About valkyrie
Built for the women who ski hard — the ones who’ve spent years on men’s skis because nothing in the women’s category could keep up.
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If you’re the woman who drives a ski through the fall line, who needs real stability underfoot, who’s been told to “just get the men’s version” because the women’s models were too soft, too light, or too playful — Valkyrie is built for you. This ski exists because women like you were never given a real option. You had to make men’s skis work because they were the only skis built strong enough for how you actually ski.
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Valkyrie changes that.
Meet Valkyrie
WHAT THE SKI IS
A women‑specific 100 mm all‑mountain ski built for stability, damping, and trust in dynamic conditions in variable terrain. Designed for women who ski fast, ski strong, and want a daily driver that holds up everywhere — groomers, chop, trees, steeps, and storm cycles.
WHY WE BUILT VALKYRIE
​At She‑Shredz, we ski with women who know how to send. Fast, steep, technical terrain are a part of our daily line selection. And every season, we heard the same thing:
“I’m on men’s skis because women’s skis don’t hold up.”
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The industry kept building women’s skis around assumptions: lighter cores, softened flex, “playful” marketing. None of it matched the women we ski with. So we built the ski that should have existed all along — one with real construction, real dampness, real stability, and a women‑specific core profile tuned for power.
WHY WOMEN HELPED DESIGN IT
Women who ski steep, technical terrain defined the ski’s performance requirements — stability at speed, torsional support on firm snow, damping in chop, and predictable engagement through the shovel. Their input came from real skiing, not assumptions, and shaped the geometry, flex pattern, and torsional profile from the first sketches to the final layup.
WOMEN'S BIOMECHANICS
Women’s biomechanics directly influence how a ski engages, holds, and responds. These differences are well‑documented in sports science and alpine biomechanics, and they matter for ski design.
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Key factors include:
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Center of Mass Distribution — Women typically carry more mass through the pelvis and lower body, shifting the functional center of mass slightly lower. This affects fore‑aft balance and how a ski initiates and finishes a turn.
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Q‑Angle (Quadriceps Angle) — A wider pelvis creates a larger Q‑angle at the knee, changing knee tracking and how lateral force is transmitted into the ski edge, especially on firm snow.
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Ankle Range of Motion — Women often have a greater dorsiflexion range, influencing how pressure is applied to the ski’s shovel and how quickly a ski responds to forward input.
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Force Application Patterns — Women tend to generate smoother, more continuous force through the turn. A ski designed for women must support consistent pressure without folding or deflecting in chop.
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These are measurable, peer‑reviewed biomechanical differences — not assumptions. The Valkyrie’s geometry, flex pattern, and torsional profile were built around these realities, rather than around a resized men’s ski.
THE BUILD
The Valkyrie was engineered to stay composed when the terrain gets serious. Every part of the layup was chosen to support how women actually load a ski — consistent pressure through the turn, strong lower‑body force, and a need for stability that doesn’t fold when the snow gets rough.
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The build delivers:​
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Torsional strength that holds an edge on firm snow without feeling harsh
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A directional platform that tracks cleanly at speed and stays predictable in steep terrain
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A flex pattern tuned for power without excess weight
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A freeride rocker profile that floats in soft snow without sacrificing edge integrity
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This is a strong, confidence‑forward ski built for women who ski fast, ski technical terrain, and need construction that matches their skiing — not a softened version of a men’s ski.
BUILT BY HAND. PROVEN ON THE FREERIDE WORLD TOUR PODIUM.
Valkyrie is built by hand with Praxis Skis — a small‑batch manufacturer known for solid, high‑quality construction that holds up in real terrain. Their layups have been on the Freeride World Tour podium, and their reputation comes from durability, torsional strength, and precision, not marketing.
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Every pair is pressed, finished, and quality‑checked by builders who understand what a ski needs to do when the snow gets rough. No factory shortcuts. No watered‑down materials. Just skis built the way real skiers build skis: strong, honest, and meant to stay composed when the terrain gets serious.
Women defined the performance requirements. Praxis had the construction pedigree to execute them.
WHERE IT'S MADE
Every pair is pressed and finished in Incline Village, Tahoe. Small‑batch manufacturing keeps the layup consistent, the tolerances tight, and the build quality exactly where it needs to be for women who ski fast and ski technical terrain.
WHY PRAXIS
Praxis started because Keith O’Meara was tired of the way skis were being built — mass‑produced, inconsistent, and not designed to last when the lines start to get a bit rowdy. So he built Praxis around a different standard: tight layups, controlled materials, and small‑batch skis that hold up when the lines get gnarly.
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That philosophy matched exactly what women told us the Valkyrie needed. Praxis has a reputation for building solid, high‑quality skis with real torsional strength and predictable behavior in steep, technical terrain. Their manufacturing philosophy is to build a women’s ski without softening, lightening, or compromising the construction.
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Women defined the performance requirements. Praxis had the build philosophy to execute them.
WHO TESTED IT
The Valkyrie was tested by the women you actually see out there doing the work — the ones bootpacking up Palisades and Mainline Pocket, ripping laps off KT, and dropping big lines in places like Haines, Alaska. Women who ski rowdy, technical terrain on purpose.
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Testing came from:
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Freeride coaches and athletes
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PSIA Level III instructors
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Big‑mountain skiers
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The women you see ripping around the mountain every day
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They took the ski into steep faces, exposure, chop, refrozen, storm cycles, and hike‑to terrain that exposes any weakness in a build. Every round of feedback came from women who know exactly how a ski should behave when the lines get rowdy, regardless of the conditions.
WHO IS VALKYRIE FOR
The Valkyrie is for advanced and expert women — stronger skiers who have outgrown the softened women’s skis in the industry and now reach for men’s or unisex skis because they’re the only thing that’s ever felt stable under them. It’s for women who pressure a ski through the whole turn, ski technical terrain on purpose, and want a build that stays composed in chop, refrozen, and steep lines.
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It’s also for the women who always end up on the longest length in every women’s ski — the ones who know they’re overpowering the category and need a ski built to match how they actually ski.
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If you’re a powerful skier who’s never found a women’s ski that could keep up, the Valkyrie is built for you.
WHO IT'S NOT FOR
The Valkyrie isn’t for beginners or intermediates. It’s not for skiers who prefer a lighter, softer, more forgiving feel, or for women who want a ski that pivots easily at slow speeds. It’s also not for skiers who stay mostly on groomers, avoid technical terrain, or don’t pressure a ski consistently through the turn.
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If you want a ski that does the work for you, this isn’t it. If you’re still building confidence, still learning to pressure the ski, or still figuring out speed management in variable snow, the Valkyrie will feel like too much ski.
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Looking for the right ski?
Check out the She‑Shredz Women’s Ski Guides — construction‑forward, women‑specific, and built to help you find the ski that actually matches how you ski.
PRE-ORDERS & SHIPPING
​Pre‑orders open August 20. All skis are built by hand in small batches, and orders are expected to ship in October 2026.
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