Völkl Deacon 72 (Sport Carver 2023/2024)

Ultra-agile through bends big and small, this is the ski that can do everything on the piste.

You could say that the term “all-mountain” was coined just for the Deacon. Long, medium or crisp, short turns, cruising or skiing at the limits of speed, churned up or groomed slopes – if you’re ambitious about carving, look no further. With a 72 mm waist, the Deacon is great for anyone who likes to carve quickly through every radius and sometimes really let rip.

Fully overhauled and designed in bright colours for this winter, the Deacon 72 is impossible to miss on the slopes. With new geometry, a widened shovel and shortened tip and tail rocker, this powerhouse masters every turn radius and can switch edges even faster thanks to a two-millimetre narrower waist. Long, medium or short turns – if you’re ambitious about performance, look no further.

Its versatility is magnified by Tailored Carbon Tips. Carbon fibres applied using Völkl’s exclusive Tailored Fibre Placement (TFP) process allow our engineers to influence curve behaviour with great accuracy. The strength and alignment of the fibres define the force you need to apply and the energy that builds up where it’s needed. Agile shovel reaction is a feature of special note. This means that as soon as you initiate a turn, the ski begins to steer in a measured and controlled manner, depending on how the edges are employed. This construction also allows means less weight without any loss of stability. Last but not least, TFP allows our designers to tailor every length to the requirements of each target group.

The whole Deacon range is made with 3D.Glass at the front and rear areas, while the ski is built around our renowned multilayer wood core featuring a mix of poplar and beech. Two full layers of Titanal give the ski its familiar vigour. The Deacon 72’s ride is also boosted by the new R-Motion 3 GW binding. A shortened plate combined with a wider hole pattern delivers stronger, more direct power transmission and helps you switch edges quicker. The real highlight, however, is that the two rear screws are no longer fixed, allowing the binding to slide freely. With improved edge grip, the ski moves harmoniously through the entire line of the bend without being blocked. All in all, it takes noticeably less strength to turn with the Deacon 72. For younger and lighter riders, the Deacon 72 is now available for the first time in a length of below 160 cm – 158 to be precise.

TAILORED CARBON TIPS

In this innovative manufacturing process the new Tailored Carbon Tips are produced by embroidering the individual carbon fibers onto a carrier material. This allows them to be positioned exactly along the stress lines, opening up completely new possibilities, for performance at the front of the ski, which has a decisive influence on the handling of the ski. The stiffness, torsion and thus the skiing characteristics can be specifically adjusted via the fiber thickness and millimeter-precise alignment. In this way, the fibers guide the dynamics to the areas of the ski where they are needed. The visibly integrated Tailored Carbon Tips are light, allow an agile shovel reaction with less effort and quickly build up energy. The Tailored Carbon Tips thus reach a new level of precision, direct tip response and active skiing pleasure.

MULTILAYER WOODCORE

The side wall is laminated to extremely stable layers of wood on the sides of the sandwich core. In combination with a more flexible, lighter wood built into the center of the sandwich core construction provides numerous advantages: The hardwood part immediately adjacent to the sidewall effects a higher power transmission, improves the edge grip and supports the edge against external forces. The low weight of the softwood part in the middle of the ski brings more agility and maneuverability and reduces overall ski weight. The combination of both wood types running through the entire ski length contributes to an optimal distribution of the ski stiffness increasing the steering precision. It is the first and only sidewall/core technology intended for aggressive on-piste and racing use and capable of delivering the victory and defeat, even if it is measured in hundredths of seconds.

3D.GLASS

Compared to classic glass constructions the three-dimensional and multiple-folded glass layers in the tip and in the tail area result in an increased edge grip and a more vivid rebound behavior in turns.

• 3D.GLASS IS INTEGRATED IN THE TIP AND TAIL OF THE SKI: flat glass under the binding making the center softer; variable turning at any speed
• GLASS ABOVE THE SIDEWALL providing additional support for superior edge grip on icy slopes
• VERTICAL GLASS IN TIP & TAIL AREA for more pop for faster edge to edge changes

FULL TITANAL

The titanium setup makes the ski agile and dynamic. Especially friends of a hard, fast and aggressive riding style benefit from the quick response of this construction.

FULL SIDEWALL

Direct and strong powertransmission with full length sidewalls.

RMOTION 3 GW

Exclusive Marker Völkl plate-binding system for high class on-piste skis. BENEFITS: Smooth & consistent drifting at moderate speed, tighter turns with less efforts at higher speeds

TIP & TAIL ROCKER

Bends up only in the shovel and tail zones, with a camber shape in the middle

At the 2023/2024 WorldSkitest the skis were closely evaluated in the category „Men High Performance“. Tester’s opinion: "With a great and very balanced performance, the "Völkl" makes it onto the podium. According to our testers, the newly adapted "Deacon 72" perfectly fulfils the promised wide range of turn radii and remains stable and smooth on the piste in both long and short turns. Price-performance ratio is right!"

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