There is pronounced rocker in the tip and tail with camber underfoot, and the shovel’s rise makes it look like these skis will float through manky Pacific Northwest chunder with ease. What stands out when looking at these skis, especially when they are on the snow, is the rocker design, which Atomic is calling the Flow Profile. Related: Editors’ Choice Gear 2020-’21 All of the new Mavericks and Mavens can carve.
These are lighter weight options that are nevertheless designed to remain stable and playful at higher speeds. The carbon versions, which include the Maven 86C and 93C as well as the Maverick 86C, use OMatic construction with carbon inserts and no metal. There are three Maverick Ti skis-88, 95, 100mm-waisted options-that are built with Atomic’s OMatic core consisting of milled poplar wood sandwiched between layers of fiberglass and metal. With key testing sites in the Pacific Northwest, the Rocky Mountains of the USA and Canada, New England, Ontario, and Quebec, Atomic really wanted to make true all-mountain skis that can handle all types of snow and terrain that North American skiers face.Īll this testing resulted in new products that are surprisingly simple. More than 145 different prototypes were skied and scrutinized during the development process.
This entirely new ski line was developed utilizing the knowledge and experience of over sixty testers throughout the United States and Canada.
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The Atomic Maverick line and the women’s-specific Maven series will replace the Vantage line for the 2021-’22 ski season. The brand built on this foundation by integrating some of the same tech and performance features into the backcountry-oriented Backland Series in 2020 (including the SKI Magazine Editors’ Choice Atomic Backland 118).įor next season, the brand is folding this proven ski design technology and performance into a new line of skis made for-and, in part, developed by-the North American all-mountain resort skier with the new Maverick and Maven skis. Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members!įor the past few ski seasons, Atomic has seen wild success with the easy-to-ski yet very capable Bent Chetler line.
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