In every other iteration of the Air Tip design that Rossi has permeated throughout their all-mountain models, said honeycomb appurtenance has accentuated ease over accuracy.  Its transplantation onto the old E 98, which morphed into the 100 Ti last year, hasn’t taken the teeth out of this dog’s bite.  The E 100 Ti, like its forebear, is a powerful ski that wears the rigidity of its broad beam like a badge of courage, tearing into hardpack as if to prove that a big ski can still slice into corduroy like a Technical tool.

Well, not quite.  It takes determination to tip a torsionally stiff, 100mm-waisted ski with a 140mm tip over on its side, effort the less skilled skier simply isn’t going to make and honeycomb extremities don’t facilitate. Power skiers will be pleased they still have a haven in the Rossi all-mountain pantheon – one of our strong, young testers was elated to find the E 100 in a 190cm, a ski that would overwhelm a waif – but less athletic adherents are better served by the Sin 7.  As Matt of Footloose concluded, “It has a very balanced and easy persona for aggressive skiers – might be a little too much for the average skiers though.”