Ski pack Faction La Machine 1 Micro (2024) + binding

Discover Faction La Machine Micro, a lightweight, flexible off-piste ski with a paulownia wood core and carbon layers for optimum agility.

Lightweight, flexible off-piste ski with Paulownia wood core and carbon layers

The Faction La Machine Micro integrates the key features of the cult La Machine ski in a Micro package. It features a lightweight paulownia wood core and carbon layers for a lightweight, flexible ski. Its progressive, ultra-robust design promotes effortless buoyancy, rotation and dispersion in variable snow, enabling fast, agile cat-like off-piste movement.

Features :

• Incorporates the key elements of the cult La Machine ski in a Micro format.
• Lightweight paulownia wood core and carbon layers for lightweight skiing and supple flex.
• Progressive, ultra-rocky shape for effortless floating, pivoting and spreading in variable snow.

Technical features:

• Extended tip and tail rocker: refers to the inverted camber in the tip and tail of the ski. This feature, combined with width at the base, is essential to ensure excellent lift in fresh snow. The extended rocker also facilitates ski maneuverability, enabling easier turns while reducing the risk of unwanted hang-ups.
• Paulownia core: a hard, stable wood, is combined with poplar, a softer wood, to improve the ski's flexibility and bounce. This combination of two types of wood creates an ultra-light core while retaining maximum responsiveness and dynamics.
• Carbon fiber: Between 8 and 12 strips of carbon fiber are arranged unidirectionally on each side of the core to enhance stability without increasing weight. Each carbon strip is carefully woven with the fiberglass to provide optimum strength and stiffness in all directions.
• Surf zones : technology developed to harmonize the rocker and the tapered shape of the tips, guaranteeing perfect interaction between these two key features. The rocker provides exceptional lift and enhanced maneuverability, while the tapered tips move the widest part of the ski towards the center, reducing the risk of unwanted edge grip. This technology provides excellent lift and a smooth feel, whatever the conditions.
• Full Strength Sidewall construction : consists of adding layers of protective material along the edges of the sidewall, between the edge of the ski and the topsheet. This technique ensures optimum stability and grip when the ski is negotiating a turn, while protecting the wood core, edges and outer surface from impact and potential damage.
• CAP construction in tip and tail : reinforcement of the central part of the ski with extremely robust sidewalls, while the topsheet is wrapped. This technique protects the ski from impact, improving durability while reducing overall weight for freestyle or touring use.
• Pair weight: 2.58 kg

Eco-friendly :

• 1% for the planet: Faction donates 1% of ski sales to environmental protection associations.
• Eco-sourced wood cores: wood from forests close to Faction European factories, eliminating a large proportion of CO2 emissions.
• Bio-resin: more environmentally-friendly resin with 35% plant-based molecules
• Local raw materials: raw materials are purchased from European companies located near our plants Faction
• Recycled materials: working with production partners to reduce waste. To date, sole, edge and topsheet scraps are recycled for reuse in production.

This Pivot 12 GW B95 binding from Look is specially designed for alpine skiing. Thanks to its features, this alpine ski binding guarantees excellent days of alpine skiing. This model promises incredible skiability, maximum safety and natural ski flex.

Assets :

• Binding that offers the best skiability for your ski outings
• Optimal safety thanks to its pivoting heel piece and reinforced toe cap

Technical features :

• For all freeskiers
• Reinforced toe for improved energy transfer
• Reduces accidental release
• Heel pivot in line with the tibia for maximum safety
• Reduced mounting area to maintain ski flexibility
• Compatible with Alpines and Gripwalk insoles

Details :

• Brake width: 95mm
• Weight: 2.2kg per pair
• DIN: 4-12