Marcus Shakun


Marcus Shakun has become fully ingrained in the ski industry. He is the inventory manager and one of the hardgood buyers for SkiEssentials.com. Marcus spends a lot of time throughout the season testing different skis while making buying decisions for the coming season. He and Steve Sulin have likely skied more 2018 skis than any of our other testers thanks to the amount of industry demo events they attend. Marcus has found his home in the northern Vermont mountains. He prefers to ski in the woods whenever possible and has a lot of different skis in his quiver, but typically is one something 100 mm or wider with both rocker and camber. Marcus approached our ski test with a lot of experience and his responses and feedback were very valuable.

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Skis Tested

2018 Atomic Vantage X 80 CTI Skis

2018 Atomic Vantage X 80 CTI
Radius: 15.2 m at 173 cm Lengths: 159, 166, 173, 180 cm

2018 Blizzard Quattro 7.3 Skis

2018 Blizzard Quattro 7.3
Dimensions: 120/73/104 mm at 167 cm Radius: 13 m at 167 cm Lengths: 153, 160, 167, 174 cm

2018 Blizzard Quattro RS Skis

Dimensions: 120/72/104 mm Radius: 16 m at 174 cm Lengths: 153, 160, 167, 174, 181 cm

2018 Blizzard Quattro RX Skis

2018 Blizzard Quattro RX
Dimensions: 129/84/113 mm at 174 cm Radius: 16 m at 174 cm Lengths: 167, 174, 181 cm

2018 DPS Alchemist Wailer 106 Skis

2018 DPS Alchemist Wailer 106
Lengths: 168, 178, 185, 189 cm

2018 Dynastar Speedzone 12 Ti Skis

2018 Dynastar Speedzone 12 Ti
Dimensions: 121/72/106 mm Radius: 15 m at 174 cm Lengths: 158, 166, 174, 182 cm

2018 Fischer Ranger 108 Ti Skis

2018 Fischer Ranger 108 Ti
Dimensions: 140/108/130 mm Radius: 19 m at 182 cm Lengths: 174, 182, 188 cm

2018 Head Kore 105 Skis

2018 Head Kore 105 Skis
Dimensions: 135/105/125 mm Radius: 17.8 m at 180 cm Lengths: 171, 180, 189 cm

2018 Head Supershape i.Rally Skis

2018 Head Supershape i.Rally Skis
Dimensions: 135/76/114 mm Radius: 13.7 m at 170 cm Lengths: 156, 163, 170, 177 cm

2018 K2 Marksman Skis

2018 K2 Marksman
Dimensions: 132/106/126 mm Radius: 20 m at 184 cm Lengths: 170, 177, 184 cm

2018 K2 Pinnacle 105 Skis

2018 K2 Pinnacle 105
Dimensions: 137/105/121 mm Radius: 19 m at 184 cm Lengths: 170, 177, 184, 191 cm

2018 Nordica Soul Rider 87 Skis

2018 Nordica Soul Rider 87
Dimensions: 124/87/114 mm Radius: 16.5 at 177 cm Lengths: 169, 177, 185 cm

2018 Rossignol Pursuit 600 CAM Skis

2018 Rossignol Pursuit 600 CAM Skis
Dimensions: 126/74/110 mm Radius: 14 m at 170 cm Lengths: 163, 170, 177, 184 cm

2018 Rossignol Soul 7 HD Skis

2018 Rossignol Soul 7 HD Skis
Dimensions: 136/106/126 mm Radius: 18 m at 180 cm Lengths: 164, 172, 180, 188 cm

2018 Volkl BMT 90 Skis

2018 Volkl BMT 90 Skis
Dimensions: 127/90/109 mm Radius: 19.6 m at 177 cm Lengths: 163, 170, 177, 184 cm

2018 Volkl Code L Skis

2018 Volkl Code L Skis
Dimensions: 124/76/105 mm Radius: 18.2 m at 178 cm Lengths: 164, 171, 178, 185 cm

2018 Volkl Kanjo Skis

2018 Volkl Kanjo Skis
Dimensions: 123/84/104 mm Radius: 17.6 m at 168 cm Lengths: 154, 161, 168, 175, 182 cm

2018 Volkl Kendo Skis

2018 Volkl Kendo Skis
Dimensions: 127/90/110 mm Radius: 18.7 m at 170 cm Lengths: 163, 170, 177, 184 cm

2018 Volkl Transfer 89 Skis

2018 Volkl Transfer 89 Skis
Dimensions: 122/89/112 mm Radius: 21.3 m at 171 cm Lengths: 155, 163, 171, 179 cm