Ketchum, ID (Monday, May 9, 2005) - Scott Wintersport is launching back into the U.S. ski market with six skis catering to the freeride/freestyle market. After six seasons selling skis in Europe, Scott viewed the 2005-2006 season as the perfect opportunity to break into the US market. Scott skis will be available in a limited release to specialty retailers in New England, the Pacific Northwest, California, Utah and Colorado.

Santiago Pure - Freeride Line
The Santiago Pure is a big stick, armed with a capped swallow tail for stability in big mountain conditions. Featuring sandwich sidewall construction with a cap laminate, the Santiago Pure is available in 188cm/92mm underfoot and 193cm/101mm underfoot.

Santiago Mission- Freeride Line
The Santiago Mission is an everyday fat ski designed to inspire confidence in all snow conditions. The Santiago Mission also features sandwich sidewall construction with a cap laminate while adding considerably more sidecut than the Pure. The outcome is said by the manufacturer to be a very forgiving and friendly ski that loves to be opened up. The Santiago Mission is available in 168cm/86mm underfoot, 178cm/89mm underfoot and 183cm/90mm underfoot.

Aztec Pro - Freeride Line
The Aztec Pro features sandwich sidewall construction with a cap laminate, found in all Freeride line skis, a similar sidecut to the Santiago Mission and houses two sheets of Titanal. Look for the Aztec Pro in the following sizes: 165cm/76mm underfoot, 175cm/78mm underfoot and 185cm/80mm underfoot.

P3, P2, P1 - Freestyle Line
The foundation of Scott's Freestyle line is the P3 twin tip ski. The P3 features the same sandwich sidewall construction traditionally found in race skis and a wood core. Coming in three sizes, 168cm, 178cm, 184cm and averaging 82mm underfoot, the P3 has been used by Scott Europe team members Laurent Favre and Jacob Wester in competition both in Europe and the U.S. The company's freestyle line is rounded out by smaller versions of the P3, the P2 ski for teens and the P1 ski for kids.