In short: WNDR's Nocturne 88 backcountry touring skis have an algae-based freeride core that's damp, stable, and energetic. They’re designed with a little rocker fore and aft, making for a ski ...

Here’s what I found. From a shape perspective, the ski features long and low tip and tail rocker, with a bit more rocker up front than in the tail. That gives the ski a nicely balanced directional ...

With a directional shape, relatively flat tail, and no weird sidecut or rocker stuff going on, it looks like a plain ol’ ski.