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No guilt. All glory.
The Charger Ace is a lightweight ski that punches like it’s a heavyweight. It clocks in at a slender seven pounds, yet proudly boasts Voile’s best downhill performance, unrivaled mounting strength, and a notched tail protector that is as durable as it is functional.
The Ace’s weight falls right between the HyperCharger and the SuperCharger. Its construction provides the dampest ride of these three recipes without any weight penalties. Moreover, our continuous sidewall improves the Charger’s celebrated edging ability, with a bonus touch of added stiffness for popping out of turns. The sidewall is tapered with a partial cap layup: reducing swing weight and preserving the effortless maneuverability that the Charger’s acolytes have grown to expect.
For the coup de grâce, we’ve included a meticulously engineered maple mounting patch, making the Charger Ace an eager pair with both the lightest tech and the most aggressive telemark bindings on the market.
Perfomance Focus:
Big Mountain + Powder
Turn Personality:
Directional / Carving
Highlights:
• Ultralight touring
• Exceptionally damp
• Stability at speed
• Improved edging ability
• Telemark compatible
• Bomb-proof maple mounting patch
• ABS tail protector
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SPECS
The width and radius of Voile skis differ from one length to another, so as to deliver uniform performance across the entire size range. Weights may vary slightly from one pair to another due to environmental factors, and by nature of the fact that they are made by hand.
| Length (cm) | 171 | 178 | 185 |
| Nose Width (mm) | 137 | 140 | 143 |
| Waist Width (mm) | 104 | 106 | 108 |
| Tail Width (mm) | 121 | 124 | 126 |
| Sidecut (m) | 18.5 | 19.5 | 20 |
| Pair Weight (g) | 2976g | 3182g | 3496g |
UPC
171cm: Part No: 5207-171-2324 UPC: 759948920207
178cm: Part No: 5207-178-2324 UPC: 759948920214
185cm: Part No: 5207-185-2324 UPC: 759948920221
Early Rise Camber
A directional, hard-carving turn personality makes this ski feel very powerful. A more traditional shape, with a turn radius on the longer side. This ski is characterised as stable and assertive.
Tip: Early-rise tip and wide shovel provide excellent float in powder.
Waist: Long running length. Engineered for strong edging ability when fast and steep. Cambered underfoot for stability.
Tail: Minimal taper, with a wide and flat hard-working tail for control in debris and harder conditions.
ACE Series
Partial Cap with Continuous Sidewall / Paulownia / Double Carbon / Maple Mounting Patch
Ultralight, and yet our dampest ski platform. A paulownia core with continuous sidewall for improved edging ability and a maple mounting patch for unmatched binding security.
Anti-Ice Topsheet
Crafted from exceptionally durable polyamide material, and designed with a unique texture that effectively reduces the accumulation of snow and ice. This innovative feature is particularly beneficial during long approaches or in freezing conditions, where snow and ice buildup would normally hinder performance.
Continuous TPU Sidewall
Continuous sidewall construction not only enhances the structural integrity of the ski but also serves as a crucial element in dampening vibrations, resulting in a smoother and more stable ride. It ensures consistent flex throughout the ski, promoting a balanced and predictable performance across various snow conditions and terrain types.
Paulownia Wood Core
Renowned for its exceptional strength-to-weight ratio, this paulownia delivers a combination of durability and featherlight agility. It's the ideal foundation for constructing ultralight touring skis, making it the perfect choice for backcountry enthusiasts seeking maximum efficiency and agility on their mountain adventures.
Maple Mounting Patch
A maple mounting patch offers unparalleled binding pullout resistance, ensuring that bindings remain securely attached to the ski during aggressive maneuvers and high-speed descents. Additionally, the maple mounting patch enhances the durability and longevity of the ski, effectively distributing stress and preventing damage over time. Telemark compatible.
Voile Carbon-Weave x2
Two layers of Voile Carbon-Weave combine the lightweight strength of carbon fiber with the durability of triaxial fiberglass. The strategic integration of carbon fiber into the ski's construction reduces the weight while providing the perfect blend of responsiveness, stability, and energy transfer, allowing skiers to maneuver with precision and control.
