Featured Image: by Moritz Ablinger
Lengths: 170, 178, 186 cm
DIM: 131-98-120 mm
Radius: 17 m @ 178 cm
The all-new Scott Pure Tour 100 was built on two principles seemingly guiding the ski market these days: versatility and sustainability. The ski shows how the two trends work in harmony—when your skis do more, you need fewer of them. And if a ski manufacturer can make fewer skis, the less waste created.
While it’s hard to make a ski for a variety of different skiers, the Scott Pure Tour 100 (and the Scott Pure Tour 90) aims to please a broad audience without alienating its core consumer. Scott might have nailed the versatility trifecta: shorter radius, longer rocker and wider tip. As the only ski in Scott’s Re-source line that includes goggles, gloves and outerwear, the Scott Pure Tour made the cut in terms of recycled, bio-based and/or renewable materials certified by third parties and representing a minimum of 50 percent more eco-responsible materials by weight.
Testers found the ski shaped well for charging, light enough for touring (1,480 g @ 178 cm) and playful and floaty for skiing the entire mountain in any conditions.
“The primary motivation for creating this ski was to create an eco-friendly option for a broader range of skiers than we had previously been targeting,” says Jacob Quirion, Scott US Winter Division Marketing Manager. “This is really our do-it-all ski intended to suit a wide variety of needs—we feel that it will satisfy the needs of skiers on either side of the spectrum. It’s designed for the skier who wants only one setup to confidently manage anything the mountain throws their way.
This performance-driven, sustainable ski was years in the making. Scott learned many lessons while developing the Superguide 95LT, its first sustainability-focused model. As the company’s expertise grew, it discovered creative methods to increase performance while using more and more sustainable materials.
“We found that using flax fiber instead of carbon allowed the ski to have more rebound with additional dampening,” says Quirion. “It creates a smoother ride while maintaining the flex pattern thanks to the elastic nature of flax.”
The edge materials for the Scott Pure Tour 100 include recycled materials and the poplar wood core (that testers felt added great pop) is harvested from locally grown trees that are replanted to ensure 100 percent sustainable production. The ski boasts more than 40 percent eco content by weight, consistent with the company’s sustainability goals.
But beyond sustainability, the ski needed to perform at the highest level and speak to the company’s DNA as a freeride touring brand. The core is reinforced with partly recycled Titanal, increasing the ski’s downhill and on-piste performance. Plus, the freeride tip floats through deep snow and the tapered sidecut ensures ripping turns, upping the fun factor.
Scott tested more than 20 iterations of the ski before the final version was announced, fine tuning the shape and rocker profile of the ski as well as discovering the perfect core combination. “It was an intense and time-consuming process that involved a lot of testing from Scott product managers and athletes, but we found the winning recipe,” says Quirion.
Scott was validated in its efforts. The Pure Tour 100 received an ISPO Award, one of the most prestigious prizes in the sports industry.
