Ugly as sin but you'll love them anyway

By dw2276090 Ranked #704 - Big Mountain Freeride Skis October 21, 2010

Remember how lousy the snow was up in British Columbia during the winter Olympics in early 2010? I went heli-skiing up there a couple of weeks after the games ended and the ski guides had never seen conditions that bad. Warm weather and thin snowpack meant the best snow was in the dense forests, protected by the tight trees. They had us on these Rossignol S7’s and I could not believe how quick they turned through the tight stuff. When we were able to find the few stashes of deep stuff, they absolutely rocked – they’re quite wide so you really float on top, and shaped to turn quickly. In the high, exposed alpine much of the powder had sun & wind-packed down and it was very hard and fast (not what you want when you pay to go heli). The Rossi S7’s ate it up and behaved like quick-turning slalom ski’s. The standard camber underfoot and reverse (or early-rise) camber at the tips & tails looks strange but I’m telling you, it works.

And they’re ugly as sin, so put them away quickly at the end of the day.

Overall, probably the best ski I’ve ever been on. I’m 53 years old, 205 lbs, 6’1” and have been skiing for 40+ years. Two very big thumbs up on this one.

View Details: Rossignol 2011/12 S7 Ski

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