How do you combine a massive surface area in deep snow with real carving on piste? That’s the equation solved by the Vecteur 114.
Built on the geometry of a giant slalom ski adapted to freeride, this model is aimed at powerful, experienced skiers. Its reinforced structure around a bamboo core delivers solid behaviour underfoot, exemplary torsional rigidity and a flat tail that provides firm support and strong rebound out of the turn.
Despite its size, it keeps the intuitiveness needed to link runs in crud, carve big turns at high speed or weave through the trees. A committed, physical and precise ski, made to make the most of big open spaces in any snow.
| Ski | Size | Dimensions (tip / waist / tail) | Turn radius (m) | Weight (g / ski) | Running length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ligne 67 | 155 SL | 124 / 67 / 104 | 11,14 | — | 1310 |
| 165 SL | 124 / 67 / 107 | 12,50 | — | 1410 | |
| 175 GS | 115 / 67 / 97 | 17,00 | — | 1510 | |
| 185 GS | 98 / 65 / 78 | 30,00 | — | 1610 | |
| 195 GS | 01 / 65 / 78 | 30,00 | — | 1710 | |
| Ligne 78 | 152 | 124 / 78 / 105 | 11,40 | 1510 | 1280 |
| 164 | 127 / 78 / 109 | 12,40 | 1640 | 1400 | |
| 176 | 130 / 78 / 112 | 13,50 | 1820 | 1520 | |
| 188 | 132 / 78 / 113 | 15,20 | 1900 | 1640 | |
| Ligne 90 | 152 | 130 / 90 / 113 | 15,10 | 1560 | 1280 |
| 164 | 132 / 90 / 117 | 16,25 | 1690 | 1400 | |
| 176 | 137 / 90 / 119 | 17,30 | 1870 | 1520 | |
| 188 | 141 / 90 / 122 | 17,50 | 1950 | 1640 |
| Ski | Size | Dimensions (tip / waist / tail) | Turn radius (m) | Weight (g / ski) | Running length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrain 90 | 152 | 135 / 90 / 125 | 6,25 | 1620 | 1103 |
| 164 | 137 / 90 / 127 | 7 | 1750 | 1187 | |
| 176 | 145 / 90 / 135 | 7,50 | 1910 | 1194 | |
| 188 | 145 / 90 / 135 | 8,60 | 2050 | 1274 | |
| Terrain 102 | 164 | 146 / 102 / 131 | 14 | 1920 | 1217 |
| 176 | 147 / 102 / 132 | 16 | 2060 | 1318 | |
| 188 | 148 / 102 / 133 | 18 | 2200 | 1383 |
| Ski | Size | Dimensions (tip / waist / tail) | Turn radius (m) | Weight (g / ski) | Running length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relief 90 | 154 | 123 / 90 / 105 | 19 | 1285 | 1300 |
| 164 | 125 / 90 / 107 | 20,20 | 1365 | 1400 | |
| 174 | 127 / 90 / 109 | 21,40 | 1450 | 1500 | |
| 184 | 129 / 90 / 111 | 22,60 | 1535 | 1600 | |
| Relief 62 | 150 | — / 62 / — | 16 | 710 | — |
| 160 | — / 62 / — | 16 | 710 | — |
| Ski | Size | Dimensions (tip / waist / tail) | Turn radius (m) | Weight (g / ski) | Running length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vecteur 114 FR | 164 | 144 / 114 / 134 | 12,60 | 2050 | 1320 |
| 176 | 147 / 114 / 137 | 15,20 | 2200 | 1430 | |
| 188 | 149 / 114 / 139 | 16,30 | 2350 | 1530 | |
| Vecteur 83 FS | 155 | 116 / 83 / 108 | 15,10 | 1470 | 1150 |
| 165 | 116 / 83 / 108 | 17,5 | 1570 | 1250 | |
| 175 | 116 / 83 / 108 | 20 | 1660 | 1350 | |
| 188 | 116 / 83 / 108 | 22,70 | 1760 | 1450 |
Our passion, our expertise and our goal: to make high-precision skis with real soul, designed to deliver flawless on-snow behaviour and sensations. Each pair combines the rigour of a strict engineering process with the constant attention of the human hand. Made and checked one by one in our workshop, our skis combine technical precision with a handcrafted finish, for reliability you can count on.
