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PTO Verdict
“Wood, glass, and rocker at both ends: it is very hard to catch an edge on, and it will not hold one when you push.”
Best for: Beginner and early-intermediate women skiing groomers. That is where Rossignol aims it too, in its own words. It suits the smaller, lighter skier especially: there is not much ski to swing, and the included binding's DIN span starts at 2.5, which is a genuinely low floor for someone light. And it suits the skier who wants to buy once and then just go skiing: the binding is in the price, it takes both current adult sole norms, and there is nothing further to decide.
Not for: Anyone in a junior boot. Rossignol's own compatibility table says no to ISO 5355 'C' child soles and no to GripWalk 'JR' junior soles, and the binding's sole-length adjustment starts at 261 mm. A young or small skier in a junior boot cannot be fitted to this ski, no matter how well the length seems to suit her. Strong, fast or aggressive skiers: it has neither metal nor carbon in it, the chassis is cap, and both ends are rockered clear of the snow. It will go loose and it will wash out, and technique does not fix a parts list. Anyone who skis off-piste or wants a powder ski: 80 mm, and Rossignol's own copy scopes it to on-piste snow, twice. Anyone who wants long, high-speed arcs: a radius this short is a short-turn shape and it does not pretend otherwise. Anyone touring: pin-tech inserts are a no, this is an alpine binding. And anyone buying it for the carbon in the marketing copy. The spec sheet for the same ski says fiberglass.
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Description
The Rossignol Arcade W 80 is a women's on-piste ski, 80 mm underfoot, sold complete: the Xpress W 10 GW binding is included in the $649.95 price.
The build is simple, and coherent. A poplar wood core, fiberglass, a cap chassis, and rocker at both the tip and the tail. Rossignol lists no metal laminate in it. Rocker at both ends shortens the edge actually touching the snow, so the ski hooks up late and lets go early. That is why it is hard to catch an edge on. It is also why it goes vague when it is pushed hard and fast on firm snow. One decision, both consequences.
You should hear this from us rather than find it out afterwards. Rossignol's own copy and Rossignol's own spec sheet disagree about what is inside this ski. The copy says carbon layers reduce the weight and credits the grip to sidewall construction. The spec block on that same page lists the reinforcement as FIBERGLASS and the construction as CAP, and the official technology list names no carbon at all. We write the ski from the spec block.
The most useful number on it is the turn radius: 9 m at 142, 10 m at 150, 11 m at 158. That is short, and on a groomer it means the ski comes around with very little asked of you.
Rossignol aims it plainly: intermediate and beginner skiers will appreciate the blend of confident edge control and agility. The parts list agrees with the label. It is the wrong ski for someone who already carries speed, and the wrong ski once you leave the groomer. One hard line, and it is a safety line: the included binding is officially not compatible with junior boot soles, and its boot-sole adjustment starts at 261 mm. It is built in lengths short enough to tempt a junior fit, and by Rossignol's own table that is a mis-fit.
We stock 142, 150 and 158. Bring your boots and we will check the sole against the binding before anyone talks about length.
Specs
- Waist: 80 mm
- Sidecut: 130-80-118 mm - the same on every length
- Turn radius: 9 m (142) / 10 m (150) / 11 m (158) - radius tracks length, per Rossignol
- Weight: 1.2 kg (142) / 1.3 kg (150) / 1.4 kg (158) - per ski, not per pair
- Profile: Tip & Tail Rocker
- Construction: CAP - cap sidewalls. Rossignol's own structured field, though its marketing copy says sidewall
- Core: Poplar PEFC wood core
- Reinforcement: Fiberglass. No metal laminate and no carbon appear in Rossignol's spec block or technology list
- Base: Sintered
- Named technologies: LCT, Sintered Base, Assist Flex, Premium Hardtop, Fiberglass, PEFC Poplar Wood Core, Cap Sidewalls, V-A-S, Extended Sidecut, Tip & Tail Rocker. Rossignol publishes no mechanism for LCT, Assist Flex, Premium Hardtop or Extended Sidecut
- Binding: LOOK/Rossignol Xpress W 10 GW B83, included in the price
- Binding DIN: 2.5-10. That is the span the hardware covers - a setting is a certified technician's job
- Sole compatibility: ISO 5355 "A" yes, GripWalk "A" yes. ISO 5355 "C" no, GripWalk "JR" no. Pin-tech inserts no
- Boot sole length: 261-332 mm
- Brake: B83 - covers ski waists 73-83 mm
- Official level: Rossignol prints a four-segment Beginner-to-Expert bar and fills the second segment from the Beginner end. There are no numerals on it, so no official numeric score exists to quote
- Official scores: Rossignol publishes no terrain or performance ratings for this ski
- Shelf vs copy: Rossignol files it under All Mountain on its site and in its catalog, while its own product copy scopes it to on-piste snow, twice. We follow the copy and the geometry
- Lengths: 142 / 150 / 158 cm stocked. Rossignol also builds a 134 and a 166
- 26/27 status: Not badged new by Rossignol. We could not obtain a previous-season spec sheet to compare against, so we make no carryover claim
Details
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- Rossignol
- SKU
- RROFZ05-142
000 / 142
Rossignol Arcade W 80 XP10
By PTO Team, read off Rossignol's own published geometry, construction and binding data, and no carryover claim is made · Spec analysis
The take
“Wood, glass, and rocker at both ends: it is very hard to catch an edge on, and it will not hold one when you push.”
