Skiers and their search for the perfect turn
It's like the holy grail of slope lovers. Everyone wants it, everyone is looking for it, but it's not so easy to find: The perfect turn. If you ask the company Fischer, the recipe for the perfect turn isn't that difficult: Take three racing legends, give them a lot of time to experiment, add the latest World Cup technologies, add a pinch of perfectionism and garnish generously with extensive tests around the world and it's done: the Fischer The Curv family.
What exactly is the perfect turn?
Of course the whole thing isn't quite that simple: It took the three racing legends Hans Knauss (AUT), Mike von Grünigen (SUI) and Kristian Ghedina (ITA) two years of development work to create a ski that fulfilled their expectations. And no surprise, these were high: "I always want to be able to keep everything under control while skiing. The feeling of completely mastering the game with centrifugal forces, feeling the urge to move forward and being one with the ski and the snow from the beginning of the turn to the end," said Hans Knauss, describing his expectation of the perfect turn.
The Curv - technical details
In order to achieve this, the development team has spared no effort and copied some of the racing skis from the professional sector without neglecting their suitability for the slopes: The diagonally laid carbon struts effectively prevent excessive twisting of the ski and thus ensure optimum control. The very harmonious bending line ensures optimum power transmission. The ski simply moves smoothly and without a broker through the radius that the skier likes.
But the best thing about the Fischer The Curv are the unique shapes: Triple Radius combines a handy entry with a stable and smooth curve as well as a final push at the end of the turn. In combination with the progressive sidecut concept, THE CURV is suitable - depending on the length - for short, medium and long turns.
THE CURV - The perfect turn
With THE CURV the three Fischer racing professionals have found it, the perfect turn: "Think of a hard, freshly slope in the morning. A ride like on rails. Gliding, creeping, pure adrenaline, total power and full concentration - with every turn. The snow crunches, the edge burns - that's exactly the perfect turn", Kristian Ghedina describes the RC 4 The Curv from Fischer.
THE CURV and its models
The Curv - On Piste Models
Next to the sporty RC The Curv Booster, with a booster plate for extremely ambitious skiers, the three ex-professionals have also thought of the less racing skiers: The RC 4 The Curv DTX is a real machine for the slope, greedy for curves, but not that racing aggressive. A great ski for every very good skier. The Curv Ti is also a less aggressive version of the fast cruiser and guarantees maximum fun for this target group.
With a wider centre and smaller radius, The CURV GTX is a great choice for slalom enthusiasts in shorter lengths due to its manoeuvrability. The longer it gets, the more the middle radii are its terrain. But there is one thing he does better than pure slope skis in particular: he simply has more buoyancy when it comes to fresh snow or wet snow like skiing in spring, which makes him playful even under these difficult conditions.
Fischer The Curv GT - Allmountain Series
For the new ski season, the popular The Curv series from Fischer has been supplemented with additional skis. The Curv GT model range stands for a wide-waisted and versatile all-mountain series that knows how to impress both with sportiness and on soft slopes.
The new family members of the Curv series start with the Fischer The Curv GT 76, a sporty all-round ski that impresses with a balance of sporty performance and playful maneuverability, a ski for the ambitious skier who can also enjoy a vacation without too much power.
We continue with the slightly wider skis in the series, with the Fischer The Curv GT 80, a sporty ski that offers the skier more edge grip and smoothness thanks to its reinforcement with a Titanal insert.
A ski that offers a wide range of use with 80mm under the binding and is also impressive in soft conditions.
The best for last, the top model in the series, the Fischer The Curv GT 85 is a highly sporty all-mountain ski with a harder wood core than its predecessor and 85mm under the binding. A sporty skier can tease everything out of it and push the ski to its limits in carving with its relatively small radius. Thanks to its medium width, excursions into deep snow are also possible, making it a ski that covers the whole mountain.
