Manufacturer's Description:
Type:
Handmade Swiss freeride ski for
long turns in powder and on slopes.
Level:
Advanced
to expert
"Hovering over the surface of the snow". Efficient and direct power
transfer. Perfect in every situation: for freeriders looking for a
ski with superb lift and who love the freeride feeling. For
magnificent performance both on and off-piste."
From Ski-Review:
The Stockli Stormrider XL are basically a race GS ski on steroids
purely designed to go fast through loads of powder. This makes them
a little interesting on the piste - slow to turn but very fast!
Because of this you need a lot of strength of weight to really
appreciate these. We had a day of rotting slush where you had be
very careful or well as the guy with me found out it hurt to fall
over. However with these on my feet and a little speed I found these
really stable and would handle most lumps of slush that came along.
However don’t try and take them anywhere where you have to turn
quickly, bumps, busy slopes, France, gates etc.
If you want a ski to introduce you to going fast through any sort of
powder this is the ski for you. Don’t try them if you don’t have
good strength and loads of experience as they don’t turn without
loads of work. I enjoyed the Stormrider XL a lot, but for someone
looking for a really big ski, you can go bigger even if it's only to
its big brother, the Stormrider SS.
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: Imprinted polyamide,
leather structure, 3D-shape
Construction: Sandwich system; glass
fiber - titanal - wood core -glass fiber - titanal, titanal support in mid
section
Base: Sintered racing graphite
with flame insert, Swiss precision tuning
