For 2016, Stöckli has rechristened Stormrider 100 as the Stormrider Motion 100, repositioning the model from a backcountry ski to a made-for-women’s model. Its Titanal topsheet has inlaid polyamide strips in the tip and tail to adapt the torsion to 3-D terrain; otherwise, the ski is technically unchanged.
A more significant move—at least in the central European market that is Stöckli’s home turf—is the inauguration of a 4-model fleet meant to match precisely any skier’s terrain, turn and speed preferences. In the US we’d call every model in the new Scale series a Frontside ski, and any hope of choosing from among all four them at one shop is nil, so as a system the “Scale 4 You” method is unlikely to fly, at least here. Nevertheless, the individual models can stand on their own merits as less demanding versions of Stöckli’s nuclear powered Laser series of carvers. You could call the Scale models “Laser Lite,” offering Stöckli’s legendarily smooth ride in a package recreational skiers can control.