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On Sale: $359.97
40% Off, Retail: $599.95
SKU #ROS0227
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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
From guinea-pigging backcountry booters to charging the resort on a powder day, the twintipped Rossignol Scratch Brigade Alpine Ski floats like a super-fat and jibs any feature on the mountain. Rossignol made the Scratch Brigade Ski with deep days and big hits in mind. The Brigade rocks Rossignol's Weight Reduction System, which cuts the Brigade weight in the tip and tail by placing more reinforcing fibers underfoot and less in the tip and tail. The Brigade's WRS makes for effortless spins and buttery tip and tail feel in the powder and pipe alike. The tough THC2 wood core employs polar, fume, and ash wood to provide consistent flex, and resilient pop so you can smear through the pow when the day's deep and then butter onto the rails when you take a break from the back bowls. With its smooth sidecut and easy-turning feel, the Brigade focuses its barrage on the rest of the resort when the pow's beat.
Bottom line
Put the Rossignol Scratch Brigade ski on attack mode and make the backcountry your war zone.
Product Reviews
hit'n kickers?
All though I shreded on the Steeze most of the year durring some back country kicker sessions and ripping around the resort I shredded the Brigade. The brigade replaces the old scratch BC and keep the same principals. a ripping ski made to catch air and haul ass. the wrs technology helps this thing spin to win and I had a blast riding it around alta and snowbird.
get em
these are a great ski for anything you may want to do. the northwest is having a great snow year (as i'm sure you know) and these things have eaten up all the powder i could throw at em. i was on the foils before this, and these are a 100 times improvement. fun as anything in the deep stuff, well mannered on groomers, and they can even play in the park from time to time. if you want a ski that you can do anything on, i highly recommend these sticks.
Solid
I got these this last winter and they are great... The powder flex pattern works great in the park giving you enough pop to hit the rails yet in the pow they will cradle letting you float nicely. The base will stand up to ice well and is great for bombing that well groomed diamond. The only area they are kinda sketchy in is hard carving on hard pack or ice. The tips will chatter and you will lose an edge if you are not careful. So if you ski primarily groomers and hard pack try a different ski, you will be much happier. But if your looking for a sweet powder/ park ski here it is.
I Give it a 6/10 Not bad......
The Brigade sits in the grey area between a pure park offering and a backcountry jib ski. What that means for you is that this ski does everything fairly well, but true big-mountain skiers will quickly discover the Brigades shortcomings. Bigger, heavier testers found that the ski was hard to turn in deep snow and got bounced around in the chop.Lighter athletes liked how the ski was easy to turn and was nice and soft, which I like.How you will like this ski will depend on how hard you ski, and how much you weigh.
Light and versatile
I have a pair mounted for AT skiing because they are some of the lightest 98mm waisted skis I could find in 178cm length at 3720g/pair per my postage scale. They are a great ski for Colorado where snow is typically on the softer side and do well for an occasional lap through the terrain park or tight carves on fresh corduroy. I agree with Willie that the mounting point (even on "traditional") is very centered. I mounted mine 2cm back from "traditional" for better float and stability at speed. They ski very short because of their light weight and I recommend going for a larger size if you are in doubt. I would not recommend these for crud-busting and high-speed straightlining as they are not a beefy ski.
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