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PTO Verdict
“Rossignol added metal and a denser core to this Soul, and at 166 cm it weighs exactly what the old ski did. A beam, not a sheet - that is the appeal and the ceiling.”
Best for: The intermediate-to-advanced woman who wants one resort ski and has decided a heavy metal ski is not worth what it costs her by the last run of the day. Her laps run groomer, trees, and the chopped-up snow in between, and she pivots and smears more than she lays trenches. Smaller and lighter skiers too: the 150 is a 1.25 kg ski turning on a 13 m radius, quick underfoot without being a learner's ski.
Not for: The skier who wants to carve, properly, on hard snow, at speed. The contact points are rockered off the snow at both ends, the metal runs down the middle as a beam instead of across the width as a sheet, and at 158 cm the whole ski weighs 1.35 kg. Mass and full-width metal are what hold an edge in a firm, fast turn, and this ski gave up both on purpose. The Blizzard Black Pearl 88 and the Nordica Santa Ana 92 are on our wall and they are heavier for a reason. The same goes for the aggressive or heavier skier who drives the shovel: a light ski with rocker at both ends has a speed limit and she will find it in a morning. That is not a hedge bolted on for balance - it is the weight advantage read from the other side, and nobody gets to sell both. Hardpack-only and East Coast skiers should not pay for width they never use; our Arcade W 78 and W 80 are narrower, cheaper, and come with a binding already on them. Beginners and cautious first-season skiers: this is a flat ski at $699.95 on a base that wants waxing, and Rossignol's own text says intermediate and advanced. And nobody should buy this ski for a damp, quiet ride. Rossignol's marketing paragraph names a Vibration Absorption System that Rossignol's own technologies list for this item does not include, and until the brand publishes a page we will not sell you damping we cannot confirm.
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Description
The Rossignol Soul W 92 OPEN is a women's freeride ski, 91 mm underfoot at 158 cm, and the whole ski follows from one decision about where the metal went. Rossignol's spec field reads TITANAL BEAM: a strip of metal down the spine of the ski, not a sheet spanning its width. That distinction is Rossignol's own, not ours. The Arcade W 88 fills that same field with FULL TI LAYER. The brand has a word for a full sheet and did not use it here.
A beam braces the ski along its length without a sheet's mass, and the figure at the other end of that trade is 1.35 kg per ski at 158 cm. Around it sit a poplar PEFC wood core, rectangular full sidewall, a sintered HD base, an Air Tip, and rocker at both the tip and the tail. The sidecut is progressive, 125-91-115 at that same length, and the radius stays short for the width: 13 m at 150, 14 m at 158, 15 m at 166.
Rocker at both ends lifts the contact points off the snow, so the ski pivots early and lets a turn go rather than locking into it. That suits an intermediate or advanced skier whose day runs groomer, trees, and the pushed-around snow in between, and who is tired of levering something heavy through the last hour of it. It is the wrong ski for hard, fast, icy piste. Rockered contacts and a beam instead of a full-width sheet give up edge hold at speed, and Rossignol gave it up deliberately. It is not a first ski either.
Check the model name against the size you actually want. Of the three lengths we stock, only the 166 is literally 92 mm; the 158 measures 91 mm and the 150 measures 90 mm. And this is the OPEN, which is Rossignol's word for a flat ski: no binding on it. Rossignol lists the Look SPX 11 GW B100 as the factory pairing. We mount it, and we match the brake to the length you take home.
Specs
- Waist: 90 mm (150) / 91 mm (158) / 92 mm (166). Across the full 142-182 run, 92 mm appears only on the 166 and 174
- Dimensions: 125-91-115 mm (158 cm). Tip 125 and tail 115 are constant across the run; only the waist scales
- Turn radius: 13 m (150) / 14 m (158) / 15 m (166). 12 m to 17 m across the full 142-182 run
- Profile: Tip & Tail Rocker. Rossignol publishes no camber figure for this ski
- Sidecut: Progressive Sidecut. One radius per length - Rossignol publishes no multi-radius numbers
- Core: Poplar PEFC wood core (PEFC is a forestry certification, not a performance claim)
- Construction: Titanal Beam - a central metal beam underfoot, not a full-width sheet. Rectangular full sidewall
- Base: Sintered HD base. Rossignol does not define what the HD adds
- Weight: 1.25 kg per ski (150) / 1.35 kg (158) / 1.40 kg (166). Catalog prints 2.7 kg per pair at 158
- Lengths: 142 / 150 / 158 / 166 / 174 / 182 cm. PTO stocks 150, 158 and 166
- Sold as: OPEN - flat ski, no binding included. Catalog pairing: Look SPX 11 GW B100
- MSRP: $699.95, ski only
- Not published: Flex rating, camber height, effective edge and mount point - Rossignol publishes none of them
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Rossignol Soul W 92 OPEN
By PTO Team, Based on Rossignol's official specs, the 26/27 catalog page and our own order book · Spec analysis
The take
“Rossignol added metal and a denser core to this Soul, and at 166 cm it weighs exactly what the old ski did. A beam, not a sheet - that is the appeal and the ceiling.”
