Rossignol Saphir

Advantages: Go anywhere do almost anything - on snow, of course!
Disadvantages: Snow melts :o(

...There I was wandering round the Ski Show at the NEC looking for my dream ski - Salomon's X-Scream Series - at a decent price. I found it several times over, but as usual, overpriced for what they were. Salomon's never seem to be bargains, in my experience. Then the boss of my favourite holiday company suggested looking at Rossignol's Bandit B2. According to him, the French ski shops loved them. Intrigued, I wandered around again looking for them. No luck. They didn't seem to be there. Disappointed, I went home and decided to look on the net for this mysterious ski. I didn't find much there, either. I began to wonder if they really existed. A week or two later, I bought a skiing magazine that had a review of all the upcoming 2004 skis. And in there, was a review of the mythical beast that was the Rossi B2, along with it's siblings... Read review

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Advantages: Durability, speed and control - Superb!!
Disadvantages: There's no snow!

...Rossignol have kept these bad boys pretty much the same for the past 2 seasons simply because there is nothing they could do to make them better! These skis are guaranteed fun, on or off-piest. I'm going to keep them for at least 10 years. Not quite as fast as my old school Rossignol 198's but then again Bandits are like paddles in comparison. The wide structure does help them cruise nicely over powder and still leaves you with a great degree of control on piested runs as well! Perfect ski for those of an intermediate or advanced level. Very hard to fault them but I would say they need tip guards as these do tend to get a little cut up. Not really a fault, just a good idea if you want to keep them looking as slick as they did when you bought them.... Read review

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Advantages: You can wear them all day without crippling yourself
Disadvantages: Not for 'high end technical' stuff.

...Rossignol soft ski boots are possibly the best skiing product for recreational skiers' since someone first strapped bits of wood to their feet. Soft boots are quite different from the 'normal' boots in that rather than a solid outer shell which holds your ankle and leg rigidly in place they are like tough padded lace up boots with some solid casing in strategic places. This has good points and bad points depending on your skiing style but for most 'normal' skiers they are the dogs whatsits! So - I have been skiing for 15 years but I'm too lazy to do anything too exciting and I've not pushed myself beyond a pretty good intermediate - therefore I don't need highly technical equipment. I ski for about 2 or 3 weeks a year if I'm lucky and I'm probably exactly the target market for these boots. (You can get different grades... Read review

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