Armada Alpha 1 (2011) Skis

A state-of-the-art, competition-ready, park-destroying tool! The creatively applied EST Park Rocker turns a ski that's stiff enough for huge landing and haul-arse speed into an all-mountain slasher. Already spawning imitators, the Alpha 1 was the first, and is the best, rockered park ski.

Features

AR50 Sidewall
ABS sidewall meets Cap construction - the best of both worlds. This engineering method combines the lightweight cap construction in the tip and tail with the ABS sidewall underfoot, resulting in enhanced edgehold and significantly lower swing and overall weight.

Hybrid Triple Zone Core
Two high density wood stringers sit along ultralight wood with pre-installed ABS layers laid alongside the core, directly under foot. Unique to Armada AR50 constructions, these cores concentrate the weight of the ski below the boot sole, creating a light core with pop and solid edge hold, while keeping swing and overall weight down.

EST Park Rocker
The next level!! Subtle rocker in the tips and tails, with positive camber underfoot. This enhances carving while also disengaging the tip and tail to create a catch-free feel that's ideal buttering and nose and tail presses.

Comp Series Base
A World cup-inspired base that requires higher maintenance that the S7 base, the Cop series pays for the extra TLC it requires in one way: SPEED!

CK Stringer
A blend of Carbon/Kevlar stringers that run along the tail of the ski to help stabilize it. This creates a better landing platform, especially when your weight is further back than you intended. It also increases snap and adds pop to ollies.

Laminate Matrix
Armada know from the core out exactly how each ski should react, so three kinds of fibreglass laminates are used in combination to deliver the exact amount of flex and torsional rigidity. Bi-axial fibreglass runs in an "X" pattern down the ski to control lateral flex. Uni-directional fibreglass controls flex along the length of the ski. And tri-axial fibreglass, with fibres running in three directions, beefs up the centre of the ski. The permutations of the three fibreglasses are nearly limitless and allow Armada to precision tune the performance of every ski they make.

2.5 Impact Edge
This edge had and oversized height and width and the steel is heat-treated to a proprietary hardness which helps resist breaking and tearing out from the rails, ledges and any other abuse it might meet.

Armada Alpha1 (2011) Skis