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2024 厂迟枚肠办濒颈 Laser WRT Pro
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2024 Winter Gear Guide

Review: 2024 厂迟枚肠办濒颈 Laser WRT Pro

This year鈥檚 best carving ski will allow you to live out your World Cup racing fantasy

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2024 厂迟枚肠办濒颈 Laser WRT Pro
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At a Glance

  • Brand: 厂迟枚肠办濒颈
  • Model: Laser WRT Pro
  • Overall Ranking: #1
  • Overall Score: 9.17/10
  • Strengths: Hard-Snow Integrity, Stability at Speed
  • Weaknesses: Playfulness, Forgiveness
  • Gender: Unisex
  • Level: Expert

Specs

  • Tip/Waist/Tail (mm): 118-66-100
  • Lengths (cm): 162, 172, 180
  • Radius (m): 14.8 (172cm)
  • Waist Width (mm): 66
  • Weight (per ski in grams):聽1,765 (172)

Test Scores

  • Stability at Speed: 9.6/10
  • Quickness/Maneuverability: 7/10
  • Playfulness: 8.4/10
  • Forgiveness: 7.2/10
  • Hard Snow Performance: 9.6/10
  • Versatility: 9.2/10
  • Responsiveness: 9.6/10
  • Carving: 8.8/10

If the 厂迟枚肠办濒颈 Laser WRT Pro were college bound, it鈥檇 be an Ivy League contender. This carry-over model scored top marks in all review categories, solidifying the spot as the No. 1 Unisex Carving ski in this year鈥檚 test. The high achiever earned near-perfect scores for Hard-Snow Integrity, Stability at Speed, and Responsiveness, with Versatility and Quickness not far behind. 鈥淭he responsiveness was next-level,鈥 said tester Geof Ochs, director of marketing for Sync Performance. 鈥淭his is an energetic, dependable, stiff ski with lots of pop that will hold on groomers, ice, or crud鈥攏o matter how hard you push it.鈥

2024 carving skis lined up on rack at SKI Test at Copper Mountain
The 厂迟枚肠办濒颈 Laser WRT Pro went head to head against 11 other carving skis at Copper Mountain. Its performance on hard snow and at speed couldn’t be beat. (Photo: Brad Kaminski)

At 66 millimeters underfoot, this model had one of the narrowest waists of all skis submitted in the Unisex Carving test; however, the 14.8-meter turning radius hovers between favoring short- and medium-radius turns, which testers rewarded with high scores in Versatility. The Laser WRT Pro鈥檚 construction comes directly from race skis, including wide metal edges and stiff racing sidewalls with full edge contact for direct power transfer. That full-on World Cup, metal-enhanced, sandwich-sidewall layup elicited adjectives like 鈥渂urly鈥 and 鈥渂omber.鈥 鈥淢y only gripe is that this ski is on the heavier side,鈥 commented Ryan Collopy. 鈥淚t feels like it鈥檚 got six sheets of metal in it, and it needs to get up to operating speeds to get good-quality turns going.鈥

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In juxtaposition to the burly feel, testers were surprised at the variety of turn shapes the Laser WRT Pro could offer, as well as the responsiveness and rebound energy. The poppy, energetic demeanor comes from 厂迟枚肠办濒颈鈥檚 Carbon Power Turn tech, which includes a layer of carbon fiber placed underfoot and under the wood core. It鈥檚 designed to contract at turn initiation and release at its finish, resulting in acceleration out of the carve. The sidecut trends toward short- to medium-radius turns, but reviewers found the Laser WRT Pro kept edge grip at high speeds and in GS-style turns, particularly on the skied-out springtime Colorado hardpack at Copper Mountain. Evidenced by the high marks in Hard-Snow Integrity, skiers felt that this model would suit advanced through expert shredders, coast to coast. 鈥淭his is definitely for an expert who likes to ski hard snow and ice,鈥 noted Collopy. 鈥淚t would be a great ski to rip GS turns down Main Street at Stowe.鈥

The Swiss-made Laser WRT Pro is directly descended from 厂迟枚肠办濒颈鈥檚 race-ski collection, but with an everyman construction that includes the aforementioned carbon underfoot. At the SKI Test, it proved itself to be a high-performance carving ski with a wider bandwidth than the others, allowing it to perform well in a variety of turn shapes and snow conditions. Unapologetically not for the faint of heart, testers said, the Laser WRT Pro favors the skier who wants to lay a hip down on the snow and expects great edge hold, no matter how hard they push it. It鈥檚 not playful, but it has all the other attributes to make it a bomber carving ski. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a no-nonsense beer-league missile,鈥 said Chris Bivona, owner of Ski Town All-Stars in Vail, Colorado. 鈥淭his ski lives up to its name and roots as the hardest-charging ski in the category, by a long shot.鈥

See how the 厂迟枚肠办濒颈 Laser WRT Pro compares to our other favorite carving skis of the year.

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