The Drift's Early rise tip makes these babies float in the powder as well as making crud busting an easy chore. Built for the backcountry, these sticks work well in bounds but they are a little too soft for resort skiing full-time–they are not a bull dozer in the chop. The flat tail design allows for mountaineering utility (boot-packing anchors) and an integrated tail skin attachment clip built for BD skins but they also accommodate a variety of other skins quite easily.
The goal of Black Diamonds Efficient series skis is to reduce as much weight as possible with out sacrificing the skis integrity. To do this a paulownia wood core with carbon fibre reinforcements is used to save on weight. To see how BD makes these skis light and stable read the full review on our gear review page here.
