Last tested
2024
Status:ongoing
2025

Mezzalama

People's choice RacePeople's choice Race
It's supportive, gets you down long descents and is ideal for an athletic approach, training and occasional races
In brief
Suitable for
non-competitive racers, training
Not suitable for
top athletes
Also suitable for
fitness touring
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  • In words
  • Technical specifications

    Buyer’s Guide reviews

    Positioning
    Handling
    Traditional ski-tourer
    Suggested curve arc
    Medium radius
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    On-snow performance
    Hard / packed
    Powder
    Wind-blown / crust
    Damp / wet
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    The charts show our impressions from testing
    Product info
    Category average
    Trip purpose
    Height difference / Engagement
    Performance / Line
    Skiing / Slope
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    Recommended use
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    Recommended level
    Technical Level
    Beginner
    Intermediate
    Advanced
    High level
    Weight
    lightmedianheavy
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    In words

    Intro
    This aptly named ski is designed with Grand Course races in mind. The Mezzalama's construction offers a significant advantage over much of the competition, prioritizing control and reducing the fatigue of long, high-altitude descents. This approach makes the difference in weight between it and ultralight models like the Ski Trab Gara basically irrelevant. Weighing in at just over 800 g (1.75 lbs.) it's still made from paulownia and layers of carbon and fiberglass. The shortest length (153 cm), designed with women and teenagers in mind, is 20 g lighter.
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    On the snow
    Perfect for fitness touring, training, and a more athletic approach, including taking part in the odd race, this versatile ski is the full package. It holds the edge, as well as the line at speed, providing stability, but without pigeonholing itself as an easy ski. In uneven, windblown, difficult snow conditions it has your back, damping any chatter. Anyone aiming at the podium could have a few preconceptions regarding the weight (not its downhill performance), but an extra few dozen grams is an advantage for the vast majority of skiers who don't make it to the top of the table and have to cope with long, technical descents in less than ideal conditions, often at altitude. From the outset it proves to be a supportive, forgiving and smoothly responsive ski.
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    Lab
    Concave along the length of the ski, not flat after 10 passes through the machine. Badly applied structure. No wax, good edges 1.4 x 1.4 mm at 89.2°, not tuned. Patches of rust, aggressive edges, protruding sidewall. Tuning required.
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    Technical specifications

    Construction
    cap-sidewall
    Materials
    paulownia, carbon fiber, glass fiber
    Base
    sintered polyethylene
    Available sizes
    153, 162
    Released in
    2022
    Made in
    Austria
    Price
    850 €
    Declared specsMeasured by us
    We measured the length 162 to get all the details
    162 cm
    Length
    XXXXX
    98 cm
    Tip width
    XXXXX
    79 cm
    Tail width
    XXXXX
    64 cm
    Waist width
    XXXXX
    N/A
    Edge contact
    XXXXX
    N/A
    Camber
    XXXXX
    N/A
    Tip rocker
    XXXXX
    N/A
    Tail rocker
    XXXXX
    790 g
    Individual weight
    XXXXX
    N/A
    Left weight
    XXXXX
    N/A
    Right weight
    XXXXX
    20 m
    Sidecut radius
    XXXXX
    N/A
    Load-bearing surface
    XXXXX
    N/A
    Tip torsion
    XXXXX
    N/A
    Center torsion
    XXXXX
    N/A
    Tail torsion
    XXXXX
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