What K2 says about the Mindbender 106C W

“Every skier needs that one set-up that can handle it all and rip despite varying forecasts. That’s why we built the women’s-specific Mindbender 106C W. The 106C features a mid-fat waist and a lightweight Aspen Micro Block core, the perfect combination of float and fun. Uni-Directional Flax improves the ski’s ability to track in variable terrain resulting in improved suspension and composure.

Coupled with Spectral Braid technology, a variable-angle fiber reinforcement that allows for precision-tuned torsion and flex these skis are stable despite their lighter construction and maintain complete maneuverability. The 106C is the ultimate one ski quiver, for when you don’t know what the forecast has in store.”

Construction

As was just noted in K2’s description of this ski, there were several notable material updates made to the Mindbender “C” skis with the goals of both increasing performance and decreasing environmental impact.

We won’t go too heavy into the details here since Jed Yeiser does a great job in the Brand Lineup video, above. But to summarize: the new Mindbender C skis feature aspen wood cores, uni-directional flax fibers for added damping / suspension, a new resin that’s reportedly 60+% bio-based while offering improved mechanical properties, and the brand’s “Carbon Spectral Braid.”

That last feature carries over mostly unchanged from the previous Mindbender C skis, and still serves the purpose of making the skis more torsionally rigid (and therefore precise on edge) in front half of the ski and less torsionally rigid (and therefore more maneuverable) through the back half of the ski.

Worth noting, the original Mindbender 106C Alliance and Mindbender 115C Alliance were unique to the women’s lineup at the time. For the 23/24 Mindbender C collection, all of the skis in the series share a construction across the women’s and men’s lineup, but the entire lineup was reportedly built collaboratively with their male and female athletes.