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Faction Zero Rocker Skis 2012

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Faction Zero Rocker Skis 2012 Combining traditional camber underfoot with rockered tips and tails plus a smooth, stiff flex through the length of the ski – the Faction Zero Rocker Skis have quickly become known for their unparalleled level of float, control, stability and response. Amazing versatility from a 112mm waist ski excels at big mountain lines, cliff drops, and backcountry booters. The Zero Rocker is a versatile fat freeride ski that does it all. Stiff and stable enough for big lines with enough pop and lightness for some freestyle sessions.
Shape
All-mountain Twin Rocker: tip & tail rocker and traditional camber combine to create an off-piste bias ski that floats amazingly yet is still quick edge-to-edge - 5/150mm tip rocker, 5mm camber underfoot, 5/100mm tail rocker
Construction
Rider-Centric Technology: the dimensions, specs, materials, cores and flexes of all Faction skis are designed around rider specifications, not market segments. This way, the products benefit from the best performance possible with maximum versatility.
The Echo Initiative: the production house, logistics and offices are all assessed for compliance to ISO 14001, and Faction is initiating projects in select resorts to start reclaiming and recycling old skis as part of its environmental policy.
Sandwich construction
P-tex 4000 die-cut bases
Anti-chip sidewalls
Full-wrap edges
Flex
Half-Nelson core uses custom-designed laminates to give a combination of strength, dampness at speed. A full length core right to the tip of the ski; the Half-Nelson is still relatively light.
Medium-Stiff flex
Binding Compatibility
We recommend a brake width that is equal to the ski waist width and at most 15 mm wider.

Specs

  • Terrain: All-Mountain, Big Mountain, Powder
    All-Mountain
    All-mountain skis are designed to handle anything you throw at them including powder, ice, groomers, steeps, heavy snow, and everything in between, but they aren’t necessarily a master of any one terrain. If you’re only going to own one ski to do it all, this is what you want. All-mountain skis generally have what we call mid-fat waists that range from 80-110 mm.
    Big Mountain
    Big mountain skis are designed for charging big lines with high speeds and big airs. These skis varry in width from wide, powder-oriented skis for skiing Alaska spines to narrower, mixed condition skis for ripping the beat up headwall at your local mountain. Skis in this category tend to be on the stiffer side, often with more rocker in the tip and less in the tail.
    Powder
    These skis are for the deep days. If you like to find powder stashes at your local resort, go on backcountry missions for the freshest of fresh or heli ski trips to BC, powder skis are what you need to stay afloat. Skis in the powder category are wide and most often have some form of rocker or early rise plus a relatively soft flex. Many powder skis today are versatile enough to handle mixed conditions and harder snow.
  • Ability Level: Advanced-Expert
    Advanced-Expert
    Whether you charge the steepest lines, carve with race-like precision, hit the biggest jumps or halfpipes; advanced to expert level skis/snowboards are for the more aggressive rider. You will often find the addition of layers of metal, carbon, bamboo, or other stringers in these. These features work to make a stiffer ski/snowboard with more power and rebound.
  • Rocker Type: Rocker/Camber/Rocker
    Rocker/Camber/Rocker
    Rocker/Camber/Rocker skis have the playfulness and float of a rockered ski as will as the added edge hold of a cambered ski. The contact points on skis with this profile are closer towards the middle of the ski than a fully cambered ski, but still not underfoot. The cambered midsection provides a longer effective edge on hardpack, increasing edge hold and stability, while the rockered tip and tail provide floatation in deeper snow and allow the ski to initiate and release from turns easier.
  • Core/Laminates: Wood
  • Tail Type: Full Twin Tip
    Full Twin Tip
    Desinged to allow you to ski backwards, full twin tips are found primarily on park & pipe skis and freestyle powder skis. More and more, we are seeing twin tips on all-mountain skis of all abilities, as it makes it a little easier to get around, and for the most part does not inhibit forward skiing.
  • Warranty: 2 Years
Size (cm) 167 175 183
Tip Width (mm) 142 142 142
Waist Width (mm) 112 112 112
Tail Width (mm) 132 132 132
Turning Radius (m) 18 20 25
Indiv. Ski Weight (g) 3780 4080 4500
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Faction Zero Rocker Skis 2012
 
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2/20/2012
 
5.0

Skis like a much smaller ski

By Jaded Justin

from Durango/Telluride, Co

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Pros

  • Good Carving Ability
  • Good Grip
  • Great Flotation
  • Smooth Ride

Cons

  • Slightly heavy

Best Uses

    Comments about Faction Zero Rocker Skis 2012:

    I demoed these in Telluride a few weeks back as I neglected to bring my AKs. The only length they had available was a 183 which I was slightly skeptical about, as I usually like to stick in the 179-181 range especially with fatter skis. I am 5'11" and weigh about 145. I have been skiing my entire life and consider myself a pretty hard charging aggressive skier. These guys handle like a much smaller ski. In comparison to my AKs which these are 4cm longer and 7mm wider underfoot the Factions are far more nimble. In the trees they snapped around quickly, the swing weight on them is pretty dialed. Honestly one of the biggest things that surprised me was their performance on the groomers. They hold edge like a pipe ski. My skis I brought are armada pipe cleaners and I can honestly say these hold edge just as well while carving turns just as aggressively. Later in the day we hiked a decent size peak (Palmyra) and dropped into some big mountain-ish lines. At speed in deep snow they are very well composed for a ski that also does so well on piste. Stable through chop and excellent flotation, due in part I suspect to a slight early rise in the tip. Personally I feel that false-sense-of-security-providing rocker is a cloaking device for bad habits and lacking ability, therefore is best located on my grandpas chair or smoking cigarettes behind a seedy music venue with your girlfriend. This ski definitely fit the bill for a larger traditional shaped ski. The slight cons I noted, and I'm really kind of nit picking here, is they were slightly heavy, and I noted a bit of chatter here and there on harder snow. Really though I would attribute the extra heft to the clunky demo bindings, and the chatter to the snow that even a race ski might have given mild protest to. Bottom line, absolute killer ski that I will likely be looking into scooping up at the end of the season off of a demo rack. (I'm cheap like that)
    Cheers.

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