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Battle Of The 100s - 2026 Playful 100mm Waisted Skis Comparison

FREESKIER Magazine

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The FREESKIER editorial team is joined by Powder7 to compare numerous Playful 100mm Waisted Skis in the Battle of the 100s!

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00:00 Intro
01:26 Icelantic Nomad 100
03:03 Atomic Bent 100
04:57 Armada ARV 100
06:21 Salomon QST 100
09:17 Rossignol Sender Free 100
12:09 Dynastar M-Free 100
14:31 Volkl Revolt 101

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20 Comments

@jakepastor2806 10 months ago

Freeskier Powder7 collab I didnt know I needed - well done

@MacThreinfhir 1 month ago

Blizzard Rustler 10. Awesome ski. Very fun; can ski everything.

@Travelling_wm 8 months ago

Line Chronic 101 is my daily driver, and I find it to be extremely versatile and a fun carver.

@ponyboy98 9 months ago

Wow!! Alex rips! Would love to see more.

@austinado16 9 months ago

Great review!
I purchased a pair of Elan Playmaker 101's from Powder7 this morning, and they have been shipped already. Great folks to deal with!

@camgoldberg1733 9 months ago

How would the blizzard canvas 100 fit in 😊

@Tunethetone 1 month ago (edited)

Revolt 104 is in the playful category not the 101 which is directional charger

@skiboard-namu 7 months ago

Nomad 100 or arv100 which board is comfortable while riding oli and butter? I'm on a 4frnt switch and mainly preriding..

@JayDeeTee 8 months ago

Hi, great review! Did not ski since I skipped to snowboard 30 years ago. To that time I was expert level. Now I am 50 want to play in the trees and go playful down the groomers. Speed does not matter. I am 1,76cm 98kg. Bent 100 or 110 or Sender and which lengths do you assume is best? I would add a note always to mention to go up or down in length if that makes sense. Thank you for the help!

@samedhadzic3630 9 months ago

I'm on the fence between the bent 100 and the QST, great video.

@FortyTurns 6 months ago

is there a video of the tall dude skiing?

@MikeCatura 9 months ago

what ski area are you guys skiing at n the video?

@martinsvihalek4593 10 months ago

hey, wich skis can carv best on harder snow?

@1000338gregb 10 months ago

Where would you have placed the nordica unleashed 98 (ti) on this wall ? :)

@aggelosk6795 10 months ago

hey guys . can you put on sender 100 shift binding or it will lose the freestyle performance

@mountainfrog1932 10 months ago (edited)

I love the MFree 108. Thinking about replacing my aging K2 Mindbender 99 Ti with either a Sender Free 100 or MFree 100. What do you think? I like a strong ski but also curious about something a little more flickable and if that tends towards the Rossi or if the MFree 100 is playful enough and the strength is worth that compromise (if that makes sense)? Also for what its worth I tried the Armada ARV at demo tent in Jackson for a couple laps and thought it was kinda dead and didn't do much of anything for me, not sure if that colors the comparison for the 2 in question here or not.

@alexgregory6826 6 months ago

Rustler 10?

@graeme_0 7 months ago

no on3p, no armada, no moment... come on man

@BenZuber-qr4pc 2 months ago

No msp 99??WTF

@biller53082 10 months ago

I also own a pair of QST 98's in a 176. Im thinking of getting the new 100 but the sizes are now 172 or 180. All things considered what's the comparable size? I know shorter is better for trees and longer for more open terrain but I do it all and don't want to specialize in one direction or the other. Thanks