La Machine 2

Features

The La Machine 2 touring ski is the next step up in Faction's carbon-loaded touring skis. These 99mm-waisted feather-light skis boast a unique, progressive design tailored specifically for off-piste adventures. Compared to the Agent 2, the La Machine Mini is 200g lighter and softer, ensuring your legs stay fresh during even the longest tours. The extended rocker is perfect for playful skiers who love carving through various snow conditions, with a touch of extra width to handle the morning's squeaky-dry powder to afternoon's sun-baked slush. Upgrade to an ultra-light touring skiing experience with the La Machine 2 and enjoy unmatched performance in the map's margins.

• Best For: Freeride, Touring
• Elliptical Sidecut — Elliptical Sidecut is made up of a longer radius underfoot and shorter radius in the tip and tail of the ski. The long radius underfoot means you can pivot faster and easier, while a shorter radius in the tip and tail result in easier turn initiation. This sidecut allows for a wide variety of turn lengths, angles and mounting positions.
• Mustache Flex — The "Mustache Flex" offers stability underfoot for solid edge hold, with a smooth, progressive flex in the tips and tails to easily absorb all the different bumps and snow debris the mountain throws at you.
• A Progressive Flat-Tail Shape and Profile — Extended tip and tail rocker + low camber, for optimal float in soft snow, and effortless turn initiation and smearing in variable conditions.
• Lightweight Paulownia Wood & Fiberglass Core — Paulownia is an extremely lightweight wood core with excellent strength properties. Paulownia provides beautiful flex and vibration absorption without adding bulk, making it an ideal wood core for a touring ski that performs just as well on the uphill as on the downhill. It's set between two layers of fiberglass for strength, rigidity and durability.
• Full Carbon Layers — Two full-length sheets of Carbon Fiber sandwich the wood core, for a lightweight yet responsive and torsionally rigid ski.

Sustainability

• Recycled Materials — Faction work closely with production partners to eliminate material waste. They mix base and sidewall material scraps back into the raw material used for production, reducing carbon emissions and maintaining the same level of quality & durability.
• Locally Sourced Materials — To reduce the impact of their production supply chain, Faction strive to source materials from European companies that are based close to their factories. Reduce distance, reduce emissions, reduce impact.
• 100% Renewable Energy Factory — Faction's skis are crafted in a state-of-the-art facility powered entirely by renewable electricity and heated with biomass energy.