The 2024 Liberty Evolv 90 returns structurally unchanged but with a graphics refresh. This ski, with its VMT 3.0 core, is one of the smoothest and quietest carvers around. For a wider-bodied carver, it’s amazingly impressive what this thing can do. While Liberty has made its name mainly through the freeride world, the Evolv series is highly underrated and overlooked when it comes to front side and all-mountain performance. While many ski companies make a ~90 mm all-mountain ski, Liberty’s is different from the rest, offering a quiet ride, a damp feel, and a smooth personality. We were instantly blown away the first time we got on this ski a few years back, and it’s only gotten better since then.

Built with that VMT 3.0 core, the Evolv 90 turns metal on its side. While most skis in this zone rely on horizontal sheets of titanal, Liberty uses three stringers mounted vertically between poplar, bamboo, and paulownia woods. This reduces the overall amount of metal, while harnessing the stiffness of the material in that vertical manner. It does an excellent job at absorbing vibrations as a result, making this Evolv 90 one of the quietest skis we’ve ever been on. On top of the wood core, we get two strips of carbon that add to the energy of the paulownia, and furthering that, we get two sheets of fiberglass to boost the pop of the ski when rebounding out of turns. These skis are all about blending the smoothness of some materials with the energy of others. Adding to the smoothness, Liberty uses Polyurethane sidewalls. While these aren’t as stiff or grippy as more traditional ABS sidewalls, they’re a lot quieter and smoother, leading to the overall character of the ski.

From a shaping perspective, this ski is all about carving turns on groomers. Sure, there’s enough width to function in softer snow and all-mountain conditions, but it feels considerably more at home on the groomers and in a pure arc. In this realm, the Evolv 90 is about as clean a ski as it gets. Confidence is high due to the lack of taper and long effective edge when you’re ripping turns down firmer snow and ice. When you load it up, the easy initiation and firm completion of the turns stand out as some of the best in the business. This is certainly not something we’re used to seeing from Liberty’s freeride ski, but it makes a lot of sense when you consider the overall composure of the Evolv 90. With an 18.5-meter turn radius in the 179, it’s a mid to long-range carver with smoothness on the brain. We’ve loved how this ski carves clean arcs across the fall line each and every time we’ve been on it and look forward to more of that in the future.

For a company mainly known for its freeride skis, Liberty makes a heck of a carver. It’s even more amazing that there’s an 84 in this lineup as well, offering even more precision and grip. The 90, though, is a whole lot of fun because it offers a slightly wider platform to stand on for diffing trenches into the corduroy. The fact that it does it at a smoother and cleaner rate than most other skis in this range is even more impressive. The flatness of the tail, the lack of taper, and the smooth build make it an ideal choice for advanced and expert skiers who love to spend most of their time in a carved turn with the most silence possible.