The Vacation "MALLARD" R.J. McDonald x J Collab Limited Edition Ski

The Vacation "MALLARD" R.J. McDonald x J Collab Limited Edition Ski

166cm
$749.00
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The Vacation "MALLARD" R.J. McDonald x J Collab Limited Edition Ski

The Vacation

Mallard
R.J. McDonald x J Collab
$749.00
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Waist Width: 104mm

J Says Best For: Soft Groomers / Deep Powder / Freestyle / Park / Glades/Trees

Personality

Soft & Playful Happy Medium Stiff & Aggressive

Conditions

30% All Mountain 70% Powder

THE ARTWORK

R.J. McDonald x J Collab

We waddled through a ton of different artists to find the king of nature painting for this ski! If you’ve ever seen a painting of ducks, deer, or fish, there’s a good chance you already know R.J. McDonald’s artwork. His iconic style has brought the nature of Tennessee to life for over thirty years, there’s even a wildlife area in central Tennessee named in his honor.

Our designer Fank used a high quality scan of one of R.J.’s paintings to cover as much of the top of the ski as possible, making sure to show off as much detail of those fancy feathers as possible. I’d tell you all about the official RealTree collab using their new Max-7 camo pattern on the base graphic, but it's impossible for you to see it in the wild.

You’ll need to wake up at the quack of dawn to get on a pair of these Vacations! I’m only making 350 pair and hand-signing & numbering each. Pick up a pair for a guaranteed ducking good time!

Check out more of R.J.’s nature paintings on his social and pick your own artwork here

The Vacation

127 – 104 – 122

"The Vacation" is the ultimate getaway from traditional, boring skis! It features a truly one-of-a-kind, soft flex pattern that’s equally distributed throughout the length of the ski. This enables it to match transitions and excel at a larger variety of freestyle terrain, so you can throw down with more style and control without getting bucked. Its 104mm waist is super versatile, floating easily in powder yet quick enough to shred all over the mountain, including the park. The added surface area underfoot makes for stable landings and provides even more balance and control when buttering and sliding rails. I designed the tips with a very smooth rocker and unique early taper geometry for a catch-free, effortless, surfy feel. You can pivot on a dime and never have to worry again about catching your tips when popping from forward to backward, buttering, or throwing tricks—even in fresh snow. If your idea of fun is to slash, press, air, butter, nollie, and jib from untracked pow to the park and everywhere in between, it’s time for a Vacation!

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Carbon Fiber Construction

By selling these skis factory direct to you, we're able to invest more money into using the highest quality materials possible for a game-changing level of premium performance & durability.

Full Height Sidewalls

Maximum impact resistant & vibration dampening
We’re using super durable, high impact absorbing Ultra High Molecular Weight (UHMW) polyethylene for our sidewalls. This is the same material we use on our ski's bases. It’s very impact resistant and since it’s full height, it also absorbs more vibration like using a longer spring in your car’s suspension. Take a metal pipe and hit it against a rock, then do the same with a piece of plastic. The metal vibrates through to your bones & the plastic absorbs the vibration for you. That’s the difference of having full height plastic shock absorbing sidewalls over your edges or not. We’re cutting the sides of the sidewalls to a 10* angle, with a nice step at the bottom for easy tuning like race skis.

SPECS

Length166cm173cm180cm186cm
Dimensions 127 – 104 – 122 127 – 104 – 122 127 – 104 – 122 127 – 104 – 122
Sidecut Radius15.3m16.9m18.5m20.1m
Weight Per Ski1840g1890g2045g2195g
Camber3.5mm3.5mm3.5mm3.5mm
Effective Edge1300mm1370mm1440mm1500mm
Tip / Tail Height65 / 45mm65 / 45mm65 / 45mm70 / 45mm
Tip / Tail Length435 / 210mm435 / 210mm435 / 210mm435 / 210mm
Running Length1025mm1085mm1155mm1215mm
Boot From Center-4.0cm-4.0cm-4.0cm-4.0cm
Boot From Tail790mm825mm860mm890mm
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