Ski: 2024-2025 Icelantic Maiden 108, 176 cm
Available Lengths: 162, 169, 176 cm
Blister’s Measured Tip-to-Tail Length (straight-tape pull): 173.2 cm
Stated Weight per Ski: 1884 grams
Blister’s Measured Weight per Ski: 1821 &1827 grams
Stated Dimensions: 143-108-135 mm
Blister’s Measured Dimensions: 140.5-106-132.5 mm
Stated Sidecut Radius (176 cm): 18 meters
Measured Tip & Tail Splay (ski decambered): 66 mm / 59.5 mm
Measured Traditional Camber Underfoot: 2.5 mm
Core Materials: poplar + carbon stringers + fiberglass laminate
Base: sintered ISOSPEED 7200
Factory Recommended Mount Point:
- “Progressive Center”: -4.4 cm from center / 82.2 cm from tail
- “Boot Center”: -6.4 cm from center / 80.2 cm from tail
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What Icelantic says about the Maiden 108
“Your Maiden 108 is here, and she is better than you could ever imagine. She’s beautiful, she’s stable, and she’s possibly more fun than you bargained for. What’s not to like? Whether you are bounding through champagne pow, blasting through the remnants of the morning’s powder panic, or storming steep bumps, she is there, she is confident and she is more than capable. Her solid platform, supported by carbon running tip to tail, quickly eats up any otherwise unforgiving inconsistencies in the snow. All the while her minimal camber and light swingweight (thanks to our new FLY-cap construction) make it easy to slash turns and farm face shots. Your powder legs may not be ready, let alone your bumps legs. So 108mm may not seem like a powder ski, but designed with easy floatability in mind, the Maiden 108’s generous rocker in the tip and tail will keep you out there from bell to bell without reminding you that you always skip leg day. Your powder slaying Maiden awaits.”
More About the New Maiden and Nomad Collections:
For more details, check out our writeup on Icelantic’s newly updated Maiden and Nomad lineups.
Plus, for even more on the backstory of these new skis, watch the video below from Blister Summit 2024, where Luke Koppa sits down with Icelantic’s John Douthit to get the full rundown on what Icelantic was aiming to do differently with the new Maidens and Nomads; what they did *not* want to change; the design tweaks they settled on; the details of the seven models that make up the 24/25 collections, and more.
Flex Pattern
Here’s how we’d characterize the flex pattern of the Maiden 108:
Tips: 5.5-6
Shovels: 6-8
In Front of Toe Piece: 8.5-10
Underfoot: 10
Behind the Heel Piece: 10-8.5
Tails: 8-6
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