Product Summary
The ski in details
The first choice for demanding alpinists in high altitude terrain with equally outstanding ascent and descent performance.
The Rise Above 88 with a 3D radius sidecut is the most versatile ski in our new touring range. It performs impressively on ascents and descents. A multi-layer wood core provides an impressive combination of minimal weight (1,186 g @ 170 cm), stability and smoothness. The 3D radius sidecut has a very resilient tip, which is especially useful when skiing in wind-blown snow conditions. The sidecut geometry is agile and manoeuvrable in narrow passages, while the full sidewall offers great stability and resilience. The combination of a narrower waist under the boot and moderate shaping in the tip and tail areas helps skiers remain in control and requires less effort, including on ski tours with a heavy backpack. The Rise Above 88 also comes with Völkl’s Smart Skin Clip system, which is compatible with both Fibre Tech and Smart Glue skins.
Technologies
3D Radius Sidecut
Three radii in one ski for maximum TURNING & SPEED VERSATILITY IN ALL MOUNTAIN SKIING
Full Sidewall
Direct and strong powertransmission with full length sidewalls.
Hybrid Multilayer Woodcore
The extra-light hybrid multilayer wood core is a very complex core that is used in the Blaze. Light and very stable poplar and beech woods, individually weighed and selected by weight before gluing, are used in this wood core.
Hybrid Multilayer Woodcore 1
A particularly light and complex wood core specially developed for touring skis.
Multilayer Woodcore 1
The side wall is laminated to extremely stable layers of wood on the sides of the sandwich core.
Smart Skinclip
The newly developed Smart Skinclip system allows the ski tourer to decide for himself, depending on the situation, in which direction he should pull the skin on and off.
Woodcore
Special PU construction with a wooden core in the ski body.
Ski review Völkl Rise Above 88
At the 2023/2024 WorldSkitest the skis were closely evaluated in the category „Touring Men 1“. Tester opinion: "Tired legs? - Not with the "Rise Above 88", our testers agree! This touring ski scores with its particularly light weight, so even longer tours can be on the agenda with it. Overall, the "Völkl" was rated "very good", as its downhill performance also kept pace with the competition. Points were only deducted for the handling of the skins."
| Handling skins | 6,4 / 10 |
|---|---|
| Long turns | 7,6 / 10 |
| Short turns | 7,0 / 10 |
| Smoothness | 7,1 / 10 |
| Edge grip | 7,2 / 10 |
| Overall impression | 7,3 / 10 |
| Final score | 42,6 / 60 very good |
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