Rossignol Sender 100 OPEN
By PTO Team, read off Rossignol's published geometry and construction - no verified independent on-snow test of this new 26/27 ski exists, and no numeric ability score is published · Spec analysis on this ski
The take
“No titanal, no carbon: the lighter, livelier Sender that floats soft snow and smears happily, but gives way sooner than its metal brother when the snow turns firm and cut-up.”
The Sender 100 is a brand-new model for 26/27, and no verified independent on-snow test of it exists, so everything here is read off Rossignol's published geometry and construction rather than a ride.
The whole ski is one decision. The Sender 100 shares its shape with the metal Sender 110 - twin rocker, progressive sidecut, full sidewall, poplar core, Air Tip - but not its reinforcement. Rossignol prints a Carbon Alloy Matrix plus a titanal beam for the 110 and prints nothing in the same field for the 100, and the technology list agrees, naming neither carbon nor titanal. That absence is the point of the ski, not a gap to fill. Wood and fiber make it light and poppy; the same missing metal is why it washes out sooner than the 110 when a strong skier pushes it hard through firm, cut-up snow. A name in the feature list, V-A-S among them, does not damp a metal-free ski the way titanal would.
Nothing about the Sender 100 is a single number. Radius climbs from 13 m on the 162 to 20 m on the 184; weight runs 1.7 to 2.0 kg, and that is per ski, not per pair. At the 184 it is about 0.2 kg lighter than the Sender 110 - the direct payoff of leaving the metal out. Picking a length is picking a turn, so match it to how you ski more than to your height.
Twin rocker pulls both ends up off the snow: the shovel planes in soft conditions, and the tail breaks free to smear and ski switch. The Air Tip keeps swing weight down and, in Rossignol's words, adds pop. That rockered, metal-free shape is also the piste ceiling: held hard on a firm groomer it feels loose - the trade a freeride ski makes on purpose. Rossignol calls it a rockered powder ski with exceptional float; at 99 mm it floats soft snow well, but that is the marketing phrase, not a deep-day promise.
So the real question is the Sender 110 one step up. For $200 more the 110 adds real metal, 110 mm of width and a little weight, and with it more float and composure at speed and in heavy crud. The Sender 100's case is the mirror image: lighter, more forgiving, and cheaper, and wide enough for everything short of a deep powder day. Want the planted platform, buy the 110; want the playful ski, this is the one. On a genuinely deep day the wider 118 is the float tool, and a piste-first skier belongs on an Arcade.
The Sender 100 is sold flat, so a binding and a professional mount are extra, and a technician sets and tests the release on your boot - we do not put a DIN number on a page. We stock the 162, 170, 178 and 184; the 190 Rossignol lists is not one we carry. Keep the sintered base waxed, or it just runs slow.
Bindings we'd pair with it
Mount point: Flat / OPEN - sold without a binding. Our pick: Your choice - a binding and a mount are added at the shop.
The Sender ships flat: no binding, no mount. A binding and a professional mount are added at the shop, and a certified technician sets and tests the release on your own boot - PTO does not put a DIN number on a web page. Rossignol's catalog suggests pairing it with a LOOK Pivot 2.0 11; we have not confirmed that exact binding in our own stock, so treat it as Rossignol's suggestion, not a promise. Bring the boot in and we will match a binding to it and mount it.
Common Questions
- Does the Sender 100 have metal in it, like the Sender 110?
- No. On the 100 the reinforcement field is blank and the feature list shows neither metal nor carbon, while the 110 carries the Carbon Alloy Matrix and titanal the 100 does without. That is why it rides lighter and more playful, and why it settles down less when you push the pace. If the metal and the extra float are what you are after, that is the 110.
- Is that price for the ski and a binding, or just the ski?
- Just the ski. The Sender 100 is sold flat, so $699.95 buys the ski alone - a binding and a professional mount are on top. The Sender 110 is $899.95, also flat. Bring your boots and we will sort the binding and the mount at the shop.
- What length should I choose, and does the turn radius change with it?
- It changes a lot. Radius runs from 13 m at the 162 to 20 m at the 184, so a short ski turns quick and a long one runs long. We carry the 162, 170, 178 and 184; Rossignol also lists a 190 that we do not stock. Length is a fitting conversation, so bring your boots.
- Is the Sender 100 a powder ski?
- It floats soft snow well, but 99 mm is a middle width, not a deep-powder tool. Rossignol's own copy calls it a rockered powder ski with exceptional float - read that as marketing for a mid-width ski. On a genuinely deep day, the wider Sender 110 or 118 is the better tool.
