2027 Volkl Revolt 112

The 2027 Volkl Revolt 112 is an amazing soft snow and freeride ski that has a stout feel and a swervy character. Thankfully, we got a lot of good days to test this ski this past season as we were blessed with abundant snowfall. It's clear that it works best in deeper and softer snow, and if you have a creative mindset to your skiing, you'll get along with the Revolt 112 just fine. With gratuitous taper and rocker to go along with a thicker core profile, the Revolt 112 has an interesting blend of mobility and stability that we found to be incredibly handy and fun.

There's not a whole lot going on with the construction of this ski, contrary to what we see in other Volkl builds like Mantra or Peregrine. That's by design, though, and it works for Revolt 112. Here we get a mix of aspen and maple in the wood core and that's about it. In the 185, the ski sits on the scale at 2240 g/ski, so there's some heft here to contend with. The flex isn't too stiff—the tips and tails are more flexible than the thicker underfoot zone, and that leads to a more freestyle character. Tester Bob St.Pierre states that "It's always a good time when you get to test a playful powder ski in its intended conditions, and this thing is awesome. While I'm not the target market for a freestyle-oriented powder twin tip, I can say that it actually fits my style of tree skiing at Stowe quite well. It floats amazingly well, is so easy to smear and wiggle. This ski is just an absolute blast. It fits in great here at Stowe, or would do awesome in any other place that has tighter trees and deeper snow."

At 112 mm underfoot, the skis use Volkl's 3D Radius, but there's not a huge difference between the arcs. We get a fairly average 20-meter radius here, as the taper and rocker combined with the flex makes it relatively easy to make both long carves and shorter slashes. That's where we found the most fun to be had here—the skis love to be thrown sideways and have a very agile character despite the weight. Interestingly, we found that these skis have more of a tapered look that's more similar to the Revolt 96 rather than the 104 or 121—both of which have similar footprints to them. Tester Matt Stromecki calls them "Insanely maneuverable, surfy, and slashy! There is so much taper in the tips and tails with tons of rocker so you can spin on these like a top. A freestyler's powder ski dream for sure. They are not catchy or hooky at all, but they just surfy like no other. Due to the centered mount point, they are a little spooky at high speeds in a more direct line, but for making creative turns and tricks they are ideal. So unique and interesting, so they are not for everyone. But for who they are designed for, they are just right. Wiggle-factor one million!"

This is a fantastic addition to the Revolt lineup and does adhere more to the freestyle side of the spectrum when it comes to wider skis. We found that here in the trees, the skis were a ton of fun, and when you wanted to let them run and make some long turns, they held up quite well there, too. For a 112 twin tip, the Revolt is mighty and versatile—things that don't normally fit together as well as they do here.