To design our skis, we select benchmark components from across Europe. Our Austrian Waelzholz edges, cut to a wide 2 × 2.2 mm profile and anchored directly in the epoxy resin, absorb the hardest impacts while allowing for many sharpenings. The topsheet and the ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene base come from CPS in Germany.
A ski loses its pop when the bond between the core and the fibres wears out. That is exactly where we reinforce our skis: glass veils rather than polyester, a bonding interface and a reserve of glue. With 12 years of hindsight, the structure stays intact and performance holds over time. And because the engine is preserved, the surface can be renovated too.
Our bamboo core runs all the way to the edge, with no plastic sidewall. When the sidewalls and topsheet have taken some knocks, your pair comes back to the workshop that built it: we reshape the sidewall in solid bamboo, sharpen the edges, wax the bases and renovate the topsheet. With the engine intact, your pair can be renewed up to three times.
Each pair is made to order in our workshop in Villard-de-Lans, in the heart of the Vercors, then checked by hand before it leaves. We handle every step ourselves; the components that aren’t produced in France come from Europe: the edges from Austria, the base and the Titanal from Germany. In the 1970s, France made nearly 75% of the world’s skis: we are proud to be among the few keeping this craft alive in the mountains. And the people who advise you are the people who make your skis.
Where high-end skis usually use ash, we chose bamboo: the same mechanical strength, with far better shock absorption. It filters out vibrations on hard, chattery or spring snow, and reduces fatigue. Resistant to moisture and frost, it runs all the way to the edge instead of a plastic sidewall: more grip, more impact resistance, less plastic.
Bamboo, 4 layers of fibreglass, 2 glass veils. Versatile, lively and comfortable.
Price range: €950.00 through €1,270.00
Big-mountain freeride for untracked slopes.
Vecteur 114 FR
– Bamboo core
– “Racing”-style sandwich construction
– 4 layers of heavyweight fibreglass
– Structured two-layer polyamide top sheet
– Flat, low-profile aluminium tail
– Wrap-around edge protecting the tip
– Very high molecular weight P-Tex® base
A ski’s success comes from product development: fine-tuning the flex and the sidecut. However many prototypes it takes, Sillage guarantees meticulous development and products with flawless behaviour on snow.
Sillage innovates and delivers a genuine step forward in ski Research and Development. Its patented technology avoids the use of traditional moulds, which require heavy investment. The money saved allows us to buy high-quality raw materials.
Most manufacturers use ash for their high-end ski cores… Why bamboo? Bamboo stands out for its shock absorption. It filters out vibrations and provides stability whatever the snow conditions. Thanks to its resistance to moisture and low temperatures, it can be left exposed on the sidewalls, which we do on all our skis, avoiding the use of ABS and allowing us to reduce our environmental impact.
What really sets Sillage apart is that it makes its skis 100% in its own factory in France. The choice of raw materials is decisive for a ski’s performance and stability. But it is modifying and assembling them ourselves that allows us to offer highly technical products. It also gives us endless responsiveness and flexibility in designing our skis.
À Sillage les personnes qui vous conseillent par e-mail ou téléphone sont celles qui produisent les skis, nous connaissons nos produits, leur conception et leur comportement par cœur, ce qui nous permet de vous orienter et de répondre au mieux à la skieuse ou au skieur que vous êtes.
In the 1970s France produced nearly 75% of the world’s skis, but the trend has reversed and almost all of France’s ski factories have disappeared.
We are proud to be one of the few ski brands to produce entirely
in France, in Villard-de-Lans in the Vercors.
Apart from certain resins that are essential to building a pair of skis, we strive to choose plastics (base and top sheet as recycled as possible) and we keep the use of non-environmentally-friendly plastics such as ABS in the sidewalls or core to a minimum.