Triaxial Fiberglass
Triaxial fiberglass increases dimensional stability along three axis, providing for balanced torsional stiffness and enhancing your ability to control the ski (precise and firm edge grip). Triaxial fiberglass maintains a consistent flex pattern throughout the ski, ensuring predictable performance across different snow conditions and skiing styles.
Full-Contact Steel Edge
Steel edges provide superior grip and control on hardpacked snow and icy conditions, enhancing stability and confidence while skiing. Two lengths of hardened steel with inset teeth wrap the perimeter of this ski. Each section is painstakingly shaped by hand to ensure a precise layup.
Sintered Black Base
This ski passes on the base graphics for the sake of an ultra-high molecular density base; making for faster downhill performance and greater wear/impact resistance. And you can rest assured that your p-tex repairs will be seamless after your day spent breaking the sound barrier.
Best Charger Yet!
I've skied the SuperCharger, HyperCharger, and now the Charger ACE in the 185cm size and the ACE is the perfect blend of tourability, stability and liveliness. From the first turn this has been my favorite ski of all time. It loves to be arced in long, open turns, but has a low enough swing weight that snapping them around for more nimble turns is no problem! These inspire confidence in a variety of snow conditions from blower pow in the Canadian Rockies backcountry, to punching through lower elevation, wet stuff in the Cascades. The sparse, white topsheets are stylish, and the tail clip is an elegant improvement for the uptrack in the Charger series. I mounted these with Lynx telemark bindings, and the maple in the mounting area feels so solid, I don't worry about pull-out when flexing out my turns. Like my favorite pair of shoes I want to have more of these ready to go for years to come!
Garry Schlag
07/28/2024
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ACE in the hole
Love this new ski! I find a noticeable upgrade from the updated construction of this ski. The off-white color is really helpful to limit the sun from heating the topsheets and making snow stick to your skis. And also as with all Voile skis the topsheet surface texture often has a noticeable difference in the amount of snow stuck on compared to my touring partners skis or boards.
Nick D'Alessio
05/27/2024
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best backcountry ski ever
I have used this ski for a couple of months now backcountry skiing in Utah and Vermont and it is fabulous. Super light weight but you can drive the shovel like no other lightweight I have skied. Very nimble In the trees and the narrows but also stable at speed and in big turns. I ski it with 22 Design Axl and when mounting you can feel the screws are going into something substantial. I know I won't have the Telemark rip out problem I have had with so many other lightweights. American made skis rock!
Mark Brown
04/07/2024
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Charger Ace - Tele Swiss Army Knife
Wow - I am blown away! Surprising thing is , I am not a " charger " type tele skier. I am a finesse skier . I went with the Ace to replace my old go to UV/X2 set up and was intrigued with the new core construct of the ACE. I'm 30/30/40 Resort/BC/Sidecountry trees in VT. Set up Axl position 2 /stiffy springs / 171's/ 5'9" 175lbs ( Yes I still prefer 75mm). Axl drives these skis beautifully for me. Overall the ACE provides great pop/energy and smooth flex, slips ,pivots, carves, smears ,hops/jump turns , powder ,ice, crud, bumps, trees.... ( And yes it charges/rips whenever you want) , Absolutely killer set up for me!!! Thank you for this ski Voile!
TA
04/05/2024
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my favorite touring ski ever
This is the ski that I have been waiting for. Voile absolutely nailed it with the Charger Ace. I mounted tele bindings on the 185s. For my style and geography of skiing (intermountain west), this ski is close to perfect. I appreciate the flat tail, long camber, wide tips, and the lightweight but solid construction. I previously toured on beefy skis because lightweight touring skis made me nervous in challenging condition. The Charger Ace is lightweight, but it inspires confidence on the descent. Cheers Voile!
Reese Hodges
03/28/2024
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THE big mountain ski
I could not imagine a better everyday driver for big Tetons descents or couloir daily driver. The updated design provides better edge hold, lighter swing-weight, and more reliable skin attachment to an already time proven package. Well done Voilé
Ty Guarino
03/20/2024
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One stop shopping
The one ski to do it all. This ski is amazing! Sidewall gives it unreal power and responsiveness. The flex is smooth and even but when you want to push back against something you can. Less chatter, damper and the weight is just a tad above a hyper charger. If I could only have one ski, this is it.
weston deutschlander
08/31/2023
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