The new 88 Black Edition follows the same steps and ingredients as the wider counterparts, but in a narrower footprint. It’s built with a tubelite wood core blend of poplar and paulownia to keep things light. The Black Edition features Elan’s Carbon Deck Technology which leans on six different pieces of carbon. The first two are the ones we always talk about—the rods that live along the sidewalls of the skis which provide energy and pop from tip to tail.