them on edge.' They're great in the soft stuff - 'they'll bring a whole new meaning to powder skiing,' as one Eastern tester gushed - but their proportions of usefulness diminish as the snowpack gets chopped up or firmed. The Dean of Testers, citing its float and loose-and-easy initiation, called it a 'prowler ski,' for steep and deep. But he noted, as most testers did, that it got deflected in crud. Another Eastern tester put it this way: 'A true pleasure to find untracked powder with this ski. A one-use ski - not for all-mountain."