K2 Women's Nancy Skis - For a few years the guys have been having all the fun on the Seth Pistol, but this year's K2 Nancy gives aggro female riders a better reason to rip up the backcountry. The Nancy isn't a flimsy powder plank. It's a ruggedly built twin-tip ski that defies simple categorization. While it offers the same Progressive Sidecut technology--a cut that's deeper in the tip but less in the tail--the core is female specific and easy to turn. The Nancy offers a mix of fir and spruce in the core that's the key element in K2's female-specific BioFlex design. K2 created an easier-turning profile by using spruce at the tip and tail and fir beneath the binding area. Using spruce at the ends helps with turn initiation and enhances the lightweight characteristics that are essential in keeping a female-specific ski more responsive than a heavier unisex ski design. If you're a woman going for the Seth Vicious, expect a heavier riding ski that requires more muscle to turn down the moun