Head Kore 111
Level: Advanced
Brand: Head
Model year: 2025
Measure (Tip/Waist/Tail): 140/111/127 mm Turning radius: 21.10 m Weight: 1890 gram (184 cm)
Lengths: 177,184,191 cm
Manufacturers description
HEAD's pro skiers requested a freeride ski with agility, versatility and flotation. The athlete-inspired KORE 111 is the answer. This lightweight and nimble ski comes from a unique construction that reduces weight without sacrificing performance, thanks to a combination of Graphene, Karuba wood and multi layers of Carbon. The sandwich sidewall construction is enhanced with a new topsheet shape that adds durability, while tip and tail rocker adds flotation so you can channel your inner pro skier.
Multilayer-Carbon Sandwich Cap Construction
KARUBA-Poplar Light Weight Wood Core
Graphene
Topless Tech
Structured UHM C Base
Tip-Tail Rocker
Multilayer-Carbon Sandwich Cap Construction
KARUBA-Poplar Light Weight Wood Core
Graphene
Topless Tech
Structured UHM C Base
Tip-Tail Rocker
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Strengths:
- Edge grip
- Speed stable
- The weight
Weaknesses:
- Somewhat uninspiring at low speed and flatter terrain.
- The weight (is not damped like a ski that weighs 500-600 grams more)
- Durability (Possibly I got a Monday sex but Head thought it was user error, on day two I tore out both bindings when it was going to be buttered. About a year and quite a few ski days later the ski came off).
Summary:
Assume that Kore 111 had been a car. This car is light, agile and fast like a Porsche, has the off-road characteristics of a Jeep but the driving pleasure of a Skoda Octavia from 2008. Possibly a Skoda Octavia RS for this ski is fast, stable and agile but doesn't really invite any further play. Of course, this does not make skiing boring. Sure, it's easy to get slack on the ski to slow down etc. But if you aspire to do long presses like the bunch league or prioritize high jumps and spins, this is neither the first, second nor third ski you should look at.
After riding a demo copy of the ski and playing with the mounting point, I believe that this ski should be mounted at the front. Personally, I landed at about +3 cm from the recommended, for the common man I had actually recommended mounting at least 1.5 cm every day of the week, which makes it feel somewhat more agile and easy to maneuver.
For a relatively light ski, the Kore 111 is incredibly stable at speed and has surprisingly good edge grip. This is largely because it is really hard right through, think like 10/10 hardness under foot and 9/10 in front and behind binding. Is the ski fluttery at high speed? No. On the other hand, the weight means that it might be perceived as a bit "whacky" when it is sent around between cauliflower snow and ice cream cones. It simply won't be as quiet as a ski constructed with 10kg sheet metal.
At the end of the day, however, it's the weight that makes this ski as interesting and good as it actually is. I myself have ridden it as a 50/50 (or actually 90/10...) ski for resort and touring in Sweden as well as abroad and after changing skis I have to say that I miss the lightness and competence of the Kore 111.
Model year: 2022
Riding style: Freeride/Top Tour
Length on the ski: 184 cm
Riders weight: 75 kg
Riders length: 185 cm
- Edge grip
- Speed stable
- The weight
Weaknesses:
- Somewhat uninspiring at low speed and flatter terrain.
- The weight (is not damped like a ski that weighs 500-600 grams more)
- Durability (Possibly I got a Monday sex but Head thought it was user error, on day two I tore out both bindings when it was going to be buttered. About a year and quite a few ski days later the ski came off).
Summary:
Assume that Kore 111 had been a car. This car is light, agile and fast like a Porsche, has the off-road characteristics of a Jeep but the driving pleasure of a Skoda Octavia from 2008. Possibly a Skoda Octavia RS for this ski is fast, stable and agile but doesn't really invite any further play. Of course, this does not make skiing boring. Sure, it's easy to get slack on the ski to slow down etc. But if you aspire to do long presses like the bunch league or prioritize high jumps and spins, this is neither the first, second nor third ski you should look at.
After riding a demo copy of the ski and playing with the mounting point, I believe that this ski should be mounted at the front. Personally, I landed at about +3 cm from the recommended, for the common man I had actually recommended mounting at least 1.5 cm every day of the week, which makes it feel somewhat more agile and easy to maneuver.
For a relatively light ski, the Kore 111 is incredibly stable at speed and has surprisingly good edge grip. This is largely because it is really hard right through, think like 10/10 hardness under foot and 9/10 in front and behind binding. Is the ski fluttery at high speed? No. On the other hand, the weight means that it might be perceived as a bit "whacky" when it is sent around between cauliflower snow and ice cream cones. It simply won't be as quiet as a ski constructed with 10kg sheet metal.
At the end of the day, however, it's the weight that makes this ski as interesting and good as it actually is. I myself have ridden it as a 50/50 (or actually 90/10...) ski for resort and touring in Sweden as well as abroad and after changing skis I have to say that I miss the lightness and competence of the Kore 111.
Model year: 2022
Riding style: Freeride/Top Tour
Length on the ski: 184 cm
Riders weight: 75 kg
Riders length: 185 cm
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