Ogasaka TC-JS Skis 2027

The OGASAKA TC-JS is a junior technical-competition ski, 64 mm at the waist, drawn for short turns on hard snow, in four lengths from 135 to 150 cm. It is not a shrunken TC-S. No on-snow test of it has been published in any language, so what follows is read off OGASAKA's spec, not a ride.

OGASAKA's own English needs unpacking. Its product page calls this "a model designed for slalom skiing in junior technical competitions," and a parent reads slalom as gate racing. The Japanese behind it is 小回り, short turns, inside 技術選 — the judged format where turn quality is scored rather than timed. OGASAKA prints no FIS or SAJ marking on the TC-JS; it prints one on the TC-JL. An event that demands a marked ski demands a different one.

The layup is plain: an NF wood core wrapped in special F.R.P, sandwich-built in Japan, with no A7178 and no metal of any kind. The aluminum sheet belongs to the TC-JL and the adult TC-S, and the weights follow — 793 g/m here against 848 and 970. One structure mark is printed on this row: F.L.F, Front Lead Function, and no other. Sidecut holds at 114.0-64.0-97.0 mm at every length while the radius climbs from 8.9 m to 11.3 m: length here is a turn-shape decision as much as a size one.

This ski assumes a junior already on edge, skiing parallel, working the shape of the arc with a coach. It is not a first pair. OGASAKA builds the J-1 for that child, at $390 with a binding. Long, GS-shaped turns belong to the TC-JL. At 64 mm, soft snow is out.

PTO sells it complete at $825 with the Tyrolia TX10 GW and RACE PLATE WCR TEAM. Two fit gates before ordering: the boot sole must land inside the binding's 231-332 mm window, and the release value is set by a technician from the child's own measurements, then checked on a test device. We size it on the child with the coach. The review below has the full detail and the TC-J / TC-JL comparisons.

Technical Specs