Apart from certain resins that are essential to building a pair of skis, we strive to choose the most recycled plastics possible for the base and top sheet.
We keep to a minimum the use of plastics
that are harmful to the environment, such as ABS in the sidewalls or core, in favour of bamboo.
This new season we are continuing this effort with our packaging. We no longer use the “blisters” and bubble wrap that are sadly all too common in the industry.
Your skis will now be wrapped in paper that
comes from offcuts recovered from a local company.
And in old ski boxes collected from shops in the region.
We have chosen to make things ourselves rather than have them made by others.
My name is Christian ALARY. I am an R&D engineer and I have designed, made or had skis made on 3 continents: Europe, Asia and North America. I know the industry.
I know that developing, producing and selling a product means people travel, and travel a lot.
Engineers, designers, industrial managers, executives, sales and marketing staff travel to production sites and to points of sale.
They travel to fine-tune products, deal with problems, check quality, hold meetings or sometimes just to visit a factory.
These journeys have a real impact. Not only do people travel, products do too: prototypes in large numbers, late pre-production runs, even entire late production runs are sent by air.
The countries where products are made and where they are sold are different and far apart, as we know.
The people who produce are supporting a company, not our country.
Yes, we produce in France; no, your skis do not travel thousands of kilometres to reach you.
We choose raw materials and machines as close to home as possible. But beyond the talk of Made in France and short supply chains, which make real sense for the environment, and beyond the fact that the social contributions paid on goods made in France support our social system, we have chosen to bring back an old model that is nonetheless so logical: a product should be designed and made as close as possible to where it is sold.
Let’s be able to make things ourselves rather than have them made elsewhere, and in doing so respect our planet and our economy, which supports our social system, even if it sometimes costs a little more.
We make no compromises on quality and we manufacture exclusively in France.
Piste ski Ligne 78
Raw materials
170 €
Running costs and machinery
135 €
Labour and social contributions
182 €
Packaging
8,50 €
Transport
25 €
VAT [20%]
125 €
After more than a year of hesitation, I finally bought a pair of the famous “Quand la montagne s’en mêle” at the beginning of February.
A bit puzzled on the first outing given the snow (or rather the lack of it): 100% man-made, heavily skied and quite packed. The doubts vanished before the third turn. I almost felt like I was back on my 9X FIS skis. Impeccable handling, great edge grip (even on icy snow), no vibrations, great rebound out of the turn and the feeling of still having room to push them harder.
Good behaviour in crud, even if it’s not its favourite snow. It still gets through, and you end up finding the knack.
The little powder I was able to ski told me I won’t be disappointed. The tips rise up nicely, the balance is great, the handling precise, and you pick up speed without any fear and with a lot of pleasure.
Unfortunately I haven’t had time to test them since the last snowfalls; big powder conditions will have to wait.
My only regret is not taking them in 188 rather than 176. On piste it wouldn’t have spoilt the fun, despite working the thighs harder.
Just for info, I mounted Atomic Shift bindings on them: it’s brilliant and I’m only going to ski on this pair from now on.
Thank you for the work you do, and well done on the quality of the products.
Originally mounted for telemark, they turned out to be too beefy for my small build
In the end I had them mounted for alpine, and it’s pure joy! They float in deep snow, really at ease in crud, strong edge grip on piste. Nothing to (re)say. Thank you.
A treat…
First run was tricky, a “wild” ski. After that, a real pleasure. On piste as well as in 1 m of fresh snow.
Keep up your work, thank you
Probably the best ski I’ve skied in recent years. The ski is genuinely surprisingly easy on piste; you don’t feel at all like you’re skiing a flat-cambered ski with 114 underfoot. Edge grip on hard snow is good, but it’s above all its ability to carve that surprises. The ski makes you want to ski fast while giving you a sense of security. This model is soon going to replace two pairs of skis: my all-rounders AND my fat skis.
The finish is magnificent, and you really feel you have a quality product on your feet.