Everyone who frequently visits ski resorts around the world essentially seeks the same thing: to experience the joy that only skiing can bring. Skiing simply makes people happy. How else can you explain why so many who start never want to stop?
Skiers and Their Personal Moments of Joy
However, what this personal skiing joy looks like can vary greatly. One skier might want to race down the slope at top speed, another loves short turns, and a third is determined to ride from the first lift to the last gondola. Preferences also differ when it comes to snow and weather conditions: One person needs a hard, freshly groomed slope to feel happy, another truly comes alive in fresh powder, while one enjoys the sunshine, and another prefers crisp, cold weather.
And then there are those skiers who can take the snow and weather conditions as they come and enjoy their chosen ski area wherever their mood takes them, without worrying whether their skis are up to the task or not. Skis, therefore, that are equally suited for a speedy carving descent as for a leisurely stop at a mountain hut, and that perform well on freshly groomed, icy slopes, as well as in slushy snow or even deep powder. Skis that ensure you’re always ready for anything. This is where the Arcade comes into play.
Details on the Arcade Series
If you’re a skier of this type, the brand-new Arcade series is made just for you. Rossignol has put a lot of thought into these skis to ensure you can hit the slopes with ease. The developers set out with the goal of making the skis as smooth and agile as possible under all (snow) conditions. While this might seem easy on freshly groomed, grippy snow, it’s a different challenge on variable terrain.
Combining Race and Freeride Elements
To achieve this, Rossignol has combined proven elements from the racing world with those from freeride. The result is skis where every element, from tip to tail, is perfectly tuned to provide you with the ultimate skiing experience under any conditions.
Technology for Smoothness and Lightness
The combination of Rossignol’s patented AirTip and moderate rocker results in a low swing weight at the ends of the skis, giving them a playful and agile turning behavior. At the same time, the Vibration Absorber System (VAS), made from a vibration-damping polymer insert, absorbs and distributes the energy from impacts and rough terrain, significantly reducing vibrations.
The combination of the poplar wood core and the Titanal insert, which is limited to the binding area on the Rossignol Arcade 84 and runs the full length of the Rossignol Arcade 88, ensures a perfect balance between lightness and stable smoothness. Alongside the rectangular sidewall, the key to this balance is the LCT technology, derived from racing technology. LCT is a vertically integrated power rail in the core, functioning as a third sidewall, giving the Arcade skis a particularly smooth flex and solid edge grip.
Shape and Profile of the Arcade Series
The idea of equipping relatively wide skis with small radii was borrowed from the Forza line. The Rossignol Arcade 84 has a radius of 15 meters at a length of 176 cm, and the Rossignol Arcade 88 also has a 15-meter radius at a length of 178 cm. Combined with the accessible and energetic flex in the front, this makes both skis feel quite nimble for their respective lengths and for models in the all-mountain category.
With Extended Sidecut, the Rossignol Arcade offers a long effective edge length, ensuring clean turns and solid edge grip on the piste, while the pronounced tail rocker, combined with the smooth flex, allows for reliable drifting at the end of turns in challenging terrain, making the Arcade models truly versatile for all-mountain use.
Arcade Series Skis
All these technical advancements serve one purpose: to ensure you don’t have to worry about your skis and can fully immerse yourself in your mountain experience, discovering the best runs, the best views, and the best adventures throughout the ski area.
Rossignol Arcade 84
And for this purpose, few skis could be better suited than the Rossignol Arcade 84. With its moderate waist width and accessible ride, it’s not only well-suited for nearly all snow conditions you’ll encounter in an average European ski resort but also for a wide range of skier types—from intermediate skiers looking to advance, to highly experienced skiers seeking a do-it-all ski.
The wide range of available ski lengths and the reasonable price for a ski of this quality contribute to Rossignol presenting the Arcade 84 as a ski that offers many skiers everything they need. Of course, there are skis better suited for true deep-snow skiing or more aggressive racing, but those often lack versatility.
Rossignol Arcade 88
The Rossignol Arcade 88, with its wider waist and full Titanal insert, might not be as widespread as its narrower counterpart, but it’s no less versatile. As a wider and slightly heavier ski, it doesn’t ride as playfully as the Arcade 84, but it excels in solid snow contact and powerful, precise carving performance. These qualities make it particularly appealing to highly experienced skiers who spend as much time in deep snow as they do on the piste.