The Vacation is an all-mountain directional twin-tip ski. It got re-engineered this year for a softer flex, yet keeping some pop with J Skis’s go-to maple core and carbon fiber construction. The skis have a sintered base, 3/4 wrap 2mm edge, and full sidewalls.
I’ll start by emphasizing that the Vacation is without question a very fun ski for playing around. That flex pattern staying consistently soft along the entire ski opens up a lot of possibilities for skiing differently on otherwise ordinary terrain. These skis are so easy to butter, press, manual, or even Mario Kart race down.
These are a great option for the mini park, because they’re extremely playful and you can get creative on any feature. To me, they became scary to take on big jumps and features, as I lost a lot of confidence washing out repeatedly, particularly landing forwards.
I’ve skied 17 days on them this season. I didn’t hit any urban or land on big rocks. I hit a bunch of rails but never with a huge disasters or anything and unsurpisingly, I didn't experience any edge cracks. J Skis have a pretty good reputation for edge life and as far as I can make out on my limited time on these, that seems justified.
