Oft forgotten, it was about time the East Coast got a proper park ski test of its own.
The NS crew joined 10 heavy-hitting girls and guys from various ski backgrounds.
Fair enough, its not often you get to roll deep through a private park in Quebec.
Some days, conditions are bulletproof and thats when you want a skinny park ski.
Less impact, quicker edge to edge and at least some chance of gripping on that boilerplate.
Our two favorites were:
Armada ARW 86
The ARW 86 is the narrowest of our picks.
And that narrow waist is super quick on rails, between features and edge to edge on groomers.
Line Wallisch Pro
The Wallisch Pro just sneaks into our narrower skis bracket with a 90mm waist.
Isabelle Lacour felt like the ski allowed her to feel confident going bigger than ever.
She also loved the stability on jumps.
The flex and pop on the Wallisch allows you to go bigger.
Great stability on rails, even better on jumps.
These are the skis that will handle a little more fresh snow too.
It has an impressively low swingweight and is very playful.
I had a ton of fun pressing the tips and tails, doing manuals and buttering.
Here are our testers top picks for 100mm+.
Line Blend
The Blend is the softest ski on our list and it butters like no other.
Its definitely on the soft side for mixed conditions but on groomers and in the park it excels.
Our testers absolutely loved these for spring park laps.
They are party in the tips, business underfoot as Vincent DOrsonnens put it.
He loved the combined playfulness that you get from the buttery tips and the stability beneath your boots.
K2 Reckoner 102
The Reckoner 102 is a mid-flex ski.
Combine that with the 102mm waist and that gives it plenty of versatility all over the mountain.
Faction Mana 2.0
The Mana 2.0 is also 102mm underfoot but stiffer again.
The Mana 2.0 felt like it let me do anything.
Whatever trick I tried felt very natural on those skis.
It was light enough for technical rail tricks and stable enough for jumps and high-speed shredding - Eric Chenard
