Head Kore 117
Level: Advanced
Brand: Head
Model year: 2025
Measure (Tip/Waist/Tail): 145/117/129 mm Turning radius: 24.60 m Weight: 1915 gram (184 cm)
Lengths: 177,184,191 cm
Manufacturers description
The KORE 117 holds up to big lines and bigger mountains with power and agility—all in a lightweight package. The unique construction reduces weight without sacrificing performance thanks to a combination of Graphene, Carbon and Karuba wood. The sandwich sidewall construction is enhanced with a new topsheet shape that adds durability. Whether heliskiing, hiking for your turns or catching first tracks, the KORE 117 has the stability and flotation to handle copious amounts of powder.
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:
It is ok for groomed slopes and for not so deep powder. It was surprise for me how good it keeps on iced slopes. I like how it performs at higher speeds. These skis are quite not so heavy also.
Weaknesses:
They have delicate top surface. The ski stopers of Attack bindings stuck one to another and you can't separate the ski to wear it.
Summary:
not so bad
Model year: 2020
Riding style: piste/powder
Length on the ski: 180 cm
Riders weight: 102 kg
Riders length: 180 cm
It is ok for groomed slopes and for not so deep powder. It was surprise for me how good it keeps on iced slopes. I like how it performs at higher speeds. These skis are quite not so heavy also.
Weaknesses:
They have delicate top surface. The ski stopers of Attack bindings stuck one to another and you can't separate the ski to wear it.
Summary:
not so bad
Model year: 2020
Riding style: piste/powder
Length on the ski: 180 cm
Riders weight: 102 kg
Riders length: 180 cm
Strengths:
Turning stiff despite the width.
Safe at higher speeds.
Relatively sustainable topsheet.
Weaknesses:
Tired at low speed.
Recommended mounting point far behind.
Summary:
Driving style: 50-80 days / season, of which 40% playful piste, 30% lift-borne off-piste, and 30% peak trip.
Tested the ski in a rainy year during the pre-season. This meant that I only got the chance to try them in varied before in the piste, such as soft slush bumps mixed with more icy parts.
Think the ski is fun when it is possible to keep up the speed. I have previously thought that many skis with similar width can be perceived as unsafe when standing, but no matter how messy it is in front of the skis, they never feel worried.
For me, who has a fairly playful riding style, the shape of the nose fits well. In spite of the myth, it feels like they are easy to get around in smaller rotations. If this is due to whether the ski is easy or if the shape makes it feel smooth, I cannot say anything yet, but I do not perceive it as clumsy at all.
At lower speeds, the ski feels rather lifeless and tired. Therefore, Kore 117 will not be the first choice if I will just give myself out and Cruisa a few hours a day.
My ski boot ends +4 from recommended and it's somewhere between +2 and +4 I'd rather have sat. If the recommended mounting point is very far behind the tail, and if they had been mounted, they would most likely have been less playful and less suitable for my type of ride when I was riding a lift.
The skis I tested were riding for about 10 days and although you can see some wear on the topsheet I do not think it is as fragile as some other brands. One picture shows the most worn part of the skis which, as I said, is not much wear for 10 days of skiing.
If I buy the ski I do it to supplement the current set of skis (waist between 95 and 110) to get more flow in deep snow and a loaded alpine ski. Had I had anything to say to Head I had asked for some movement of the midpoint on the waist forward, as well as a slightly softer tail. Now I do not have it, but I have to settle for the skis that they are, and that is most probably good enough.
Model year: 2019
Length on the ski: 189 cm
Riders weight: 75 kg
Riders length: 180 cm
Turning stiff despite the width.
Safe at higher speeds.
Relatively sustainable topsheet.
Weaknesses:
Tired at low speed.
Recommended mounting point far behind.
Summary:
Driving style: 50-80 days / season, of which 40% playful piste, 30% lift-borne off-piste, and 30% peak trip.
Tested the ski in a rainy year during the pre-season. This meant that I only got the chance to try them in varied before in the piste, such as soft slush bumps mixed with more icy parts.
Think the ski is fun when it is possible to keep up the speed. I have previously thought that many skis with similar width can be perceived as unsafe when standing, but no matter how messy it is in front of the skis, they never feel worried.
For me, who has a fairly playful riding style, the shape of the nose fits well. In spite of the myth, it feels like they are easy to get around in smaller rotations. If this is due to whether the ski is easy or if the shape makes it feel smooth, I cannot say anything yet, but I do not perceive it as clumsy at all.
At lower speeds, the ski feels rather lifeless and tired. Therefore, Kore 117 will not be the first choice if I will just give myself out and Cruisa a few hours a day.
My ski boot ends +4 from recommended and it's somewhere between +2 and +4 I'd rather have sat. If the recommended mounting point is very far behind the tail, and if they had been mounted, they would most likely have been less playful and less suitable for my type of ride when I was riding a lift.
The skis I tested were riding for about 10 days and although you can see some wear on the topsheet I do not think it is as fragile as some other brands. One picture shows the most worn part of the skis which, as I said, is not much wear for 10 days of skiing.
If I buy the ski I do it to supplement the current set of skis (waist between 95 and 110) to get more flow in deep snow and a loaded alpine ski. Had I had anything to say to Head I had asked for some movement of the midpoint on the waist forward, as well as a slightly softer tail. Now I do not have it, but I have to settle for the skis that they are, and that is most probably good enough.
Model year: 2019
Length on the ski: 189 cm
Riders weight: 75 kg
Riders length: 180 cm
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Head seems to have found a magic recipe for his new series Kore. A ski in each category on the top 7 lists says most. Not unexpectedly, it's carving qualities that are not so great at this ski, while flow and versatility were liked by the test boys. Tip & tail rocker with traditional span under foot.
Rating: 8.86
Rating: 8.86
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