Ski Reviews

2024-2025 Rossignol Arcade 84, 184 cm

Reviewer Username: Dennis C

Reviewer Height: 5’8″

Reviewer Weight: 205 lbs

Reviewer Experience Level: Advanced

DAYS USED: 1 days

TEST LOCATIONS: Crested Butte

TEST TERRAIN: Firm groomers | Softer groomers

TEST CONDITIONS: Extremely firm hardpack or ice | Pretty firm snow | Softer, but not deep snow | Soft chop / pretty forgiving cut-up snow

PERFORMANCE RATINGS

(0 = Terrible, 5 = Okay, 10 = Outstanding)

OVERALL IMPRESSION: 8/10

FORGIVENESS: 6/10

MANEUVERABILITY (How Loose / Easy to Pivot & Smear?): 5/10

MANEUVERABILITY (How Quick / Low is the Swing Weight?): 4/10

STABILITY: 10/10

SUSPENSION: 8/10

EDGE HOLD: 8/10

PLAYFULNESS: 3/10

SKI LENGTH: It felt just right (184 cm length tested)

THIS SKI’S IDEAL TERRAIN: Firm groomers | Softer groomers

THIS SKI’S IDEAL SNOW CONDITIONS: Extremely firm hardpack or ice | Pretty firm snow | Softer, but not deep snow | Soft chop / pretty forgiving cut-up snow

WHAT TYPE(S) OF SKIER DO YOU IMAGINE WILL GET ALONG BEST WITH THIS SKI?

Rossignol markets this ski as an “all mountain ski” but I would recommend this mostly for intermediate to advanced skiers who want to stay on groomers and make short radius fast carves.

ARE THERE SIMILAR PRODUCTS YOU’VE SKIED THAT YOU CLEARLY PREFER? IF SO, WHY?

PLEASE ELABORATE ON ANYTHING ELSE YOU’D LIKE TO SAY ABOUT THIS SKI. FEEL FREE TO GO INTO DETAIL!

This is not my typical type of ski and I do not come from a traditional ski racing background. That being said I felt this ski very intuitive to get on and start making some super fun short radius high edge angel carves. The day that I demoed these skis I was also trying the carv ski coaching system and found they were a fantastic match for working on traditional ski technique on groomers. This would be a great beginning/end of season or low tide ski when you want to maximize your fun and number of turns on limited groomers.