Is the Van Deer SL-JR PRO legal for FIS races?

Van Deer states by name that the SL-JR PRO and GS-JR PRO meet all FIS regulations and were developed and approved by Marcel Hirscher himself — the one FIS sentence in the catalogue that names skis at all. That sentence sits in the 26/27 trade workbook, not on the consumer product page, and a brand statement is not a homologation lookup. Check this exact model, length and season against the current FIS list before your racer lines up.

Which binding does the SL-JR PRO need, and who sets the DIN?

Van Deer lists two fitting bindings: the Marker COMP 10 TCX (DIN 3-10) and the COMP 12 GW (DIN 4-12). Both junior plates were built and tested around the COMP 10 TCX, and that is the one PTO stocks with the 138 cm. DIN is a reference number, not a measured release value — a technician sets it from your child's weight, height, age, boot sole length and skier type.

How do I size the SL-JR PRO as my kid grows?

Van Deer publishes no age, height or weight chart for this ski, so we won't invent one. Radius climbs with length — 8 m at 132 cm, 10 m at 138, and 11 m at both 148 and 152 — so the shortest size turns very differently from the longest. Sizing a junior racer is normally a coaching call. No coach's number yet? Come talk to us.

What is the difference between the SL-JR PRO and the GS-JR PRO?

Shape and purpose. The SL-JR PRO is the short-turn slalom ski, 8 to 11 m of radius across four lengths. The GS-JR PRO is built for giant slalom: five longer lengths, 154 to 174 cm, at 16-to-21-meter radii. Same construction language, same two fitting bindings, opposite turn. PTO has stocked none of the GS-JR PRO lengths.

Is the SL-JR PRO really the same ski as the SL WORLD CUP?

Same recipe, different hardware. The core bullet — ash-poplar solid wood core with double Titanal reinforcement — is copied word for word from the SL WORLD CUP's page, and Van Deer calls this ski a precise replica. The plate is not shared: this one runs junior-specific Marker hardware at roughly a third the weight of the adult INTERFACE, and the lengths and radii have nothing to do with the adult ski's.

What does the SL-JR PRO cost, and does that include the plate?

It is $830 at every length, with the junior race plate mounted. PTO stocks the 138 cm and adds the Marker COMP 10 TCX binding at $275, so $1,105 complete. The other three lengths and the COMP 12 GW binding are special orders.

The 132 cm tip width is printed two ways. Which one is right?

We don't know, and we won't guess. Van Deer's print workbook lists the 132 cm as 113-64-97 mm; Van Deer's own website lists the same row as 103-64-97 mm, with waist, tail, radius and weight matching exactly. Only the tip digit differs. PTO does not stock the 132 cm, and every number at 138, 148 and 152 cm matches across both sources.

Van Deer SL-JR Pro junior slalom race skis 2026/27 in grey, topsheet and base shown side by side

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Van Deer SL-JR Pro Skis 2027

Item: Van Deer SL-JR PRO
Author: PTO Team

$830.00

Size: 138cm R10

Color: grey

Plate&Binding: JR RACE INF PIVOT

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The Van Deer SL-JR PRO is a junior slalom race ski: 65.5 mm underfoot at 138 cm, a 10 m radius, and a junior race plate already mounted. Van Deer builds it for a kid already running gates, and names it (with the GS-JR PRO) in the one FIS statement its 26/27 trade workbook makes about specific skis — not a line its product page repeats. A brand statement isn't a homologation lookup: check the current FIS list.

Van Deer calls this a precise replica of its SL WORLD CUP, and one part holds up literally: the construction bullet — ash-poplar solid wood core, double Titanal reinforcement (a count, never a thickness) — is copied word for word from the World Cup ski's page. Around it: sintered race base, tune-ready ABS sidewalls, Marcel Hirscher's factory tune. The plate is where the resemblance ends: junior Marker hardware, roughly a third the weight of the adult plate. Camber is unpublished; the camber in our spec table is PTO's read.

