Certainly worth the wait!

They look fantastic, you must ecstatic with the outcome!

I just love them! I have’nt found a nice ski design since the swedish brand extreme realesed one with old school pinups on a wodden core i the late 90s. Thanx scott these are a certain buy for me!

Nice designs bro, I like the colouring of the ski’s in the first image. I see you’ve used much of your existing material to design these. Must have been a little unerving to let someone else finalize your design. That production cycle is insane.

I can’t believe the wait to get them out. 2–3 years? that just seems crazy… They look amazing… I think the original design is the strongest, but ski & board companies seem to not gravitate towards monochromatic design. They need as many colors thrown in as possible, whether it strengthens the design or not.

I’d love to sport them down the mountain any day of the week… until I saw the bottoms that is (heavy sarcasm). I mean they could have done a dozen different things but it looks like they didn’t even try with the bottom. Turn the image black and white and slap on their crummy logo? WTF? Nonetheless the skis look years ahead of most ski and board design. Very Nice. I bet it’ll be a nice feeling the first time you’re on the slopes and you see a pair in action.

those are both so badass…loving the snow right now up in Tahoe as you said Scott, and I wish I had the scrill to ride these moes right now!

What font was used for the text?

Wow, the original ones are for me, much better. but on the snow they certainly look great! It must be really hard to design some, I’ve checked some other skis design and there are a lot of interesting things, I thougt i’d share my favourite one

http://www.4frnt.com/index.php/lang-fr/msp-menu-item

I think i’m going to try to design one, just for the fun
Keep up the good work!

nico

Worth mentioning that Armada ski’s are actually the very top of the line quality ski’s, with more and more followers all over the world. I was about to buy ski’s extremely similar to these, also Armada, but in the end went for another brand that was slightly better for the wallet.

Congrats on delivering such a great design, and having your name tied to such an excellent product :)

Awesome designs. I own the original AR5′s (180 cm) and I love them for park riding and random noodling. Other wise they’re crap for holding an edge at high speeds. Armada has come a LONG ways since their conception in what… 2003? But I suppose having Tanner and Auclair and a few other big name pros on their side is a huge help for them.

I’m just glad you didn’t go the route that Head went with this year. I think it’s the Head JJ model with a babe for a graphic. And as much as I love women… it’s a terrible design. I wonder if Jon Olsson had a say in that final design. I know Burton is doing a Playboy line this year and to me… while interesting for a second… is really just blah.

How did you get hooked up with designing for Armada? Did they come to you? Maybe someday you’ll design some skis for Volkl!

NAVIS: Jon did indeed had a say in it, the girl is in fact Norwegian just like he is

Hannes: sry for the bezzerwisserness but Jon is swedish.

Ahhh yes you’re right… then so is the girl on the ski’s :D Norwegian, Swedish…. I was close !