Elan GSX Fusion review 2019
PROSKILAB™ reviewers' comments
The GSX Fusion from Elan is preselected every year for the PROSKILAB review and is unquestionably one of the market's star performers. It frequently wins or is close to first place on the podium.
The ski is very much performance-oriented. With excellent grip and remarkable stability, the ski is simply majestic in long turns. Once the turn is initiated, it has incredibly solid edge hold and never seems to want to let go.
The ski requires a certain degree of technical and prowess for optimum rides.
Review: Pros
- Good overall performance
- Excellent stability
- Good edge hold
- Loves long turns
Review: Cons
- A technically and physically demanding ski
- Less intuitive and accessible than the Speed Master or the Hero Master
The ski review scores
| Turn initiation | ☆☆☆☆☆ | 15.5 |
| Stability | ☆☆☆☆☆ | 16.0 |
| Stability/turning performance | ☆☆☆☆☆ | 15.5 |
| Grip | ☆☆☆☆☆ | 17.5 |
| Short turn performance | ☆☆☆☆☆ | 13.2 |
| Long turn performance | ☆☆☆☆☆ | 16.5 |
| Skid turn performance | ☆☆☆☆☆ | 15.3 |
| Handleability | ☆☆☆☆☆ | 15.0 |
| Comfort | ☆☆☆☆☆ | 16.0 |
| Snow contact | ☆☆☆☆☆ | 15.3 |
| Soft snow fluidity | ☆☆☆☆☆ | 13.8 |
Who's it for?
Manufacturer's remarks
If early morning milk runs and freshly groomed slopes make your adrenalin rise– if speed is your friend and you're addicted to fast long turns – if all you leave behind you is a trail of smoke – then the GSX Fusion is made for you.
Features of the GSX Fusion
| Brand : | Elan |
| Model : | GSX Fusion |
| Year : | 2019 |
| Family : | Giant slalom |
| Size tested : | 180 cm |
| Tip size : | 110 mm |
| Waist size : | 69 mm |
| Tail size : | 94 mm |
| Radius for the size reviewed : | 21 m |
Your review
Reviewed by PROSKILAB™
in La Clusaz, France, March 2018