![]() After this winter’s redesign, I am converted. I know some lighter folks out there loved this ski (likely getting the ride I got out of the 105s), but I couldn’t quite find their lane. The first generation 95 was easy to ski, but not quite zippy enough for a daily driver and not quite nimble enough for objective skiing-while a jack-of-all trades, it felt like a bit of a master of none. Out of the old Helio widths offered, the old 95 was my least favorite. The most interesting thing to me about this year’s Helio Carbon 95 is that it doesn’t remind me of the earlier Helio 95. Improved balance and power transfer make it a Black Diamond ski for black belt skiers. The Helio Carbon 95 offered the chance to find out. The line got a redesign this year and I couldn’t wait to see what had changed and what stayed the same. The 105s were my daily driver, soft-snow ski for a few seasons ( reviewed and compared to the 95 here). The 88s have been my go-to ski mountaineering, long approach, techy ski for a while. I have had more days on Helios in the last few years than any other ski. The Black Diamond Helio, BDs lightweight line-up for the past five seasons, aims to allow for a burly ski feel in a light-ish package. ![]() ![]() (Interestingly, Lundgren’s 1985 major motion picture debut, A View to Kill, starts off with Roger Moore’s James Bond in perhaps the big screen’s most infamous ski chase…a story for another day). Clearly this is no secret to the folks at Black Diamond, as the Helio Carbon ski’s redesign quite similarly utilizes a foundation in top-notch engineering to pack a precision punch: hard-charging, impressively stable, and surprisingly nimble for their size. Sunshine in the Chugach! Photo: Taylor BracherĪnyone who’s read Dolph Lundgren’s Wikipedia page knows full well that it takes a Fulbright Scholarship at MIT in chemical engineering to fully develop one’s appreciation for the hard-hitting, yet smooth style of Kyokushin Karate.
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