Buy it for a racer already training slalom who can load a metal race ski. Wrong ski for a child who isn't racing: Van Deer's junior lineup is this and the GS-JR PRO, both race-only, with no recreational junior model to fall back on. Wrong for a racer needing a release value above DIN 10, and for a GS racer. Don't expect one ski to cover two growth spurts: each plate has a fixed boot-sole-length window, and the four lengths are separate radius-tuned skis (8, 10, 11 and 11 m).

PTO stocks one length, 138 cm, with the Marker COMP 10 TCX (DIN 3-10), the binding both junior plates name as their tested pairing. Other lengths and the COMP 12 GW are special orders. $830 with the plate on, $1,105 with our binding. The plate arrives mounted; we fit the binding. DIN is a reference number, not a measured release value: a technician sets a child's from weight, height, age, boot sole length and skier type. Van Deer publishes no age, height or weight chart, so sizing is a coaching call.

Technical Specifications

VAN DEER SL-JR PRO Skis Specifications
Feature	Specification
Product Type	Junior Slalom Race Skis
Model	SL-JR PRO
Color	Grey
Available Lengths	132 cm, 138 cm, 148 cm, 152 cm
Turn Radius	8 m (132 cm) / 10 m (138 cm) / 11 m (148 cm) / 11 m (152 cm)
Plate Configuration	Junior Race Interface Pivot/Short Plate
Compatible Binding	Marker COMP 10 TCX (DIN 3-10) or Marker COMP 12 GW (DIN 4-12), grey. The plate's own copy names the COMP 10 TCX as its tested pairing; that is the one PTO stocks. DIN is a reference number, not a measured release value — a technician sets it from the child's weight, height, age, boot sole length and skier type.
Binding Included	No, binding is sold separately
Recommended Use	Junior Slalom Racing / Groomed Slopes / Hardpack / Technical Training

VAN DEER SL-JR PRO Size Chart
Length	SKU	Radius	Sidecut (tip-waist-tail)	Plate	Weight (per ski, with plate)
132 cm	V25SL1910.132.03.PL	8 m	113-64-97 mm (the workbook prints a 113 mm tip here; Van Deer's own product page prints 103 mm for the same row. We have not resolved which is right and will not guess. Not a length PTO stocks.)	JR Race Interface Short	1,360 g
138 cm	V25SL1703.138.03.PL	10 m	108-65.5-95 mm	JR Race Interface Pivot	1,415 g
148 cm	V25SL1601.148.03.PL	11 m	112-65.5-98 mm	JR Race Interface Pivot	1,555 g
152 cm	V25SL2431.152.03.PL	11 m	115-65.5-100 mm	JR Race Interface Pivot	1,560 g

Specs

Waist Width: Not published by Van Deer
Sidecut: Not published by Van Deer
Turn Radius: 10 m (138 cm)
Core: Ash-poplar wood
Construction: Not fully published by Van Deer — no workbook spec page for this model
Profile: Camber (PTO assessment — Van Deer does not publish a profile for this ski)
Weight: Not published by Van Deer
Plate: Junior Race Interface Pivot (included — system ski)
Binding: Marker COMP 10 TCX, grey (sold separately; mounted and set by a technician)
Factory Tuning: Marcel Hirscher factory tune, model-specific
Available Lengths: 138 cm
Colourway: Grey

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Type: SKI
Vendor: VAN DEER
SKU: V25SL1703.138.03.PL

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Van Deer SL-JR PRO

By PTO Team, Based on Van Deer's 26/27 workbook, official product page and order sheet; no independent on-snow test of the SL-JR PRO was found · Spec analysis on this ski

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The take

“The SL WORLD CUP's core recipe, word for word - on junior hardware that is genuinely its own.”

The Van Deer SL-JR PRO is a junior slalom race ski built around one job: setting an edge and holding it through a gate. At 138 cm — the length PTO stocks — it runs 65.5 mm underfoot on a 10 m radius, over a solid ash-poplar core with double Titanal. Van Deer's product page calls it a precise replica of the SL WORLD CUP, and one piece holds up exactly: the construction bullet on its workbook page is copied word for word from the World Cup ski's.

