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What Rossignol says about the Arcade 88

“All day. Any day. The Rossignol Arcade 88 skis redefine the all-mountain category with a personality that can literally ski 100% anywhere. Designed with expert skiers, patrollers and instructors in mind, they balance a blend of race tech and freeride construction to create a new quiver-of-one experience. The combination of a shorter turn radius and a wide 88mm waist with a rockered tip and tail profile makes for progressive carving in all terrain. They’re made for the snow you find versus the snow you expect to find, so you can carve and charge from first chair to final lap, all winter long.”

(For more info on this ski and many more of Rossignol’s new products for 2024/25, check out our writeup on Rossignol’s 2024-2025 snowsports collection.)

Flex Pattern

Here’s how we’d characterize the flex pattern of the Arcade 88:

Tips: 8-8.5
Shovels: 9
In Front of Toe Piece: 9.5-10
Underfoot: 10
Behind the Heel Piece: 10-9.5
Tails: 9.5

Hand-flexing most sections of the Rossignol Arcade 88 is quite difficult. These skis are stiff, with just a little bit more flex in the shovels and very ends of the tips.