 Poster: A snowHead
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Any experts here on naming convention of Rossi skis?
Last few years I've rented Rossi T-Power Cobras (ca. 165cm long iirc), but this year I rented Rossi Open300TD in a much longer 178cm (not my choice, but the rental shop's recommendation). The Cobras were on my shortlist of skis to rent with a view to buy, but I've not tried any other skis on the list yet, so didn't buy in the end.
I'd never heard of Open300 before, and the website has no reference to it either, although I did see a review in a copy of SKGB mag.
Does anyone here know how the Open300 fits in to the range? and are the new Zenyth/Actys simply rebranded Cobras/Vipers/Open or are they totally new skis?
TIA
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I have a pair of Open 500's from last season. I think they replaced the Cobra X (a mate of mine hired some Cobra X's and they were pretty much identical, apart from the colour). The Open 300 had a softer tail and was a bit cheaper I think. I'm not sure what's replaced them this season but according to the Ski Plus catalogue, the X-Fight 400/600 are the replacements. They have a different sidecut though.
As far as I'm aware, the Zeniths are just a different series.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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andy, I don't know anything about them, but since the original Open was such a dreadful ski (in all it's 3 versions) I was really surprised that they re-used the name!!!
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I think that the Actys 100, 200, 300 skis are the same, or at least very similar to, the X-Fight 4th, 3rd, 2nd (the sequence is reversed) range with different graphics. The X-Fight 400 and 600s, which aren't mentioned in the Rossignol site, look like Actys 100 and 200s respectively (or X-Fight 4ths and 3rds, if you prefer!).
The X-Fight 4th, 3rd, 2nd skis seem to be marketed in Germany (Ski-bilek and others) and the X-Fight 400/600s in the UK.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I like my new ones 
I saw someone with a pair of original Open 500's whilst on holiday last year. If they skied as dreadful as they looked then I can see why they stopped making them...
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