Where the SL-JR PRO stops being a replica is underneath. The ski doesn't mount on the adult Marker INTERFACE; it runs a junior plate, the SHORT at 132 cm and the PIVOT at 138, 148 and 152. Marker's copy for both describes a front elastomer for shock absorption, never the oil-hydraulic damper that defines the adult plate, and the junior plates weigh about a third of it: 220-250 g a side against 645-710. Separate engineering for a lighter skier, not the World Cup plate shrunk.

The SL-JR PRO is also one of two skis Van Deer names in a FIS claim, the GS-JR PRO being the other; the adult race series line names no model, and the PRO series says the reverse — it isn't bound by FIS at all. Being named is the strongest FIS language in this catalogue — and still a brand statement in a trade workbook, not a homologation lookup. Check this exact model, length and season against the current FIS list before your racer lines up.

How the SL-JR PRO skis has to be read from the build: no independent on-snow test of it was found, and we won't pretend otherwise. 8 to 11 m of radius is a short, demanding arc. Camber is unpublished across the race line, so the camber in our spec table is PTO's read, not Van Deer's.

The SL-JR PRO is the wrong ski for several kids, and we'd rather say so now. Wrong for a child who isn't racing: Van Deer's junior lineup is these two race skis, with no recreational junior model to fall back on. Wrong for a kid who can't yet load a metal race build. Wrong for a racer who needs a release value above DIN 10; PTO's build stops at the COMP 10 TCX. Wrong for a GS racer: the GS-JR PRO is that ski, and PTO stocked none.

PTO's build is the 138 cm on the Marker COMP 10 TCX (DIN 3-10), the binding both junior plates name as their tested pairing: $830 for the ski on its plate, $1,105 complete. A junior slalom race ski from Rossignol lists at roughly half that, and we haven't matched them spec for spec — price context, not a ruling. For $830 you get the World Cup core recipe, the Hirscher factory tune and the plate already mounted. Whether that is worth double is a call for your family and your racer's coach, not for us.

What it does well

Ash-poplar core, double Titanal — the SL WORLD CUP's own construction bullet
Junior plates weigh a third of the adult INTERFACE (220-250 g)
One of two skis Van Deer names in its FIS statement
Ships factory-tuned on its plate, sized to a kid's boot
Sintered race base and tune-ready ABS sidewalls, straight from the race room

What it doesn't

Race-only: Van Deer builds no recreational junior ski to trade down to
Release value tops out at DIN 10 in PTO's stocked build
No independent on-snow test of this ski was found
Each plate has a fixed boot-sole-length window; outgrowing it means new hardware
Van Deer publishes no profile, no age chart, no Titanal thickness
Slalom only: the GS-JR PRO is the long-turn ski, unstocked here
At $830, roughly double another junior slalom-specific race ski

Best for

A junior racer who is already training and entering slalom gates, and who has the strength and technique to load a metal race ski. It suits a family that wants the SL WORLD CUP's core recipe — ash-poplar, double Titanal, Marcel Hirscher's factory tune — in a build engineered around a kid's weight and boot rather than shrunk down from an adult ski, and that would rather buy a system already resolved (plate mounted, binding named by the plate maker) than assemble junior race hardware piece by piece. The racer's release value has to fit inside the Marker COMP 10 TCX, DIN 3-10, which is the build PTO stocks.

Not for

A child who isn't racing gates. Van Deer's junior lineup for 26/27 is this ski and the GS-JR PRO, both race-only, so there is no recreational or all-mountain junior model here to trade down to — a kid who skis for fun is better served by another brand entirely, and we will say so at the counter. It is also the wrong ski for a racer who doesn't yet have the strength and technique to bend a metal race build; nothing in Van Deer's language for it — explosive power, high speed, the podium — is written for someone still learning to link turns. A racer who needs a release value above DIN 10 is outside PTO's stocked build (the COMP 12 GW, DIN 4-12, is a special order). A GS racer wants the GS-JR PRO, and PTO has stocked no length of it. And a family hoping one ski survives two or three growth spurts should know what it is buying: each plate has a fixed boot-sole-length window, and the four lengths are separate radius-tuned tools (8, 10, 11 and 11 m), not one shape stretched taller — at $830, growing out of it in a season is the real risk here.

