The Best Friend
Good Times
Fank x J Collab

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Waist Width: 118mm
Personality
Conditions
The Artwork
Fank x J Collab
100 Made
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Released November 14, 2024
I’m a lifelong fan of Jamaican music and culture, my wife and I even got married in Jamaica, so when the opportunity came to create a graphic for a ski like this, I was eager to go big and bold with pure good-times vibes!
Bob Marley and other Jamaican artists popularized the red, yellow, and green colors of the Rastafarian flag through their music, embedding them deeply into reggae culture. These colors were originally inspired by the Ethiopian flag featuring the Lion of Judah, which later became a primary symbol of the Rastafarian movement. This art centers around these dynamic colors, symbolizing the resilience, hope, and unity rooted in Jamaican heritage.
Fank designed the art by applying translucent color washes over the natural wood grain to create a soulful, organic vibe. He used a vintage aesthetic reminiscent of classic roots reggae album covers, adding a bold “GOOD TIMES” statement on the base. With these bases, people will know you’re having reeeeal good times surfing, slashing, and popping out of the deep pow!
This unique ski graphic is both an homage to reggae music and a celebration of its powerful, enduring spirit. We produced only 100 pairs of this Limited Edition graphic on “The Best Friend” ski, each hand-signed and numbered. Don’t sleep on these, mon—only a couple dozen are available per size, and they’ll sell out quick!

The Best Friend™
140 -
118
- 129
The widest ski in our Explore Collection looks different for a reason… It makes powder skiing easy!
We've engineered a revolutionary asymmetric ski shape that solves the age-old powder problem! The challenge with the traditional shape of powder skis is it causes your downhill ski to sink and your uphill ski to rise in deep snow. This separates your legs, making it hard to stay in control and tiring you out waaay more than necessary. To solve this problem, we added surface area where you need extra float and removed it where you don't. The result is a pair of skis that float naturally on the same plane, helping your legs stay closer together effortlessly. It feels more like riding a single surfboard than two individual skis. This means you can ski deep snow with more confidence while using less energy, letting the skis use the natural mechanics of powder snow to do the hard work for you! No more sitting back to keep your tips up, no more backseat landings, face plants, tomahawks, or yard sales. Even on the deepest days you can ski in your natural stance, floating and turning with ease, without straining to stay in control. The unique, asymmetric shape is only on the tip and tail of the ski and will have no effect on the ski’s firm snow performance. You get the benefits of traditional sidecut and camber when charging hard on firm and chopped up conditions, combined with powder specific geometry that does all the work for you on the deepest days. This is your new Best Friend on pow days, surf’s up!
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The Best Friend IN THE WILD
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SPECS
Length | 177cm | 184cm | 191cm |
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Dimensions | 140 - 118 - 129 | 140 - 118 - 129 | 140 - 118 - 129 |
Sidecut Radius | 18.5m | 19.5m | 21m |
Weight Per Ski | 1880g | 2000g | 2150g |
