Spada

For you die hard skiers out there looking for the latest technology to get you down that slope with such style and grace it would make Bode Miller look like, well you, look no further.

Simon Jacomet and his team at Zai craft skis with a reputation of being the most advanced, high-spec skis in the world. These Spada (the Roman word for sword) skis are the first to be made with a base of Grisons granite. Stone was used because it is rendered bendable by Technocarbon of Munich’s new Carbon Fibre Stone technology. It has incredible strength and resilience and because it retains its shape and dampens vibrations, think Stealth Fighter wings under your feet, results in a ski with incomparable quickness, grasp and smoothness.

So if you want to get your hands on a pair of these beauties, get in line. There are only 500 pairs made annually and no word on the cost.