115+ MM Freestyle Ranking: #04

Candide’s go-to choice for bottomless conditions, the Faction Candide 4.0 Skis, comes back unchanged for its third year of production, and that’s just fine by our testers. “An ideal pow ski for park skiers,” claimed one. “Beastly pow charger, but easy to schmear and slash.” Its lightweight, hybrid balsa wood core has a great strength-toweight ratio, contributing to the versatility of this deep-snow plunderer. Add a hefty amount of tip and tail rocker and you’ve got a ski that’s “mind-blowingly versatile for such a fatty.” Trick up a storm in the pow. Get out there and do your best One of Those Days impressions. Don’t tell ski patrol we sent you.

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