The Rossignol Experience snowboard is designed for advanced riders looking to take backcountry riding seriously, this board is an unbelievable piece of equipment that would suit any advanced rider.
The Experience is the ultimate freeriding machine not just because it floats beautifully in powder but because you know this board won’t ever let you down when you’re in a life-threatening situation.
Considering the extraordinary ability of this board the price-tag is very reasonable so make-sure you snap-up a piece of freeriding history before Rossignol pull the plug because Mr Jones is no longer pushing the development.
This is a board that you can completely depend on in all conditions and excels better than any other board on the planet when taken to the steep and rocky extremes.
The Experience really is an unbelievable board that would suit any advanced rider that is looking to take backcountry riding seriously.
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Key Features and Construction
The Experience is a directional shape that is going to keep your nose above the powder because the nose is a little bit longer than the tail.
The Amptek profile is unique because there is a slight camber in between the bindings.
If you’ll look down its edge you’ll see it has Magne Traction; that means there are seven points of contact, which is similar to serrated knife blade.
The core is a THC Torsion Box base with carbon and Kevlar stringers.
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The base is going to be very fast; it’s a 7500 sintered base.
The nose and tail are going to be a rating of about “9”, the midsection is going to be a rating of “10.” It’s a stiff board.
You can see the stringers run pretty much from tip to tail on this board. You can see the core through the clear top sheet.
When you are hauling down the mountain it’s best to outrun avalanches with a 7500 sintered base. You will want to keep it waxed; it’s going to absorb a lot of wax.
The artist collection that did the graphic is called Hydro 74.
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On-Snow Performance
The mostly camber board with Magnetraction gives us a feeling of the mid-2000s when camber MTX was everywhere so it was fun to re-visit this tech.
Similarly to the One Mag the Experience isn’t particularly lively at low speeds, which doesn’t mean to say that it’s difficult to turn or unresponsive.
It holds right up there with the good Big Mountain Freeride boards. There aren’t enough freeride boards out there so we like to see 2 slightly different Jones creations out there.
This board is made for big mountain powder adventures but it performs pretty well on groomers. We had lots of fun riding down a steep long groomed run or a long intermediate run.
The board was fun to make belly scratching turns and it does well at high speeds. The older models have a more chattery nose on firm snow but the newer years don’t have as much chatter.
Nevertheless, once you have a bit of speed the Experience feels like a completely different board; even hitting jumps off the side of the piste and kickers in the park was fun….I even managed to throw a couple of 180’s in the mix and the Experience dealt with switch landings and switch riding surprisingly well.
Turn Initiation and Carving
The Experience felt slow when it came to quick edge to edge turning and in tighter spots, it required more attention and wasn’t ideal.
When it comes to carving Its the kind of board that will let you get almost parallel to the snow on a wide arcing carve. There is also a good return out of the carve.
Now as the turns get wider and bigger the Experience is more fun. It seems like there is a shallow sidecut depth so it doesn’t like to turn quickly.
I thought that the One Mag carved well until I took the Experience for a spin, sheet ice wasn’t even an issue.
Speed and Edge Hold
The rocker in the nose is great in powder but on the hard pack, it flops a little. Each year this is getting better but it’s still there.
MTX with a mostly camber shape has an insane Grip and can turn a shitty hard pack morning into a good time.
It is indeed super fast.
Everybody knows that the Rossignol Experience is one of, if not the best big mountain snowboard on the market, stability and edge hold at speed are incredible.
This board is made for big mountain powder adventures but it performs pretty well on groomers.
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Rossignol Experience 82 Ti Ski Review
In addition to snowboards, Rossignol also produces high-performing skis. The Rossignol Experience 82 Ti was named 2023’s best-performing frontside ski after impressing testers with its performance across nine skills categories at the gear test in Sun Valley, Idaho.
Rossignol entered a true frontside ski with two sheets of Titanal to establish stiffness, countered with a poplar core, giving the Experience 82 Ti plenty of recoil and energy.
While this year’s frontside category showcased a number of different styles of frontside skis, ranging from race-inspired to narrow all-mountain.
The ski is lightweight and forgiving, yet also has the ability to nuke turns at high speeds. The construction allows the skier to dive into each turn, no matter the turn shape or the speed.
Intermediate cruisers could push their skills with the ski’s easy-going nature, while more advanced skiers will enjoy tapping into its reactiveness and power.
At 82mm underfoot, the Experience 82 Ti is too wide to be considered a carving ski, but that’s how it skis.
With each turn, you’ll continue to gain confidence as an athlete, no matter what level you consider yourself. It rails like a champion on the corduroy and looks to get on edge every chance it gets.
The ski would be a great fit for any groomer-lover across the country, regardless of the type of snow you’re likely to encounter-be it boilerplate, manmade, soft ‘roy, or a variable mix.
Without a doubt, carving on groomed terrain is this ski’s strength, but testers were hard pressed to find a true weakness.
This ski received its lowest marks in the Crud Performance and Playfulness categories, but even there, it performed among the Top 5 of all the frontside skis tested (and even scored the highest marks in Playfulness).
Testers’ one word of advice: Choose your length carefully.
But in the right length, this ski will do pretty much any skier’s bidding and make them look good.
Rossignol Experience 86 Ti Ski Review
Rossignol has shaken up their ski offerings a fair amount over the past couple years, starting with the release of the Black Ops freeride line and now a big revamp to the Experience collection for 2022.
We gave a thorough test to the latest 86 Ti model with a set of Look 14-DIN bindings and were impressed with the new ski’s carving abilities and all-around smoothness.
It’s decidedly a frontside design-definitely more so than the outgoing 88 Ti-and has lost a little of its all-mountain friendliness.
But if you prioritize speed, dampness, and satisfying, arching turns, the Experience likely won’t disappoint.
Hardpack Performance
Before starting my test of the new Rossignol Experience 86 Ti, I took a final spin on the now-discontinued 88 Ti model.
Hopping back and forth between the two revealed how thoroughly the ski has changed: whereas the old 88 prioritized quickness and had a more playful pop to it, the latest Experience ups the ante in speed, power, and precision.
I found the ski to be smoother, less prone to being upset by late-day choppy and chunky snow, and even more stable at top speed (and the old 88 was no slouch).
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