Fischer Pro Mtn 86 (2018)

Don’t buy this ski if you’re going to skid it around all day—that’d be a criminal waste of it skills. Testers loved the way the Pro Mtn’s huge tip puts down fat, round, trench-digging arcs on the groomed. That’s where it shined—no surprise, given its narrowest-in-class waist width—but its edge-to-edge quickness lends itself to bumps as well. Which makes it a capable choice for Eastern all-mountain skiers especially. Elling: “Nice pull into the turn. It wants to roll deep to the inside.”

Strengths: Quickness/Maneuverability, Playfulness, Stability at Speed