Government Camp, OR – Rossignol’s new giant slalom race ski with an early-rise tip was the talk of Mount Hood this summer as ski racers from across North America saw and felt the difference in their skiing and timed results.

Timberline Ski Area’s Palmer Snowfield provided an ideal and effective training ground for the North American alpine ski racing community including members of the U.S. Ski Team, Olympians and today’s current up-and-comers.

Rossignol Test Center staff members were on-hill each day from June through July, ensuring prompt attention to the on-hill demands of campers and athletes alike.

Rossignol’s 2011-12 Radical WC GS ski boasts an early rise tip to ease turn initiation, allowing skiers to take more aggressive lines and clock faster times. It also features Rossignol’s new Cascade Tip technology for a lightened swing weight and powerful tip torsion, resulting in quick, adaptable and smooth turn initiation.

The inclusion of new size offerings in 170 and 175cm, available with the I-Box Composite plate, further propelled Rossignol’s industry-leading charge down the fall line.  Other available sizes in the ski built with a laminate construction with vertical sidewalls include 182, 185 and 191cm.

Bart Pierce, owner of Pierce Skate and Ski in Bloomington, Minn., spent three weeks organizing demo equipment from multiple ski brands at Hood. “Rossignol was consistently the solid performer from junior sizes all the way to adult,” Pierce said. “I am very pleased with the changes that Rossignol has made to the GS skis with the Cascade Tip and addition of early rise.”