Ski: 2024-2025 Icelantic Nomad 106, 188 cm
Available Lengths: 171, 176, 182, 188 cm
Blister’s Measured Tip-to-Tail Length (straight-tape pull): 185.2 cm
Stated Weight per Ski (188 cm): 1978 grams
Blister’s Measured Weight per Ski (188 cm): 2022 & 2029 grams
Stated Dimensions: 141-106-133 mm
Blister’s Measured Dimensions: 138.5-104-130 mm
Stated Sidecut Radius (188 cm): 20 meters
Measured Tip & Tail Splay (ski decambered): 69 mm / 60 mm
Measured Traditional Camber Underfoot: 5.5 mm
Core Materials: poplar + carbon stringers + fiberglass laminate
Base Material: sintered ISOSPEED 7200
Factory Recommended Mount Points:
- “Progressive Center”: -5 cm from center / 87.6 cm from tail
- “Boot Center”: -7 cm from center / 85.6 cm from tail
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What Icelantic says about the Nomad 106
“Replacing our best selling ski of all time, the Nomad 105, wasn’t going to be easy, so it was really important to us that we do this right. Our solution? Simple. Make the BEST ski we’ve ever made. We think we’ve done just that. ‘The Nomad 105 needs to have more pop?’ Check! We doubled the camber height and added carbon stringers tip to tail to exaggerate the much desired energy underfoot. ‘The Nomad 105 needs a lighter swingweight.’ Copy that! Our new FLY-cap construction does exactly that without needing to reduce surface area. ‘The Nomad 105 needs to actually be 105mm wide.’ Touché, but we raise you 1mm to a 106. We’ve packaged the familiarity of the Nomad you know and love with a lively, playful, and even more FUN ski you always knew it could be. The Nomad 106 combines the rare qualities of playfulness and dampness into a ski that delivers the freeride performance that wants to jib, drive or carve through all conditions.”
More About the New Nomad and Maiden Collections:
For more details, check out our writeup on Icelantic’s newly updated Nomad and Maiden 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 Nomads and Maidens; 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 Nomad 106:
Tips: 5-5.5
Shovels: 6-6.5
In Front of Toe Piece: 8-10
Underfoot: 10
Behind the Heel Piece: 9.5-8.5
Tails: 7.5-6
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On that note, you can also get our thoughts on this ski and 300+ others in our 2024-2025 Blister Winter Buyer’s Guide. BLISTER+ members already have access, or you can purchase the guide on its own to get the the print copy + digital version at no extra cost, or the digital-only edition.
Flash Review: 24/25 Icelantic Nomad 106
We’ve been spending a lot of time on Icelantic’s overhauled Nomad skis — check out our thoughts on the updates, and the new Nomad 106 in particular.
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