Rossignol Soul W 92 OPEN
By PTO Team, Based on Rossignol's official specs, the 26/27 catalog page and our own order book · Construction and geometry analysis, with no third-party test data on this ski
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.
Nobody has skied the Soul W 92, and nobody can yet. It is new for 26/27, Rossignol has not published a product page for it, and no test or ride impression exists for it in any language. 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. Go looking for a review and that page is what you will find. 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.
- Has anyone reviewed the Rossignol Soul W 92?
- No, and nobody can yet: it is new for 26/27, unreleased, and Rossignol has not put up a product page for it. Reviews you find under the name Soul 92 belong to the previous ski, the Rallybird Soul 92, which was fiberglass with a paulownia core, twin rocker and three lengths. It shares a nickname with this ski and very little else.
- 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.
