2026 Armada ARV 112 Skis, Tested and Reviewed

Armada ARV 112 Specs

• Size skied: 175cm, 185cm
• Lengths available: 165cm, 175cm, 185cm, 192cm
• Sidecut: 135mm - 112mm - 130mm
• Radius: 21m (185cm)
• Profile: twin rocker
• Weight: 2020g (185cm)

Shape, Flex and Construction

The ski’s shape will come as familiar to any Armada fans, with exaggerated amounts of tip and tail rocker, taper that extends quite far back, and plenty of camber underfoot. Armada calls this AR Freestyle Rocker, and it’s found across the board in their powder skis. 

The tips and tails of the skis are quite soft, leaning heavily into the ski’s freestyle character, but the poplar wood core’s underfoot section stiffens up significantly, promoting a very centered skiing stance. Construction details like heavy-duty edges, Armada’s Wedgewall construction, and a thick base should add up to durability–and yes you can hit rails on these without worrying too much about imminent edge explosions.

Armada’s recommended mount point, unsurprisingly, is quite centered, so we’d suggest staying on the line.

On-Snow Performance

For most skiers, 112 underfoot is overkill for resort driving, especially for a ski this soft, but the ARV 112 does handle wide arcing turns pretty nicely, and for such a wide ski, it’s easy to ski in the resort. It has a fairly low swing weight thanks to plenty of taper, and while you mostly feel that in the air, you do notice it when turning a ski this big. The long turn radius of 21m doesn’t make short turns on edge particularly natural, but with plenty of rocker, the skis pivot pretty easily in tight spots. These aren’t the stiffest or chargiest of skis in the category, but Armada has come up with a playful powder ski that you could just about shoehorn into the daily driver category out west.

Armada has the poppy, surfy twin rocker profile dialed with these, and they were a lot of fun on smaller drops and in all kinds of soft snow. Our testers particularly loved how easily the ARV 112 turned in the deep stuff. In more mixed conditions, the softer flex can mean these get bounced a bit, so they aren’t really a crud charger or built for high-speed comp-style skiing. After all, the ARV 112 are primarily a freestyle pow ski, and that’s where they excel. They are super fun for (attempting) landing switch in pow and poppy of all kinds of natural features in soft snow. 

The underfoot section of the ski is decently stable, which gives a stable enough landing platform on harder snow—so you can rock these in the park, too. With that low swing weight, they even feel pretty manageable on smaller jumps and rails. The soft tips and tails make buttering a breeze, and we really enjoyed these skis as a fat-freestyle option.

“Low swing weight was nice, and they feel super pivoty with the forward mount. The tip and tail soften off quite a lot, so they feel really playful when you flex them into butters. I really liked them in the park,” said one tester.

Comparisons

Perhaps the closest comparison is to another softer twin-tip freestyle powder ski, the Atomic Bent 110. With similar waist widths and rocker profiles, the main difference lies in hard-snow performance. I’ve found the Bent 110 to have excellent edge hold and the shorter turn radius gives them the ability to carve as well as any fat ski I’ve ever tried. The ARV 112 does take the edge in terms of surfiness in deep snow though. 

Compared to Armada’s other freestyle pow ski, the Whitewalker 116, the ARV 112 are softer and more accessible and much more skiable as a daily driver for park/pow as long as you don’t deal with a lot of ice. 

What type of skier is the Armada ARV 112 best for? 

The ARV 112 is a very playful pow ski option that will make freestyle skiers happy as a deep-day resort ski. If you liked the OG Armada JJs back in the day, these are the modern incarnations, and will have you bouncing and wheelie-ing down the hill with a huge grin on your face all day long.