2011 Armada Tracer Jacket
You can’t really call Armada a small ski company anymore. With a host of award-winning Austrian-made skis and a full line of high-quality skiing outerwear, Armada left the kiddy pool behind a few years ago and continues to kill it with some of the most progressive designs in the industry. Not one to mess with a good thing, the changes they made to the 2011 line are few and calculated.
The good news: the ARG, ANT, and JJ remain unchanged except for new topsheets. Awesome.
2011 Armada ARG
The great news: a 195cm “Jumbo JJ” is rumored to be in the works, with a straighter sidecut and stiffer layup. Perhaps a mid-season release? Unknown at this juncture, but a larger JJ might just be the ultimate big-mountain freestyle slayer. Let’s hope it happens.
The rockered Alpha 2 park ski has been renamed the Halo to eliminate confusion (?), and the AR6 is now known as the AR7, thanks to a slightly wider 87mm waist and half-cap AR50 sidewall. There is an all-new ski in the lineup: the Triumph. Designed to quench the insatiable European desire for carving, it features a flat tail, Titanal for high-speed dampening, a skinny 80mm waist, and a 17-meter turn radius so you can drag your hand on the snow, rock your Briko shades, and perfect your headband tan. Enjoy that, Francois.
2011 Armada Triumph, JJ, and ANT
On the outerwear side, collaboration with Alaska Heliskiing brings even more cred to Armada’s already impressive one-year reputation. The flagship Tracer Jacket and Destroyer Pant feature fully taped three-layer construction, RECCO, full Riri AQUAzip zippers, hand gaiters, media pockets, storm skirting, and jacket-to-pant compatibility—all the bells and whistles generally left behind by minimalist alpine guidewear. Armada has dropped eVent due to “quality control concerns” and introduced a proprietary 20K/20K-rated dry-venting EPTFE fabric called DryRex, used exclusively in the Tracer and Destroyer. A highlight from the rest of the collection: the Range Jacket, a tall-fitting, superfly metallic piece for the park, pipe, and urban crowd. Holla.
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