Elan Ripstick 96

Welcome to our 2023 product reviews This is the Elan Ripstick 96 It's a fantastic ski for getting out there and enjoying yourself in a variety of cond...

So that's the ripstick 96, head on over to Ski Essentials if you want to read more about it, you can read feedback from different testers, ask us ques...

Hi I'm Adam and I just got done skiing the new Elan Ripstick 96. Nice little tweak to this ski this year is that they added a little bit more carbon t...

And if you want a stronger ski, you know, if you love everything that we're saying about this, but you want a little bit more power, a little bit more...

Heck yeah, man. So our final conclusion, if you're, you know, an older skier looking for a good, hard charging resort ski and you're not afraid of a 9...

Really heavy. The bindings and boots you picked are par for the course looking at double-duty gear, but those skis are heavy even for dedicated alpine use. Would recommend something more like a Head Kore or Elan Ripstick if you really want one setup for everything. Also, I'd go down a width or even two.

Skiing in some crud or stiff hard pebble snow wasn't as enjoyable, but honestly I don't think any ski really is. I wish I had got to test it in the powder, but I imagine the float would be solid, if someone else can give first hand experience that would be awesome. Overall, I clicked immediately with these skis. I skied it the most as well that day because of how natural everything felt and I didn't really get tired on them.

Had a bunch of conversations with ski shops and they all agree, say the Tracer is not a good front side ski, supposedly doesn't have enough sidecut and camber. Most ski shops seem to recommend the Elan Ripstick 96 (regular) as the best for me (lively, forgiving, balance), but I couldn't demo it.