chris on August 6th, 2008

This is a serious, but highly accessible piece of kit, the ARG is where ski design is at if you are looking for the future of freeride skiing. With five different sidecuts built into the one ski, they only come in a 185 length but check the profile out…..125 - 135 [...]

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chris on August 6th, 2008

Re-developed for 2009 the ARVw is a ladies (girls) version of the highly-versatile and recommended ARV skis. The main difference is in the newly developed, lighter core which is stuffed with “high density, low weight woods” for great performance, less fatigue and good durability.
Check out the ARV review for further details.
The manufacturer says [...]

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chris on August 6th, 2008

A wicked graphic (each size has a different graphic) and an awesome pair of boards for the freeride orientated. Retaining the same properties as last season each of the three lengths features a slightly different profile - so the ARV’s really are tuned for the rider to excel in the back-country or on [...]

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chris on August 6th, 2008

Seriously quick, firm flexing back-country, powder power-houses. The Ant’s are Armada’s “traditional” big-mountain freeride ski. Inspired by Ant Boronowski the ski is built for high-speeds, durability, reassurance and playfulness in the deep and steep. There is no “reverse camber” here but you do get a dedicated freeride stormer that is light [...]

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chris on August 6th, 2008

Armada took off a good few years ago as a company, and their highly-fashionable skis were always designed to launch you the skier up to the highest peaks. With their heavily re-worked range for 2009 Armada have made some serious inroads to becoming a major “player”, this range is deeper, tougher, more precise, [...]

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chris on August 5th, 2008

This is one fat pair of puppies, in fact they are verging on obese, but then they are tuned and built for high speed powerful back-country free-riding, so guess they are athletes in some form. The 191 cm version has a colossal 58 m radius! Surely one of the largest run radii out [...]

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chris on August 5th, 2008

A serious pair of GS rockets for the club racer, ski instructor or speed freak. With a 25 m radius for girls or 27 for men this is a FIS reg ski with the performance one would expect. Sidewall construction, metal race plate, two choices of bindings, a 192 length for the competitive [...]

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chris on August 5th, 2008

Racer ready, well not quite racer perhaps but very sporty and feisty females are required to tame a pair of Sonic’s. No bad thing at all, if you want to ski with some fire in your loins and cease to remain a soporific skiing slacker then grab some skis with fire in their [...]

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chris on August 5th, 2008

The Viva G-3 is mid-range in Blizzard’s women’s specific Viva range. The G-3 retains the IQ system of an integrated binding and ski. The Viva G-3 is a clean looking ski with a light-construction and versatile profile for the all-mountain skier.
The G-3 Viva has a sharper turn than lower models plus a [...]

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chris on August 5th, 2008

Entry-level touring ski that bridges the gap between an extreme tourer and a regular Alpine ski. The Evolution comes with a 70 mm waist which is great for climbing up hills, light, easy and non too cumbersome - if the going down is deep though I hope you have reasonable technique as it [...]

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