Stockli's first twin-tip
ski, the Snake is is built for use all over the mountain as well as the
snow park. With two aluminum-reinforced tips plus Stockli's flashy
SCR-3D snake surface, the Snake comes with a stable 114-80-108 mm
side-cut for reliable landings from however high
Crazy about freestyle - Born to fly
Whether big air, rail, pipe or
backcountry terrain, freestylers' will be in their element, living out
their philosophy with the ideal equipment, the Snake.
From Ski-Review:
Wow – buy this ski - if you can find
it! A whole quiver on offer on the rack and I wanted to go on these
first. Why? So many reasons...
You cannot see from the image but the top sheet actually has a real
snakeskin finish – according the rep making it one the most expensive
design processes. Not only that but turn these skis and the reflection
changes from a blue to green. Shallow? Yes, but lets go.
Both the tips and tails have a very
similar shape and construction to the Beasts offered from Nordica,
however these are much more beefy, capped with metal and make the ski
look bullet-proof and ready for action.
When I got back I could not believe these
are billed as a park ski. Not to say they do not perform in the park
but in the powder and crud they are simply amazing.
Snow conditions were not great – about a
foot of new powder which had been chopped up a fair bit. I started the
run chasing my ski partner Ollie, and every time we stopped we could do
nothing but laugh – laugh at the unbelievable amount of fun we were
having. Ollie was skiing the ZAG Freeride 84 long and loving the
stability through the turns. I however, found myself bouncing around
all over the place as the Snake’s jumped this way and that, proving the
stiffness and liveliness of the ski. This was why I am so surprised
they are billed as dual ski for both park and powder.
At the bottom I wanted to go again – or
did I? First Stockli skis and I had the run of my life – and there was
the rest of the rack waiting for me…. Maybe one more run…
If you are tall but less experienced, you
may have trouble reacting to lively terrain with these skis and
unfortunately there is no longer length available. I was sure there was
a 180 available at the time of testing, however the press kit says
different – will look into that.
The
Stockli Stormrider is simply put, is the most precise
skiing instrument on the market today.
Never heard of Stockli ???
Hand-made in
Switzerland, Stockli are renowned for their levels of craftsmanship and
finish. They have a very strong heritage in specialist racing and
Free-ride skis for skiers who equally strong and technically competent.
Stockli skis are hand built by "old world master craftsmen" in the heart
of Switzerland. Their history began 65 years ago and those ski building
traditions of taking 7 days to build each pair of skis, all by hand, are
still used today.
Surface: 3D-polyamide with
snake imitation surface and reversed printing (SCR), solid aluminum-tip
on both ends.
Construction:
Energy-sandwich: titanal-glass fiber, ISO-core.
Base: Racing Graphite,
precision-swiss-finish, energy-tuning.