The Rossignol Soul W 92 makes its case on one number set. Per ski: 1.25 kg at 150 cm, 1.35 kg at 158, 1.40 kg at 166. The catalog independently prints 2.7 kg per pair at 158, the same figure doubled. Stand that beside the metal women's skis on the same wall in our shop. The Blizzard Black Pearl 88 weighs 1.77 kg per ski at 170 cm and the Black Pearl 94 weighs 1.84. That is 370 to 440 g more on each foot, and both sides of the comparison are manufacturer figures, so the gap is real rather than an artifact of two different scales.
The Black Pearl will out-hold the Soul on firm snow, and it should: camber underfoot, an edge-to-edge FluxForm titanal frame, and $50 more on the ticket at $749.99 against $699.95. Both are sold flat. The Nordica Santa Ana 92 answers the same width from another direction again, with a full sheet of Titanal, camber under the foot, and the mass that goes with them. Neither of those skis beats the Soul W 92 in the abstract. They are the opposite answer to the same question. If she does not genuinely care about the weight, the argument for this ski collapses and one of those two is the better buy.
The price has to be said out loud, because the shelf will not say it. $699.95 buys a bare ski. Inside our 26/27 Rossignol buy the Soul W 92 is the most expensive women's ski and the only one that arrives without a binding on it: the Arcade W 80 XP10 is $649.95 with a Look Xpress W 10 already mounted, and the Arcade W 78 XP10 is $549.95 on the same terms. For a woman who lives on groomers, or who is still building a dependable turn, those are not consolation prizes. They cost less, they are ready to click into, and for her they are the better ski.
It is new for 26/27, and Rossignol has not published a product page for it. Everything above is read off construction, geometry and published weight. It gets worse. The Rallybird Soul 92, the previous generation, still has a live page on rossignol.com, and that ski is fiberglass, paulownia-cored and twin-rockered with half the size run. At 166, the one length both runs share, both skis weigh 1.40 kg. That page is what a search for this name turns up. It is not this ski.
The Soul W 92 is not the float answer inside its own family. The Soul W 102 is, running the same recipe ten millimeters wider at 1.85 kg per ski at 164 cm; we do not stock it. On length, the radius climbs a meter with every size step, so the size you pick is also the turn you get.
Bindings we'd pair with it
Mount point: Flat ski - Rossignol publishes no recommended mount point, so we set it to the boot-center mark. Our pick: Look SPX 11 GW B100.
The Soul W 92 OPEN ships flat: binding, mounting and setup are a separate job on top of the ski price. Your release setting is a technician's calculation from height, weight, age, boot sole length and skier type, and it gets tested on a machine - it is not a number to read off a web page. Bring the boots you will actually ski in.
Common Questions
- Is the Rossignol Soul W 92 really 92 mm underfoot?
- On two of the six lengths. Rossignol scales the waist with length: 90 mm on the 142 and 150, 91 mm on the 158, 92 mm on the 166 and 174, and 93 mm on the 182. Tip and tail do not move, at 125 and 115 mm. Only one of the sizes we carry actually gets there: the 166. The number on the topsheet is a model name, not a spec you can count on.
- Does the Rossignol Soul W 92 come with bindings?
- No - it is sold bare. $699.95 is the price of the skis; a binding and the mount are extra on top of it. Rossignol does publish a recommended pairing for it, and we will mount whichever binding you choose. If you want a Rossignol women's ski that arrives ready to go, the Arcade W 80 XP10 comes in at $649.95, binding included.
- How much does the Rossignol Soul W 92 weigh?
- Per ski: 1.25 kg at 150 cm, 1.35 kg at 158 cm and 1.40 kg at 166 cm. The catalog prints the 158 as 2.7 kg per pair, which is that same figure doubled. One warning about Rossignol's own website: its spec tables are headed kg/pair and the numbers printed under that heading are per ski. Read them as half a pair, or you will halve the weight of the ski.
- Rossignol Soul W 92 or Blizzard Black Pearl 88?
- Weight against edge hold. The Black Pearl has camber underfoot and an edge-to-edge titanal frame, and at 1.77 kg per ski at 170 cm it carries 370 g more than the Soul does at 166. It will hold a firmer edge on hard snow. The Soul hands that 370 g per foot back to you instead. Choose the weakness you can live with.
- What size Rossignol Soul W 92 should I get?
- We carry the 150, 158 and 166 out of a six-length run that spans 142 to 182 cm. The 158 is Rossignol's own reference size. Shorter means a tighter radius and quicker feet; longer means more platform underfoot. Bring your boots in: the ski is sold flat, so length, brake width and mount get decided in one conversation.
