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_ Are you sure about the TM:22's? While they are a great ski for hard conditions, there are better skis for variable crud. What kind of conditions exactly are you having difficulties with and where do you ski? I'm having trouble with variable crud (kind found in New England--e.g., lately it was pockets of heavy powder interspersed with refrozen melt spots). (And I get a deal on Atomics, so that's where my focus has been). Based on what you say, the TM:EX sounds like it might be a better option. Bindings are Riva Z. How different bindings affect performance is clearly something I need to learn more about. Thanks for the new angle. |
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In article , Jon wrote: _ Are you sure about the TM:22's? While they are a great ski for hard conditions, there are better skis for variable crud. What kind of conditions exactly are you having difficulties with and where do you ski? I'm having trouble with variable crud (kind found in New England--e.g., lately it was pockets of heavy powder interspersed with refrozen melt spots). (And I get a deal on Atomics, so that's where my focus has been). _ You might want to stick with the TM:22's then TM:EX's are pretty good on the hard stuff for a fat ski, but driving them with T3's might be difficult. However, there's no substitute for actually demoing the skis in the snow conditions you want to ski. As a general rule of thumb, I think you need a fairly stiff boot to drive a ski bigger than about 80mm underfoot. Of course, for every rule you come up with there's somebody happily breaking it. _ Atomic seems to be missing a ski in that 75mm-80mm sweet spot, but the Beta stuff produces a ski with a lot of torsional stiffness. For a ski of that width they are probably as good in crud as you can find. Based on what you say, the TM:EX sounds like it might be a better option. _ Depends on how comfortable you are on your TM:10's. If you want just a "powder ski" then the TM:EX would be fine for New England skiing. A strong skier could use it as an everyday ski out West, but you need a relative stiff boot/binding to edge it on the hard stuff ( or as hard as it gets out here... ) Bindings are Riva Z. How different bindings affect performance is clearly something I need to learn more about. Thanks for the new angle. _ Well, if you want to get the HammerHead religion drop on over to telemarktips.com. While there's nothing "wrong" with the Riva Z, there are bindings that offer a lot more control. The binding issue of Couloir Magazine will go into this in great if not always useful detail. If your Atomic deal extends to Black Diamond, I'd look at BD's newer offerings. If not, then it's hard to go wrong with G3's. You can look at previous year's reviews of tele bindings at http://www.couloirmag.com/ _ Hope that was useful. _ Booker C. Bense -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBP+M0VmTWTAjn5N/lAQGBzAP+IOuXeWc+rSboDCcb68El5tQn++bfWxyW jB2Hw1xq1c/Or3HT7FrswBq2YBQktGXxOPEQeYAm5NndIY6Pp80DvrSlsggdF 0Y4 QOoWQ6cDvSqZhGjB2RYV6G0wwBQOxdRYoXKf3GUgiaeL9/zr9Z67r5Y5W5Wyt+zM 57PYGZ+wclI= =Kk6c -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
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