The Kästle MX 83 is halfway between an all mountain ski and a performance Alpine ski. It is clearly like the MX but more easily handled like the Kästle MX 75 that we tested and awarded. Take note though, they are handleable, but they are still powerful skis and you need good positioning and they can go very fast.
The Käsle MX 83 doesn’t keep you snared in; it’s dominating but if you want to exploit it you need to be relaxed in its range. It is designed for very good and powerful skiers, with solid technical skills.
It enters the turn very quickly, where you quickly and instinctively find the edge. With an 83mm waist switching from edge-to-edge is done fast. With this width you travel easily through heavy spring snow and chop. It’s very pleasant, even if we don’t have the same feeling as a freeride ski.
The tip works well, there’s a characteristic noise on hardpack but nothing annoying. Sometimes it vibrates, particularly when you have an imbalance at the front, you feel like it slides a bit, loses a little bit of its pressure, but nothing major. But, with the Kästle MX 83 you have superb fluidity: the ski is both soft, powerful, lively underfoot, it rides beautifully, serenely, you can ski fast without questions. Perfectly stable.
You can vary the radius, but you have to work for it, it’s not the Kästle MX 83’s strong point. If you lean too much onto the tail it obviously understeers, because the rear is powerful. But the whole is very well balanced between the fore and aft and the waist.
At the waist we have a very interesting force because it is mastered and on any icy patches it is pure joy because you ski and you grip, you aren’t going to slide and lose control.
In emergencies you can put the ski crossways: you feel the tip, so you need a bit of skill. You can ski the Kästle MX 83 in an upright stance. The joy comes when you ski on icy patches, the edge pressure is clear and powerful, you can accelerate hard without any worries.
The Kästle MX 83 that was qualified as exceptional, the base construction is superb.
The tip design is magnificent with carbon showing through, and the metal insert and rear die cut on the base are eye catching. It has been beautifully made, sober but not merely aesthetic, there’s power underfoot, a real performant ski, not in the extreme but designed for technical skiers with good balance skills.
The Kästle MX 83 is a very good ski, a little more versatile in terms of width compared to the 75mm. It is designed for skilled skiers who are looking for a performance ski that grips, is powerful and able to be pushed. This super-pleasurable ski wins the CORE Award.
We used this equipment over a long period of time
These are our thoughts after intensive use:
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