Rossignol S3 Koopman Alpine Ski - 2010 BCS

i got mine mounted at +5 they are fine in the park.

Center mount if you want or team mount.

My response is biased because I did not appreciate the aura's; I found them difficult to maneuver. This year I tested the volkl kiku- which is a fun, versatile ski; and the rossi s3- which is a friggin blast! If you are doing backcountry skiing, both are heavy skis. I'm with you thinking rockered is the ticket.

Aura is the female type of Mantra - the best all mountaint ever and the best selling Volkl ski. These are different skis. S3 is the light freeride ski. The Aura is more versitile ski. If I were you, after long and sometimes dramatic experience ;)) with my wife, I would buy her Aura because that what she likes. Please do not buy her what you like. This is the most important thing. If you want some more tech. advise Aura is a perfect allmountain/powder ski. They are wider than S3 and they will be great in powder but still great on piste. So great every moment ski. S3 is just for powder because they are pretty soft on groomers.
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I tested them and bought Volkl Mantra and they are great for everything and ones a year only I go to Verbier and rent there Rossi S6 or S7 or Volkl Katana. All great both Rossis and Volkl but realy only for powder. All the best 4 u. Patryk

I haven't tried the 168's, but I'm 5'6" 120 lbs and enjoyed riding the 178's with a tele set up. If you already bought the 168 skis, I wouldn't worry about it, just go out and have fun.

Sarah,

I am 5'3 130 and everyone I asked told me to get the 178's. Which I thought was strange but because of the rocker makes sense. Have you skied them?

With the rocker, they ski a LOT shorter on harder snow, in soft stuff the extra length kicks in and just adds stability. I say go for the 177s for sure!

If you're looking for a more traditional feel. . . I would say anywhere back of center or 0. My skis are mounted center and even though they perform great in Utah powder. They are mounted to also tear it up in the park. So for what you're looking for I would say -2 line is your best bet. It will give you that more traditional powder ski feel.

Its a trade-off. . . The S3's are heavier than the line prophet 100. But line doesn't come with rocker which the S3 does. So it all depends on the features. If you're looking strictly for weight. . . go check out some of the line skis. If you want something with more features unique to powder skiing then the S3 is a good choice.

i don't know the s3's weight but the line prophet 100 are a really lightweight midfat twintip

prophets are stiffer than s3's and also more widely used as a telemark ski but the s3 has rocker. If you want to use the atomics you have for groomer go wider and get something like the s7, prophet 115, jj, etc.

7.5 lbs or 3400 grams

i'm 160lbs, live on the east coast and i've been on the 186 for a season. because of all the rocker its actually more like a 170cm ski on hard snow. i think you would be crazy to get anything shorter than 186. its a very nimble ski, best tree ski i've ever owned and when there's fresh snow, the entire 186cm running length contacts the snow so you get lots of float. its like having two skis in one. love em, but get the 186's for sure.

178. If it weren't a twintip or a soft ski I would say shorter. If you were skiing primarily in the west I would say longer. At 185lbs, you don't want any longer than 178 for the east.

I am 100% sure the black/white 09/10 have tip/tail rocker and amptek. Just look at the chamber pics on this site from that year. It's crystal clear.

man there is a lot of misinformation and bad advice on here. the 08/09 pommier S3's do not have rocker, the 09/10 black and white koopman S3's ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY do have rocker, and the 10/11 brown and orange koopman model above is exactly the same as the 09/10's other than the topsheet.

Well I own the O9/10 S3 model and I'm pretty sure they have rocker. Just looking at them you can see the rocker clear as day. It has amptek so its a mix between rocker and camber. But thanx for your answers.

I just looked at both the 09/10 S3 Koopman and the 10/11 S3. The 09/10 had the amptek rocker, tip and tail, and looked to be the same in the tip but I did not compare the tails. If it is true that the 09/10 did not have rocker, the ones I looked at could be an early 10/11 with the 09/10 Koopman top sheet. I seen that happen with some Fischer Progressor 9+.

I am 95.7% sure that they did not change anything.