If it ain’t broke, why fix it? This mantra could easily be the mindset behind the heads at Armada when it comes to their premier women’s park ski. The ARW comes back in 2011 with the same dimensions, lengths and an only slightly different flex pattern as last season. “With the ARW this year, we used a denser/harder wood under foot and a lighter, less dense core in the tip and tail to create a lighter swing weight for the 2010-2011 model,” says Dano Bruno, Armada’s Research and Development guru and service technician.

Scores
Playfulness: 5
Stability: 5
Swing Weight: 5
Carving: 5
OVERALL: 20