Everything below is read off published geometry, construction and Rossignol's own binding data, rather than off a ride.
Weight is one of the few things the Arcade W 80 genuinely has going for it. Rossignol's own table will mislead you about it. The column header reads KG/PAIR. A line lower on the same page gives 1.4 kg at 158 cm for half a pair, and half a pair is one ski. The header is the mistake. Per ski, the figures are 1.2 kg on the 142, 1.3 on the 150, 1.4 on the 158. That is light. For a skier still learning to steer with her whole body, less ski to swing is less work by the last run. It is also why it will not settle down once the speed comes up. Light and calm are opposite properties, and there is no metal in this layup to buy the calm back.
On snow the shape does the talking. A radius this short, with both contact points lifted clear, means the ski starts a turn almost before it is asked and hands it back early. In a first or second season that is the most valuable thing a ski can do. An edge that catches is how beginners get hurt, and how they decide they hate skiing. Four of the names on the official technology list (LCT, Assist Flex, Premium Hardtop, Extended Sidecut) are printed by Rossignol and explained by Rossignol nowhere we can reach. V-A-S sits on that list too, and Rossignol says it absorbs shock. We are not letting a name in a feature list stand in for metal the ski does not have.
Edge grip is where it runs out. A cap chassis feeds less of the skier's input into the edge than a sidewall ski would, and both contact points sit rockered off the snow. Lean on it at speed on hard snow and it lets go. Rossignol shelves the ski under All Mountain on its own website; Rossignol's own sentence about this ski says on-piste, and says it twice. The geometry backs the sentence, and the sentence is the honest one.
For the skier already ducking off the side of the groomer, the Arcade is the wrong tool. Rossignol's Soul W 92 is a different ski, not a fancier version of this one: a titanal beam, full sidewall, 90-93 mm underfoot, a 12-17 m radius. All the things the Arcade structurally does without. One catch gets glossed over. The Soul is sold flat at $699.95, so a binding and a mount go on top, and the real gap is wider than the stickers suggest.
Get the base waxed. A sintered base is a genuinely good thing to find at this price, and a sintered base nobody waxes is just a slow base. Our three lengths are 142, 150 and 158.
Bindings we'd pair with it
Mount point: Factory-mounted integrated system (Xpress W 10 GW B83). Our pick: Xpress W 10 GW B83, included in the price.
Rossignol includes the binding, so there is nothing to mount separately and nothing to shop for. Its release span is DIN 2.5-10. That is the range the hardware covers, not a setting: a skier's number comes out of five inputs - weight, height, age, boot sole length and skier type - and a certified technician sets it and tests it against the actual boot. PTO does not put a DIN number on a web page. On sole norms, from Rossignol's own compatibility table: adult alpine ISO 5355 'A' is a yes and adult GripWalk 'A' is a yes. So the boot has to be an adult sole in one of those two norms, and it has to measure inside the binding's 261-332 mm sole-length range. Junior soles are a no on both counts, and most junior boots fall under that 261 mm floor anyway. Tech inserts are a no - this is an alpine binding, and no touring boot belongs in it. Bring the boot to the shop. The sole gets checked before the size conversation, not after.
Common Questions
- Does this ski actually have carbon in it?
- Rossignol's marketing paragraph claims it does. Rossignol's own structured data does not: the reinforcement field reads fiberglass, the technology list has no carbon token in it, and the construction data in its dealer export agrees. We have not cut a ski open, so we are not calling Rossignol wrong. We are telling you what its spec sheet says, and the spec sheet is what our description is built on. If carbon is your reason for wanting this ski, the published data does not support that reason.
- Can my daughter ride this in her junior boots?
- No. The included Xpress W 10 GW is officially incompatible with children's and junior soles - Rossignol's own table prints a NO against both norms - and its sole-length adjustment does not go below 261 mm, which rules out most junior boots on length alone. Short skis invite this question, so here is the straight answer: an adult boot, or a different setup. Bring her boot in and we will check the norm stamped on it and measure the sole before anyone picks a length.
- What length, and what is the turn radius?
- Our rack has the 142, the 150 and the 158. Radius goes with length, not with the model: 9 m on the 142, 10 m on the 150, 11 m on the 158. Rossignol publishes a five-length run and keys the radius to that run, not to whatever a shop happens to stock - which is how a listing ends up printing these one column off. Length is a fitting conversation and it wants your boots in the room.
- Is it any good off the groomer or in powder?
- No, and Rossignol effectively says so itself - its own copy scopes this ski to on-piste snow, twice over. The All Mountain label on the website is the bucket the whole Arcade W family sits in, not a claim about this particular ski. At 80 mm with no metal and both ends rockered, soft snow is not what it was built for. If you are leaving the groomer, look at the Soul W 92 instead - and budget for a binding, because it is sold flat.
- Are the reviews on Rossignol's site for this ski?
- Probably not. Rossignol sells two skis called Arcade 80 at the same time: this women's model, which runs 134 to 166 and pairs with the Xpress W 10, and a unisex Arcade 80, which runs 142 to 182 and pairs with the non-W Xpress 10. The star rating on the Arcade 80 listing belongs to the unisex ski.
