Nordica has long been known for its powerful skis made for powerful skiers. The new Enforcer 104 continues that trend, but with an updated tail shape to allow for less of a locked-in feel, without sacrificing any of the power.
Groomers & Resort Skiing:
The ski retains a fairly traditional directional shape with minimal tip and tail rocker, but the new version features slightly more kick in the tail to allow for easier turn release. That helps out in soft snow, but mostly you feel it when you want to hit the brakes on hardpack. It's much easier to cut loose from the turn than previous Enforcers. Testers loved how easy it was to get the ski on edge and respond to inputs no matter what the conditions were. 104 underfoot is starting to be on the wide side for true groomer performance, but given the wider body, these things are about as good as it gets on trails. The Blizzard Anomoly 102 might marginally have these beat on groomed but they are a lot less versatile feeling.
Skier: Coralie Ogez. P: Hanne Lundin Wallengren
Skier: Lucas Boudreau. P: Carter Edwards
Skier: Lucas Boudreau. P: Carter Edwards
Park & Jibbing:
The downside of the Enforcer's damp ride is that lacks pop and prefers to stay on the ground, but is very stable on landings off natural airs. Essentially it's a good ski for sending drops that don't require you to pop too much because it's great for stomping but as soon as you need to flex the ski, you're going to have a bad time. Swingweight is pretty high and overall, these are happiest if the snow always angles downhill.
Who's it for?
It’s a 104mm-waisted all-mountain freeride monster that makes for the perfect daily driver for aggressive skiers in the Mountain West. If you're a directional skier, these would be an excellent choice for 95 percent of resort days, with the exception of powder day mornings. These would be the ski to own if you consider yourself an aggressive skier, frequent a ski area with rowdy terrain like Alta, Jackson Hole, or even somewhere like Sunshine Village, and wanted one ski to do it all, all season long.
Sizes: 167, 173, 179, 185, 191
Dimensions: 135 - 104 - 125 @ 179
Radius: 18.5 @ 179
Whether chasing powder in the trees, lacing turns in softer snow, or lapping spring slush, Nordica’s all-new Enforcer 104 makes the best days even better. As the widest ski in the Enforcer collection, it provides a ride that’s as playful as it is versatile. Thanks to a fresh construction that embeds both a wood core and an elastomer Pulse core between two layers of titanal, this all-mountain ski is uniquely smooth and powerful–yet also forgiving. No wonder you’ll be grinning ear-to-ear in both soft snow and variable conditions. The mountains are calling–experience everything they have to offer with Nordica’s Enforcer 104.
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