These wide-bodied snow surfers are as big as it gets in the ski world. Most powder skis start at around 114 mm wide and go up from there. The sky’s the limit when it comes to waist width, surfy rocker profiles, and wild taper shapes with these skis. When the skies open up and the snow falls down, it’s imperative to have the right tools on your feet. Powder, for most skiers, is the ideal of the ski aesthetic. Making clean arcs down a pure mountain face is the stuff of dreams, and these are the wings that allow for flight. Many of the modern powder and freeride skis have a straighter than average turn radius to allow for more drifty, smeary, and surfy skiing. Throwing skis like the Head Oblivion 116 sideways at high speed is a very exciting proposition, while bouncing down deep pillow lines on a Salomon QST X can elicit feelings of pure joy. As long as you’re in the right conditions and the right terrain, Powder Skis are the best possible ski you can have.