2025 Faction Studio 2

While the Studio 1 from Faction sticks to the symmetry and park performance, the 2025 Studio 2 opens it up ever so slightly. This ski, at 102 mm underfoot and with the same overall build as the Studio 1, has more to offer all-mountain and freeride skiers who may not be directly involved with slopestyle competition. This is an upper-level ski for fun-loving and creative skiers looking for a twin tip that rips the whole hill as well as hitting the park, emphasizing trick time and fun out there on the hill. At the end of the day, and certainly in Faction’s mind, that’s what it’s all about. We also are loving these new Studio graphics for 2025, putting an emphasis on color, design, and creativity.

Built with a lightweight poplar wood core, the Studio 2 has great energy to match its lighter weight feel. That blend of pop and silence is very important here, especially when the other additives are brought into the mix. Carbon stringers are laced in the fiberglass laminate to provide stiffness and responsiveness while a Carbon/Rubber stomp pad provides smoothness and absorption to the mid-portion of the ski. These carbon and rubber strips are found in the mid body of the ski along the side, so when you’re landing tricks or hitting rails, the impact is lessened to your feet. Skiers that know what that feels like will appreciate the gradual lessening of the those forces over time. Like most good park-oriented skis, we also get 2.5 mm steel edges to withstand rails and boxes, prolonging the lifespan of these skis. While it’s not incredibly stiff, it’s mid-stiff, as that carbon does a good amount of work when it comes to mixing flex and pop. In the 183, the ski sits on the scale at 1880 grams, so there’s some good mid-range heft here as well.

At 102 mm underfoot, the Studio 2 is a fun-loving ski that excels in a variety of snow conditions and terrain. There’s low camber height here to go along with 360 mm of tip rocker and 325 mm of tail rocker. We see the lack of asymmetry filter in here, making this Studio 2 just slightly more directional and interactive. The 20-meter turn radius makes sense, allowing skiers to dictate the shape and style of the turns with ease and insistence. Freestyle coach and tester Noah Labow noted that while “it was more center mounted it felt great. Playful and a great everyday ski for park and pow. This is a great everyday ski. Great side cut, full sidewall ski with a nice stiff tail and easy turning tip.” Those combinations are nice to hear, putting Studio 2 in the realm of being an awesome choice for freestyle skiers who are looking for an in and out of park ski.

Most aspects of this ski point it more towards the advanced and expert realm, although progressing intermediates will certainly be able to turn it effectively. To access the high end, and all that the ski is capable of doing, skiers should have a pretty good skillset and a creative mindset. There’s a lot that this Studio 2 can do, so you should be aware of its particulars before diving in. The measurements of 131/102/127 are not perfectly even, but they are on the symmetrical side of the spectrum.