Model Year: 2011-2012

For youngsters who'd choose powder over school any day, the Bad Apple Ski features a wide waist that will keep them flying over drifts taller than they are. Powder Rocker technology combines a mix of camber and rocker to ensure they won't catch an edge while skiing crusts, without sacrificing powder float. A wood core and the Noodle Ski System make this ski flexible, forgiving, and ready to play, so your young one will be begging to stay on the slopes long after last chair.

• 128/100/122
• Performance: Powder: 80%, Park: 20%
• Construction: TwinTech Sidewall - Triaxial Braided Aspen/Paulownia
• Binding Options: 10.0 Free, Flat
• Features: Twin Tech, Powder Tip, Wood Core, Triaxial Braid

Powder Rocker™
Designed for deep snow, the tip has the most elevation and longest measurement of Rocker and offers young skiers a “surfy” feel with enhanced soft-snow performance. The camber region still exists to ensures edge-hold in firmer conditions all over the mountain. Powder Rocker makes returns to the Groms series on the Bad Apple.

Twin-Tech Construction
This new twin-tip-specific construction process increases the durability of sidewall skis. A traditional sidewall construction produces a 90-degree angle where the top material and sidewall meet. The sharp angle leaves this region exposed to topsheet chipping. Twin-Tech Construction actually rolls the top material into the sidewall, reducing the angle that is prone to abuse. The innovative Bad Apple ski features Twin-Tech Construction.

Noodle Ski System
The Noodle Ski System is a totally unique technology for the Groms series. The disadvantage in most junior skis is the stiffness of the overall ski due to the minimum thickness required to retain binding screws. With the Noodle Tech binding system, the plate is actually fused to the ski, requiring no screws, so the thinner core provides a smooth-flexing ski. That means better comfort and control for a junior skier and, ultimately, more fun.