Best woman’s freestyle skis 2024
These womens Freestyle skis are your ticket to conquering the mountain with flair. Built for those who crave air and adventure.
All the women’s freestyle skis tested and reviewed in the 2024 Fall Line Gear Guide:
Faction Studio 1X
K2 Midnight
Line Honeybadger TBL
Armada ARW 88
Nordica Unleashed 98
Völk Revolt 96
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FactionStudio 1X
- Lengths: 164 cm, 171 cm
- Radius: 16.0 m @ 164 cm
- Dimensions: 120-90-120 mm
- Weight per ski: 1,460 g @ 164 cm (without binding)
THEY SAY
The Faction Studio 1X was designed in collaboration with Faction’s stacked freestyle athlete roster to engineer a park-specific freestyle ski that delivers precision performance with effortless, oozing style.
WE SAY
OK, we know many people will end up buying this as an all-mountain ski, but this IS a park ski. It’s a symmetrical shape designed for riding switch as much as regular. This is not one of your watered-down all-mountain freestyle offerings. If you want something for skiing everywhere and doing a bit in the park, this is not the ski for you. If you spend all your time in the park and want to slay it, showing the rest of the crew who’s boss, this is your weapon of choice.
OVERVIEW
Faction only does two models in the Studio line. The “X” in the name simply means the other colorway and some shorter lengths. Don’t think of these as women’s models, as that’s not really the case. The 0 and 0X are focused on pipe skiing, while the 1 and 1X are your terrain park skis for kickers, rails, hips, and any other feature you care to hit.
SPEC
Not many skis are completely symmetrical, but all of the Studio skis are. The 1X has a poplar wood core with a carbon weave to add torsional stiffness and control without the weight you’d get using metal. They use a mixture of carbon and rubber over the edges, under the binding area, to better soak up hits on the hard edges you get in a park. It’s not just about added impact strength; it’s also there to soak up the hit a little, to save your body from taking all the load. You get a big fat sidewall too; again, this is to make the skis as durable as possible, just like the oversized metal edges.
PERFORMANCE
Such a discipline-specific ski, you shouldn’t be surprised by how capable this is. It has a pretty firm flex, stiffer than most of the Prodigy series, and not too far off the Dictators. This provides the support you need for landing those bigger jumps and gives a lot of energy on take-off. The symmetrical shape and centered stance allow you to rotate easily but also help you quickly add a little more twist if you’re coming down short (c’mon, we can’t be the only ones coming down sooner than planned). The moderate width in the waist stops it from being too twitchy, making it easier to set up for the take-off spin and landing. We mentioned it’s not an all-mountain ski, and it really isn’t, but you can ski around OK on it. After all, how else are you gonna get to and from the park? It just means you view the entire journey as a park warm-up run, nipping off the sides to launch back onto the piste, dodging the inevitable throng of bodies that aren’t expecting such style to fly by.
BEST FOR
It’s one of those things; if you know, you know. This is a ski focused on one thing: park skiing. That’s it. If you’re mad about the park and want the best tool for the job, look no further.
K2 Midnight
- Lengths: 149, 159, 169cm
- Radius: 14.5m @ 169cm
- Dimensions : 116-88-110mm
- Weight per ski: 1,707g
THEY SAY
Midnight’s versatile construction has taken K2’s female athletes to freestyle skiing’s most prestigious podiums.
WE SAY
Lightweight, stable, playful, and poppy—the ideal ski for aspiring and dedicated park rats.
OVERVIEW
This year sees a tweak to the graphic of this stellar style stick, featuring a camo cloak that sums up the character of this super-stealthy all-mountain twin.
SPEC
A park-specific ski, the Midnight combines a lightweight aspen wood core with carbon stringers running along the ski for a consistent ride with maximum pop and rebound. The All-Terrain Rocker features a sharp up-turn at the shovel and tail with a slight rise towards the center, but just enough to prevent catchiness. You’ve still got that essential camber for energy and pop.
PERFORMANCE
Grippy in the pipe, floaty over jumps, and lightweight and nimble on the rails, the Midnight boosts in and out of the park with power and personality. With super-durable TwinTech sidewalls, you can keep on boosting until you absolutely stomp that trick. Sure, she’s a park ski, but a major bonus of the Midnight’s forgiving DNA is that it translates equally well into an all-mountain cruiser, with enough stiffness for laying down a solid carve or cutting up the crud on a hot lap in the sidecountry.
BEST FOR
Anyone looking to spend a lot of time in the park who understands that you still need a ski that can perform all over the rest of the mountain.
Line Honeybadger TBL
- Lengths: 144, 155, 166, 172, 177cm
- Radius: 16.5m @ 166cm
- Dimensions: 120-92-116
- Weight per ski: 1,499g
THEY SAY
Introducing Taylor Lunquist’s first pro model ski. Inspired by Taylor’s unique style, grit, and determination to change the game forever, the Honey-Badger TBL represents the go-to ski for freestyle progression in the park and the streets.
WE SAY
With the same lightweight, playful design as the men’s Honey Badger, this TBL model showcases Taylor’s artwork with its tattoo-driven graphic. A dramatic-looking ski for laying down dramatic style in the park.
OVERVIEW
The Bee has buzzed off: the Badger TBL is the new beast in Line’s female freestyle range. You can’t question Taylor’s ability, passion, and talent. This ski shows off her personality too. Just watch some of her videos, and you’ll see how incredible she is. The Honey Badger TBL delivers lightweight playfulness in a rock-solid package.
SPEC
The aspen core provides a relatively light platform that’s given more oomph from the multi-directional layup of the glass fibers. This design ensures the ski can handle the abuse you’ll dish out lapping the park. To further aid longevity, it features a beefed-up base, sidewall, and edges. This is a park and street-style ski, but the mounting point is suggested slightly back from center, though not by much. The tail is narrower than the shovel, but only by 2 mm on either side. The ski also uses Line’s 5-Cut sidecut. There are many skis with similar design ideas, but this helps the ski perform in a greater variety of speeds and turn shapes—essential in the park as you don’t want to be locked into one dimension. Considering the design and thought that’s gone into the TBL pro model, it’s incredibly good value.
PERFORMANCE
Butters, jibbing, and blasting interstellar take-offs are all in a day’s work for the Honey Badger TBL. The width is pretty standard for this side of skiing, as you don’t want the skis biting into turns as you’re setting yourself for getting boosted. You also want a stable platform for landing. If you’ve ever tried skinny skis on a rail, you’ll know you’d rather have these on your feet. The Honey Badger is a fab ski if you’ve already had a few sessions in the park and you’re hooked. It’s not a full-on, eat-you-up-and-spit-you-out-if-you-make-a-mistake type of ski, but it has a forgiving nature that will help you progress.
BEST FOR
Intermediate to expert level skiers who want to spend as much time as possible in the park.
