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Location: Keystone, Colorado Snow Conditions: Bluebird with hardpacked groomers on the 3rd day of the demos. Setup: I rode the Rossignol Angus with Union Forces and my Rome Vamps size 8. First Impression: This was a hard board to judge, but ripped for handling the whole mountain. Size: 157cm Weight: heavier than average Flex: It’s [...]

Rossignol snowboards has been through quite the adventure over the past couple years, sale of the company multiple times but still keeping with the constant team and brand favorites that make Rossignol snowboards what it is. New this year is Rossignol’s Amptek, their reverse camber for Rossignol snowboards.  It is featured on the brand new [...]

2008-2009 Rossignol JDub Mag Location: Loveland, Colorado Snow Conditions: Snowing with hardpacked groomers to icy groomers to fresh snow on the runs. Setup: I rode the Rossignol JDub MTX with Union Force SL bindings and my Vans Omni Focus size 8. First Impression: Stiffer freestyle deck meant for backcountry booters.Size: 154cmWeight: average Flex: The Jdub [...]

Industry Profile: Rossignol Team Manager Alex Pashley Shay: So tell us about yourself? Alex: I am getting close to the big 30 mark…well, I’ve got a couple years…I love snowboarding, always have. I live in Heber, Utah, with my two loves, Erin and Kujo. It also helps that I am about 5 miles to the [...]

The Salt Lake City Tribune put out a recent article that Rossignol Ski Company is up for sale. Soon after more information came out that the sale would only include the ski side of the company; ski equipment and apparel. First Tracks Online posted up this article regarding the issue which I’ve quoted the most [...]

2008-2009 Rossignol RPM Location: A-Basin, Colorado Snow Conditions: Bluebird with hard packed conditions Setup: I rode the Rossignol RPM with my Rome Madison bindings and my Vans Omni Focus boots. First Impression: It’s got killer graphics and it’s super fun…what else do you need? Size: 156cm Weight: A little lighter than average Flex: I liked [...]

2008-2009 Rossignol Retox Location: A-Basin, Colorado Snow Conditions: Bluebird with hard packed conditions Setup: I rode the Rossignol Detox with my Rome Madison bindings and my Vans Omni Focus boots. First Impression: It looks like a bag of fun which the artistic flare and lets see how this nose/tail ride. Size: 153cmWeight: Average weight Flex: [...]

Checking out the 08-09 Rossignol boards at SIA, I was expecting some big changes but it looks like the line up was definitely perfected in terms of the models that work. Rossignol stepped up to the magne traction market again this year by adding 2 more models with magne traction: Diva Mag and One Mag. [...]