Armada ARV 96 Skis 2023

The ARV 96 combines the best elements of a freestyle skis light nimble handling with the energy and control of a freeride model. AR Freestyle Rocker uses rocker at the tip and tail with positive camber underfoot, allowing you to charge with ease through unpredictable snow and hold a carve on firm conditions. The Poplar Ash Core mixes light and denser woods in horizontal laminates to create a lively ski that has all the power needed.

Terrain Type & Ability Level

Terrain Type
Genuinely ready for anything, except maybe the very deepest days. It has a firm enough flex and construction that it will grip on hard snow and hold an edge whether pushing out carved turns or maxing the speed through difficult snow, but it's not so stiff that it hinders in the park and will still butter and press.

Skier Type
Freestyle skiers who want to go everywhere on the mountain. The width boosts float as well as stability. The flex keeps things playful but is easily stiff enough for high-speed turns on pistes and going full-gas through chopped snow.

Overview

Shape
96mm in the waist works for a variety of conditions without negatively affecting park performance. It's wide enough to float and feel stable in softer/deeper snow, but still narrow enough to feel good on firm conditions. The 17.5m (163cm) radius is medium for a ski like this, mixing stability with turning so it that it feels good everywhere.

Rocker
AR Freestyle Rocker uses rockered tips and tails combined with positive camber under foot to allow the ski to charge with ease through unpredictable snow and maintain a solid carve when asked to do so. Turn the whole mountain into your playground.

Core
Armada's Poplar Ash Core uses lightweight poplar combined with higher density full-length ash stringers to create an impossibly lively ski that has all the power needed for boosting to new elevations.

Construction
The AR75 Sidewall uses semi-cap sidewall along the majority of the ski with a full cap at the tip and tails. This combination helps absorb high speed chatter and impacts from jibs.

Key Features

2.2 Impact Edge
Heat treated and built to avoid excess weight while maintain durability, this edge gives the best balance of durability and feel of the whole Armada collection.

S7 Base
The perfect blend of durability and speed.

EB tester’s comments: Mark (Trainer) Effortlessly fuses smooth park and burly all-mountain handling. It's great at lazy skiing at speed and comfortably jumps from piste to off-piste.

General Information

• Skier Ability: Intermediate|Advanced|Expert
• Rocker: Tip/Tail Rocker
• Radius: Long
• Base: Sintered
• Bindings: Ski sold flat
• DIN: n/a
• Construction: Semi Sidewall
• Core: Wood
• Demo: No
• Sizing Description: Eye level for the maximum ease of spinning and rail tricks, but you need to go bigger for extra stability or speed and for all mountain versatility, especially important on the wider models that are designed to spend more time away from the park.

• Radius: 9.6m (127cm)
• Sidecut: 103/65/90 (127cm)
• Sizes: 97, 107
• Binding DIN: 0.75 to 4.5