The FIVE 2023 Men’s Carving Skis Curated Experts Love | Curated

Curated Experts tested dozens of skis, and these are their top 5 favorite men’s carving skis for 2023.
0:00 - Curated Experts' Top 5 Men’s Carving Skis
0:43 - Elan Ripstick 96 Black Edition
1:29 - Volkl M6 Mantra
2:37 - Line Blade Optic 96
3:46 - Faction Dancer 2
4:59 - Volkl Kendo 88
2023 Elan Ripstick 96 Black Edition: www.curated.com/products/6384...
2023 Volkl M6 Mantra: www.curated.com/products/6381...
2023 Line Blade Optic 96: www.curated.com/products/6363...
2023 Faction Dancer 2: www.curated.com/products/6416...
2023 Volkl Kendo 88: www.curated.com/products/6383...
Film Location: Powder Mountain, Utah (www.powdermountain.com)
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[@thomaspanos]

I'm sorry but maybe my understanding as to what constitutes a carving ski is a bit skewed. The ones you have included, for the most part, are big mountain skis. For a carver, I would think a Stockli Laser/Montero, Head Supershape or Blizzard Firebird. Placing a mid-90mm underfoot into a carver category is an interesting choice.

[@LLWCorp]

Agreed. These should be more correctly described as "All mountain ski's" not carving ski's. One of them was soft, heavily rockered with twin tips!

[@Grom0zeka]

indeed, my ski is 65mm and i just can't imagine how to carve on 90mm+ skis.

[@kaluzafilm]

Love my Kendo 88s. One of the best skis I ever owned. 🤘

[@Daz555Daz]

Crazy idea. How about for a carving ski review you get some expert carvers and show some footage of these skis laying down some trenches. These "experts" look nothing of the sort.

[@driverjohns6051]

I ski the Kendo 88. Amazing, powerful, stable, fast skis.

[@PatDorcey]

I have a pair of 180 Ripstick 96s. It's my second pair. They are great on soft snow but don't always hold an edge on ice or hardpack. I wouldn't put them in the "carving ski" category!

[@du3lcitiz3n]

Just picked up some Kendo 88's in a 184cm. Looking forward to giving them a try end of February

[@Sweetviews81]

Can you do a video for those looking to buy a ski so they can learn to carve? That would be helpful. Skis in these vids are more for folks who can carve already.

[@jmanswat2457]

Would vote for dynastar mpro 90 for a top All mountain ski. It feels like it does it all with 4 or 5 stars in each performance category.

[@theosparks9807]

I really think the Fischer 102FR should be on this list. I used to race and after skiing the 102fr, it doesn’t feel too far from my race skis

[@haydenwright271]

I got to ride the Ranger 102s during this review week I loved them to they had my vote!!

[@bb57365]

Kendo’s. My next boards.

[@tiemannl]

None of these skis are under 88mm underfoot lmao. Carving skis my ass.

[@thomasmedeiros5722]

As a long time ski industry guy I totally disagree with your label, choices and skiing style of your experts demonstration. These were All Mountain models at best. The Kendo 88 is one of the best for front side performance. I would have a included the Brahma 88, Enforcer 88, Ripstick 88 to the All Mountain models that carve well on the front side groomers. However what matters is that your Experts label this selection “ Best Carvers” I expect models like Firebird, Thunderbird, Deacons, etc to be represented. When the older guy in the blue jacket says the former racers that like to drive the front of the ski into the turn will no like the Line model that is the exact opposite of the quality in a Carver that makes a best off list.

[@nextrolnextrol5090]

these are freeriding or all mountain skis. carving means something else. you need to learn about stockli laser wrt pro, atomic x9/q9/s9, head e-race etc

[@scottcrumpton5759]

I didn't know much about "Curated" until I watched this but I do now. These are NOT carving skis!

[@elie8559]

It's not carving...

[@BillAhrens-go8ig]

Sorry guys, but did not see anything remotely close to expert level skiing....