 THE FACTION COLLECTIVE
The collection itself is comprised of wood-core twin tips for everything from park to powder. The 8-ski line includes 2 women’s models. Speaking of models, one of the Faction team riders, Kristi Leskinen, is not only a freeskiing icon, she was recently selected to join celebrity Makskim Chmerkovsky in the Superstars competition filmed on location at the Atlantis resort in the Bahamas. Good athletes look good in anything but isn’t it nice to get a break from the wool hat and goggles look?
Kennedy
82mm underfoot, 18 meter sidecut in 173cm length. Available in 153, 163, 173, 181cm.
Perfectly symmetrical park-specific ski.
Wednesday
92mm underfoot, 19 meter sidecut in 178cm length. Available in 168, 178, 184cm.
This is designed for a 50/50 mix of park and all-mountain skiing. It has a re-tuned core for 09/10 to increase durability and versatility.
3.Zero
112mm underfoot, 25 meter sidecut in 183cm length. Available in 175, 183, 191cm.
This ski has a re-tuned core this year with a slightly softer flex in the 175cm length. It’s an off-piste and backcountry ski.
Alias 100
102mm underfoot, 22 meter sidecut in 179cm length. Available in 169, 179, 188cm.
Tip rocker rises 5mm over 150mm. In other words, if you placed the ski on a flat surface, the ski would start bending upwards 15cm back from the tip and the base would be off the surface 5mm at the tip.
Thirteen
112mm underfoot, 46 meter sidecut in only length available — 194cm.
Faction calls it the stiffest, straightest high performance big mountain ski on the market. In profile it’s flat except for a rocker that has an 8mm rise in the tip that starts 300mm back. Described as 8/300 rocker.
Royale
122mm underfoot, 25 meter sidecut in only length available — 183cm.
Made for powder or backcountry freestyle. 15/300 rocker in both tip and tail.
Note: coordinated bindings developed in conjunction with VIST are available to match Faction skis.
WOMEN’S SKIS
Aria
82mm underfoot, 18 meter sidecut in 173cm length. Available in 153, 163, 173cm.
Designed by Kristi Leskinen to do the same job as Kennedy above but with a re-profiled core and customized sidecut to better suit women.
Heroine
92mm underfoot, 19 meter sidecut in 178cm length. Available in 168, 178, 184cm.
Heroine is the women’s version of Wednesday, an all-mountain ski for the park too.
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