Head's all-mountain Monster skis have been around for a few seasons now, but the company's designers have been busy making a few subtle changes to this season's model.
What they have arrived at in the 88 Ti is a slightly softer Monster, having thinned out the titanal sheet that provides some of the stiffness in the skis.
Head is liberally using graphene in almost all of its skis nowadays and the 88 Ti is no exception. The material is used in and around the binding plate, whereas in contrast the wider models in the range - the 98 and 108 - use graphene in the tip and tail.
That gives the 88 Ti an emphasis on piste performance within their all-mountain category but one of our testers found them cumbersome on the groomers, requiring more effort than expected to turn and feeling "too wide".
There's no doubt the 88 Tis are very stiff and work better with a bit of grunt applied, whether that comes from size, strength or a combination of the two.
The skis have a nice wide shovel at the nose and plenty of rise in softer snow, although the float that they offer really needs a bit of speed to help the process.
The consensus on the 88 Ti among our team at Snow Magazine was that they need a lot of work if you're an intermediate skier, but then also don't really suit advanced skiers either. Sorry, more mouse than monster.
