Endorsed by one tester who said, “The Spanish conquistadors would have crusaded this ski to the end of the earth,” the Crusade was built to rail turns on the frontside all damn day. A woodcore, sandwich construction and a generous sidecut will have you gripped from first chair to the last. While carving is its core competency, the ski has built in Venturi-Tip rocker that combines a rockered tip with a hollow-shovel shape to increase float in crud or pow. There are no two ways about it, if you want to go fast and lay it down on any terrain, take a gander at the Crusade.