SKI TEST 2021
SALOMON STANCE 96 * ALL-MOUNTAIN * EDITORS’ CHOICE*
BEST FOR: Experts carving up the whole mountain
The Stance rewarded the speedy. The faster our testers pushed this ski—whether it was on groomers, the bumps or chopped-up pow—the better it performed. “Once up to speed, it skis great,” noted Jade Keene from Ski Tak Hut, a Vancouver Island ski shop. For its first all-mountain, metal-laminate ski, Salomon took the carbon and flax weave from its freeride QST skis. Then from its piste and race skis it added a poplar wood core, race-inspired sidecut and two sheets of Titanal. With all-mountain waist widths, from 90 to 102mm underfoot, the Stance has the shape to do it all, but, as Keene suggested, it’s not intermediate friendly. It took a hard-charging skilled hand to find Stance love. “The more energy I gave it, the better it performed,” wrote Technical Editor Ryan Stuart. Stable, powerful and able to carve through anything in its path, this is a one-ski quiver for expert rippers.
LENGTHS: 168, 176, 182, 188
DIMENSIONS: 132/96/114 @ 182
RADIUS: 20 @ 182
OTHER MODELS: 90, 102
SUGGESTED RETAIL: $699
