Nordica Unleashed 98 (Powder Ski 2023/2024)

Unleash your creativity: Whether slashing pow, ripping bumps, or snaking through the trees, Nordica’s Unleashed 98 is at home anywhere. Built for the modern freeskier, it offers a playful ride without sacrificing performance.

To boost your confidence, the Unleashed 98 pairs a wood core with carbon and a sheet of terrain-specific metal. This design enhances edge hold and dampens vibrations for an especially smooth ride. Its rocker profile easily handles any terrain and all conditions and for exceptional response and plenty of pop, the Unleashed 98 sports traditional camber underfoot. Its early rise tip and tail provide floatation on deep days and are at home buttering around the mountain. And thanks to its wide waist, the Unleashed 98 offers tremendous versatility, making it the perfect daily driver. Roam wild and free with Nordica’s Unleashed 98.

UNLEASHED ROCKER DESIGN
Longer running base length = Less tip and tail rocker depth to better support the playful tip and tail shovel shapes

• more turned up tail = easier to swivel and break free while also offering a more favorable setup for ridding switch.
• steeper tip shovel = more tip initiation and deflection in soft snow.

TRUE TIP
By trimming the amount of heavy ABS plastic in the tip and extending the lightweight wood core into this area with a taper that further reduces weight, Nordica enhanced playfulness and maneuverability of the ski without compromising that unmatchable feeling of powerful and control. 

• lighter
• smoother
• more maneuverable

TERRAIN SPECIFIC METAL
By adding the same shaped metal plate inside the skis, it increases proportionately with the decrease of the last. Trough this technology, Nordica was able to design unique constructions better suited for different terrain. The narrower Santa Ana have more power and stability on trail, while the wider constructions are more enjoyable off-piste and on softer snow.

• lighter with metal dampening
• stability where you need it
• playfulness where you want it

GEOMETRIC RUNNING BASE
The running base design has a specific geometric shape to show two features of the ski: A horizontal cut indicates where the rocker starts. The intersection of the diagonal cut with the edge shows

Core / Materials: 
LITE PERFORMANCE WOOD + TERRAIN SPECIFIC METAL + CARBON + SIDEWALL

At the 2023/2024 WorldSkitest the skis were closely evaluated in the category „Freeride I“. Tester opinion: "The "Nordica" came in an excellent second place, just 0.1 points short of winning the test. This ski impresses on the piste with its strong edge grip and is equally agile in the terrain. Whether long or short turns, the "Unleashed 98" masters everything perfectly and convinced our testers completely."

*2 test runs per ski: 1x piste, 1x terrain

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