Bindings we'd pair with it

Mount point: System ski — the junior race plate is already on the ski; the binding mounts to the plate and is set by a technician. Our pick: Marker COMP 10 TCX (DIN 3-10).

Marker COMP 10 TCX (DIN 3-10)PTO's stocked build, paired with the 138 cm
Both junior plates name this binding as the one they were developed and tested with, and it is what PTO buys alongside the ski. DIN is a reference number, not a measured release value — a technician sets a child's from weight, height, age, boot sole length and skier type.
Marker COMP 12 GW (DIN 4-12)A racer who needs a release value above DIN 10
Van Deer lists it as a fitting binding for the whole JUNIOR PRO SERIES, though it is not the binding the junior plates name. A special order at PTO — tell us before you buy.

The SL-JR PRO is a system ski: $830 buys it with the junior race plate mounted. PTO adds the Marker COMP 10 TCX at $275, so $1,105 complete.

Common Questions

Is the Van Deer SL-JR PRO legal for FIS races?: Van Deer states by name that the SL-JR PRO and GS-JR PRO meet all FIS regulations and were developed and approved by Marcel Hirscher himself — the one FIS sentence in the catalogue that names skis at all. That sentence sits in the 26/27 trade workbook, not on the consumer product page, and a brand statement is not a homologation lookup. Check this exact model, length and season against the current FIS list before your racer lines up.
Which binding does the SL-JR PRO need, and who sets the DIN?: Van Deer lists two fitting bindings: the Marker COMP 10 TCX (DIN 3-10) and the COMP 12 GW (DIN 4-12). Both junior plates were built and tested around the COMP 10 TCX, and that is the one PTO stocks with the 138 cm. DIN is a reference number, not a measured release value — a technician sets it from your child's weight, height, age, boot sole length and skier type.
How do I size the SL-JR PRO as my kid grows?: Van Deer publishes no age, height or weight chart for this ski, so we won't invent one. Radius climbs with length — 8 m at 132 cm, 10 m at 138, and 11 m at both 148 and 152 — so the shortest size turns very differently from the longest. Sizing a junior racer is normally a coaching call. No coach's number yet? Come talk to us.
What is the difference between the SL-JR PRO and the GS-JR PRO?: Shape and purpose. The SL-JR PRO is the short-turn slalom ski, 8 to 11 m of radius across four lengths. The GS-JR PRO is built for giant slalom: five longer lengths, 154 to 174 cm, at 16-to-21-meter radii. Same construction language, same two fitting bindings, opposite turn. PTO has stocked none of the GS-JR PRO lengths.
Is the SL-JR PRO really the same ski as the SL WORLD CUP?: Same recipe, different hardware. The core bullet — ash-poplar solid wood core with double Titanal reinforcement — is copied word for word from the SL WORLD CUP's page, and Van Deer calls this ski a precise replica. The plate is not shared: this one runs junior-specific Marker hardware at roughly a third the weight of the adult INTERFACE, and the lengths and radii have nothing to do with the adult ski's.
What does the SL-JR PRO cost, and does that include the plate?: It is $830 at every length, with the junior race plate mounted. PTO stocks the 138 cm and adds the Marker COMP 10 TCX binding at $275, so $1,105 complete. The other three lengths and the COMP 12 GW binding are special orders.
The 132 cm tip width is printed two ways. Which one is right?: We don't know, and we won't guess. Van Deer's print workbook lists the 132 cm as 113-64-97 mm; Van Deer's own website lists the same row as 103-64-97 mm, with waist, tail, radius and weight matching exactly. Only the tip digit differs. PTO does not stock the 132 cm, and every number at 138, 148 and 152 cm matches across both sources.