Full wood cores

Tried and tested since the early days of ski manufacturing the wood core is still the best. for, the durability you need, that energy pop off the lip or the smooth ride when crushing through the crud. All Faction skis use the best birch and poplar in a sandwich construction to guarantee the best performance in any condition you come across.

The Echo Initiative

A commitment by The Faction Collective for the environment. On top of changing our manufacturing processes, shipping, distribution and office power, this year we will begin recycling old skis in a process which strips a ski into parts; the metal is reforged and all the other materials are ground down and used as concrete filler.

Full sandwich construction

After hand-selecting the wood for our cores, they and the other elements that make up the ski - the core, base material, sidewalls and fibreglass layers - are laid up and pressed under heat and pressure. This bonds the materials together to create a strong, durable ski. This process is called Sandwich Construction. As opposed to injection molded foam/plastic core skis, wood-cored sandwich construction skis provide greater inherent strength, torsional stiffness, impact resistance and are easier to repair if damaged. The quality of this method lets us provide an industry leading two year warranty.

Rocker technology

Rocker or 'reverse camber' lets you customize a skis performance for different conditions. Rocker aids flotation in powder by giving a greater surface area on which the ski can rise up and float out of the snow. By combining varying amounts of rocker with flat or normal camber in the rest of the ski, we increase performance in powder with traditional on-piste feel.

Rocker on the tip of the ski only aids float and stability at speed off-piste, while making the ski feel shorter on-piste. Also called an "early-rise" tip.

Rocker front and rear gives improved performance off-piste skiing both normal and switch.

Variable camber technology

Camber on-piste is good. Camber off-piste is bad. We dial in different amounts of camber during production to make sure the ski performs best when and where you want it to.

8mm camber gives more 'pop' and stronger rebound on-piste to launch you out of the turn, or over that larger-than-expected step up.

Featured on: Kennedy, Aria, Wednesday, Alias, Heroine

6mm camber gives the ski better deep snow feel, with a re-assuring amount of rebound on hard snow.

Featured on: 3.Zero

A completely flat ski gives instant turning response in powder... but, when on-piste it prefers being on edge compared to riding flat.

Featured on: Royale 183, Thirteen 194

Adaptable flex technology

The flex pattern in each of our skis is carefully chosen through hours of testing in all conditions. Through our Rider-Centric program, each models flex is carefully coupled with the skis sidecut and dimensions to provide the best performance possible.

Featured on: Heroine

Featured on: Kennedy, Aria, Wednesday, Alias, 3.Zero

Featured on: Royale 183

Featured on: Thirteen 194

Anti-Chipping ABS sidewalls

Tired of wacking your skis together on the chair and watching the topsheets chip? So were we - so we went back to the drawing board and designed a completely new sidewall shape that practically eliminates chipping. Featured on all our skis for this winter.

Two-piece full-wrap edges

Rather than make our edges out of four bits of steel that are prone to get knocked out under heavy use, we designed a completely new work process to create two-piece edges that wrap around the entire outside of the ski. Full wrap edges = less blowouts. Enough said.

P-Tex 2000 bases

Grinding rails, sliding boxes, getting to that secret couloir you have been eyeing up puts some serious wear and tear on those poor bases. Faction keeps you sliding past the fastest of them without endless tuning and waxing with the most durable P-tex 2000 bases you can find.

Twin mounting point

Easily referenced points on the ski allow for any shop tech to have no excuse why they cannot mount your bindings exactly where you want them. Know your stance, Know your skiing!

Binding technology

Look PX18s are good but heavy. Sally 920s are even heavier and about as easy to find as a camel in the alps. 100 days a season skiing is normal - our bindings are strong, light, dependable with the technology to reduce pre-releasing to next to nothing.

Triple-axis X-Key joint for consistent release in all conditions.

Twin Spring Control for maximum elasticity and retention.

Automatic Sole height adjustment for reliable boot-binding contact.

4 Roller Safety System minimises friction between boot and binding.

I want poles that won't snap when I land on them after hucking that rock over there. I want both park and powder baskets. I want a grip that is anatomically shaped and a strap that is easy to adjust when its -15 out...