Buy These Before They’re Gone

If you’re on a budget (or just smart), there’s no better time to shop for ski gear than in the middle of summer. It’s when retailers slash prices on last season’s inventory in an effort to clear room for next season’s models. And the steepest discounts are on gear that is going away entirely—skis that are being replaced by all-new models. Brands don’t advertise which skis they’re scrapping, since it’s bad for sales if buyers think they should wait for what’s next. But here at SKI, it’s our job to let you in on the secret, so you can save your hard-earned money for that dream Japow trip this season—or just score a beloved ski before it’s no longer available. Here are the skis that should be on the savvy skier’s radar.

2026 Skis Being Discontinued

2026 Nordica Unleashed 108

Nordica is replacing the Unleashed 108 with two skis for 2027: the Unleashed 106 and the Unleashed 106 CA. Both get a narrower waist and a reshaped tip and tail with more taper, which trades some of the 108’s stability for a livelier, more playful ride. The 106 keeps a partial metal strip underfoot for some backbone; the CA version drops metal entirely for a wood-and-carbon core, making it the lightest, loosest version of the ski yet. If you liked the 108’s planted, do-it-all character and don’t need the extra pop, it’s now discounted and still a legitimately good all-mountain ski.

2026 Rossignol Sender Soul Line

Rossi is finally untangling its messy nomenclature, splitting its Sender Soul family into two lines: the more freeride-leaning Sender (118, 110, 100) and the more directional Soul (102, 92). Every ski carries over unchanged except the Soul 92, which got a full overhaul this season for some much-needed heft and backbone to better serve advanced and expert skiers. Translation: You can buy any 2025-’26 Sender Soul 102 at a steep discount and know you’re getting the same ski that retails at full price come fall.

2026 Armada Declivity Line

Armada is retiring the Declivity line—along with the women’s Reliance—in favor of a new collection called Antimatter. The big change is something Armada’s calling Speed Metal construction, which concentrates metal underfoot and frees up the tips and tails to be looser and easier to pivot. Where the Declivity was built to carve and charge in a straight line, Antimatter is aimed more at freeride: slashing, smearing, and popping off side hits. If you’re a groomer-first skier who liked the Declivity precisely because it wasn’t loose, that’s your cue to buy now—the outgoing skis are on sale, and once they’re gone, so is that directional, stuck-to-the-snow feel.

2026 Black Diamond Impulse

Black Diamond isn’t reinventing the Impulse so much as reinforcing it. The updated Impulse Ti adds a sheet of Titanal to the existing construction, which should make it noticeably more stable and damp at speed—a real upgrade for anyone who’s pushed the current Impulse past its comfort zone in variable snow. That extra metal comes with a small weight penalty, though, so if you liked the original Impulse specifically for how light and lively it felt in moguls and trees, that ski is going away. Grab it discounted now while you still can.

2026 Icelantic Pioneer and Riveter

Icelantic is retiring the Pioneer and Riveter—its longtime directional all-mountain pair—for two all-new models: Torrent for men, Tempest for women. Both get a fresh wood core reinforced with Icelantic’s new V12 Carbon Matrix instead of metal, which the brand says adds power and rebound without the weight. With a directional rocker profile built to hold an edge on groomers while staying playful everywhere else, the new models are designed to be more precise and responsive than the outgoing Pioneer and Riveter. If you’ve got your eye on the new construction, it might be worth the wait—but the outgoing Pioneer and Riveter are fun, accessible all-mountain skis for intermediates and advanced skiers, and right now, they’re a bargain.