Meant to excel in powder, variable snow, steep terrain and hardpack (that means everywhere) the Foundation Wailer 99 can be relied on day-in and day-out—like your favorite pair of pants or a bottle of top-shelf bourbon. Its 99 mm waist width is adept at handling a variety of snow conditions and rockered tips and tails help boost this ski’s performance in deeper snow. An 18-meter turn radius (@ 184 cm) walks the line between quick, snappy turns and larger swooping ones, and a longer sidecut length (extending further toward the tip and tail) helps promote edge hold on anything from mellow groomers to near-vertical chutes. “Damn solid all around,” noted one tester. “Great at maneuvering tight spaces, very lightweight, yet still holds up on the hardpack and steep chunder.”