The Insomnia 10 Black from Elan is an alpine ski built to bring reliable, confident turning to your days on the slopes. It comes as a complete package with the ELW 9 GW Shift binding already mounted, so you can head straight to the piste without any extra fuss.
At 158 cm length the Insomnia 10 Black has a 13.9 m turn radius and a 127/76/104 mm sidecut. That combination lets you move from edge to edge with a lively feel, yet still holds its line when you drive into medium-radius turns. The ELW 9 GW Shift binding fits GripWalk boot soles and offers adjustable release settings up to DIN 9, striking a balance between solid power transfer and safe release if you catch an edge.
To break it down: turn radius is the curve the ski naturally wants to carve—13.9 m sits in the middle, so it won’t feel twitchy in quick slalom turns or sluggish in long arcs. Sidecut numbers (tip-waist-tail) shape how easily the ski pivots; a narrower waist makes edge changes faster. And a binding’s DIN value is simply the force at which it lets go—up to 9 means decent support for intermediate to advanced skiers without making release too stiff.
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