Völkl Grizzly Motion iPT Wide Ride 14.0

We first saw the Power Switch, a dial with “On” and “Off” settings, last season, on Völkl’s Tigershark carving skis. We muttered, “Gimmick.” Then we skied it. Set to “On,” the switch pushes two carbon rods—one runs from tail to tip inside each side of the ski—into two springs, one on either side of the tip. Thus tensioned, the rods imparted a noticeably higher level of reactivity and power to the ski. Now comes the Grizzly (131/89/114)—a Best in Test winner in the All-Mountain Expert category in our ’08–’09 test.