New Kastle MX 98 Ski 178cm 2024

Big, burly, and a whole lot of fun for the right skier, the Kastle MX 98 holds a pretty special place in the ski world. With the shape, construction, and profile to take you wherever you want to go, and at ridiculously high speeds, the MX 98 is the one-tool all-mountain crusher that rips about has hard as it gets. Built with a wood core consisting of beech and poplar stringers in the middle-portion of the core and with poplar stringers on the outer parts, the skis are stable, smooth, and damp in the best possible way. With two sheets of fiberglass and two metal layers, these skis have the sidewall sandwich construction that grips tight to the hard snow, while being compliant enough to not only plow through crud and chop, but also to float on top of fresh and softer snow. With taper and rocker on the minimal side, these skis are equally at home on an early-morning groomer as they are in mid-day crud and chop. As usual, our testers raved about the stability and high-performance ceiling of these skis, and that’s just something that we’re used to these days here at SkiEssentials.com from the good people at Kastle.