The Escalator "NORTHBACK"

The Escalator "NORTHBACK"

162cm
$879.00
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The Escalator "NORTHBACK"

The Escalator

Northback
Fank x J Collab
$879.00
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2 year warranty

J skis are backed by an industry leading 2-year warranty against manufacturing defects

Waist Width: 102mm

J Says Best For: Light Powder / Soft Groomers / Touring / Backcountry / Off-Piste

Personality

Soft & Playful Happy Medium Stiff & Aggressive

Conditions

50% All Mountain 50% Powder

The Escalator Awards

The Artwork

Fank x J Collab

300 MadeReleased August 1, 2026

If you think this graphic looks exactly like a cushion off the couch in your grandpa's hunting cabin you may be on to something!

For the top graphic we started with a small piece of deadstock fabric (no longer available) that Fank tracked down on Etsy. The print had canoes, deer, mountains, trees, fishing scenes, the whole outdoor universe packed into this fabric. Fank then scanned and modified it to seamlessly repeat down the length of the ski. What’s really cool is the actual fabric texture details came with it. You can see the cotton weave running tip to tail, looking like your ski is actually covered in grandpa’s hunting couch. 

The base is iconic duck hunter camo, the kind you'd actually be wearing out there. Even the little "J Skis Sporting Goods" logo in the tip looks like it came straight off the wall of an old-school fishing store.

Getting out in the woods is one of our greatest summertime escapes. Camping, fishing, floating in the canoe. Those are great times, nothing else matters. That's what this Limited Edition graphic is all about. We even named it the Northback after a legendary side-country zone at Crystal Mountain, Washington. Cold, wild, off the beaten path, just seemed right. 

We made only 200 pairs of these on J Lev's favorite ski, The Escalator, and he hand-signed and numbered each one so you'll own a unique ski like no one else's. The mountains are calling and these won't last long. Grab your pair and get out there!

The Escalator

132 – 102 – 123

The narrowest ski in our Explore Collection is a solid, lighter weight ski for easy up and easy down from resort hot laps to backcountry adventures

This lighter weight, yet uniquely solid ski is built to do what you wanna do, whether that's sunrises on the skin track or spending all of your time riding lifts. The secret ingredient is a combination of a light Aspen core paired with our classic downhill ski construction for a Goldilocks feel that seamlessly blends stability with weight savings. Its 102mm waist slides perfectly into every skier’s quiver as a do-it-all tool that can lay down quick, snappy carves in bounds as effortlessly as it surfs wide open pow fields. We gave it a twin-tip shape for skiing backward and increased maneuverability in tight situations like chutes or trees. A subtle tail notch provides reliable skin clip retention for fast transitions. Add our pre-cut skins that perfectly fit the skis, and you're ready to go touring right out of the box! "The Escalator" will keep your legs fresher longer, so you can shred stronger from sunrise to last chair.

#JEscalatorSki

This ski is kind of a big deal!
Lightweight, slashy and nimble. It pivots on a dime while maintaining a respectable level of stability. The fairly aggressive sidecut lends itself to a mean carve, yet you can still pivot, slash and schmear the tails. It’s a great combination for today’s creative freeride skier.

— Freeskier Magazine

The Finest Materials

Aspen Construction

By selling these skis factory directly to you, we can 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

Length162cm169cm176cm182cm188cm
Dimensions 132 – 102 – 123 132 – 102 – 123 132 – 102 – 123 132 – 102 – 123 132 – 102 – 123
Sidecut Radius14.4m15.8m17.1m18.6m20.4m
Weight Per Ski1560g1640g1720g1785g1840g
Camber3.0mm3.0mm3.5mm3.5mm3.5mm
Effective Edge1070mm1295mm1350mm1410mm1470mm
Tip / Tail Height70 / 35mm70 / 35mm70 / 35mm70 / 35mm70 / 35mm
Tip / Tail Length330 / 200mm330 / 200mm330 / 200mm330 / 200mm330 / 200mm
Running Length1090mm1160mm1230mm1290mm1350mm
Boot From Center-6.7cm-7.0cm-7.2cm-7.5cm-7.7cm
Boot From Tail743mm775mm807mm835mm863mm
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