Armada Edollo Skis

No skier has revolutionized freestyle more in the last decade than Henrik Harlaut and his signature ski, the Edollo, continues to support him every step of the way. It’s built for nose-pressing and confidence in the park. The wide platform is ideal for stomping landings and locking onto rails and helps ensure it skis the rest of the mountain equally well.

It's an amazing park ski but, thanks to the shape and camber, it's surprisingly good when skiing all-mountain too. The flex is soft so it does have a speed limit in terms of grip on hard snow but that isn't what this ski is about anyway.

Skiers who want a soft playful flexing ski to press, butter and hit jumps and jibs. Definitely one for the park skiers, but that doesn't mean you have to stay in the park, it's more about the style and the way ski flexes and what you'll do with it. The soft nose means easy presses and the balanced flex through the centre and tail means smooth butters.

98mm in the waist and the 20m radius (172cm) ensures good stability on rails and jumps, as well as making the ski ride well when out of the park. The tip and tail are quite short compared to many skis on the market, but this works well with the camber, nose rocker and soft flex.

AR Nose Rocker uses a traditional sidecut paired with tip rocker and standard camber for easier turn initiation without compromising edge hold. The low tip rocker and plenty of camber is matched with a soft flex, especially on the tip, giving the ski a fairly unique position amongst park skis. Having camber into the tail improves the versatility of the ski and makes it one of the very best pure freestyle skis when outside of the park.

Armada's Poplar Ash Core uses lightweight poplar combined with higher density full-length ash stringers to create an impossibly lively ski that has all the power needed for boosting to new elevations.

The AR75 Sidewall uses semi-cap sidewall along the majority of the ski with a full cap at the tip and tails. This combination helps absorb high speed chatter and impacts from jibs.

Eye level for the maximum ease of spinning and rail tricks, but you need to go bigger for extra stability or speed and for all-mountain versatility, especially important on the wider models that are designed to spend more time away from the park.

• Bindings: N/A ski sold flat
• Demo: No
• DIN: N/A