Rossignol S4 Scratch 2012

If i'm not wrong the only thing that changed are the graphics..so you could look for any 2011 S4 review

no, its not the same as s4

Hahah the Freeskier "reviews" and the whole buyer's guide is ridiculous. They basically like everything. I looked at the worst skis and even they had ratings of 13 or something. 13 out of 20? How can all the skis be above average?

Obv8o

*** obviously Rossignol payed freeskier off this year

true, but if you go by the curve of reviewing that freeskier has you should be good, i.e. anything below 15 is more or less below average in their buyers guide.

i'd venture to say they are a pretty good ski.  i have a pair of s80 from last season that i use on hardpack/rocks and i love em.  i looked into the s4 this season but decided i wanted something that i could take through the park and would also hold up in pow.

Freeskier Buyers guide reviews are almost entirely paid advertisements. There's a whole pricing list - a certain price for your ski just to be reviewed, and a much larger price to be labeled as an 'editor's pick'

1. Freeskier is trash and the reviews aren't worth shit
2. The S4/Scratch is the same this year as it was when it was introduce in 2007, absolutely nothing has changed.
3. It might be the best park ski of all time, even if you disagree you probably admit it's in the conversation.

that is all

I don't think it's trash because they favor advertisers. I think they are probably honest and give every brand they include a somewhat fair shake.

I think it's trash because you can't review a ski in a few runs.
I think it's trash because it's mostly ads, moreso that most other "action sports" magazines.
I think it's most of all trash because they didn't list the sidecut radius in the buyers guide. I mean, of all things, the most fucking important thing a buyers guide can do is list the most important dimension of the ski. Radius is more important than length, tip/waist/tail, or rocker. The fucking most important thing and they forgot to include it. To say the people who put that together probably aren't skiers would be the understatement of the year. And if the people who put together a skiers buyers guide aren't skiers, it ain't worth shit.