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Booker C. Bense schrieb:
_ I think there is a lot to be gained by skiing a wider ski in off-piste conditions. Somewhere around 75mm-80mm underfoot seems to be the sweet spot for a "does everything" ski. While wider skis have gotten much better at dealing with hard snow in the last couple years, they still are a struggle when it's bulletproof. Not sure what you mean? Wider skis where better than smaller ones? Or they got better (from worse)? As for the latter, i'd agree ... Hard to believe that just a few mm would make that much difference, but it really does. Yep. You're right here, IMHO. Greetings, Ulrich |
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In article , Uli Hausmann wrote: Booker C. Bense schrieb: _ I think there is a lot to be gained by skiing a wider ski in off-piste conditions. Somewhere around 75mm-80mm underfoot seems to be the sweet spot for a "does everything" ski. While wider skis have gotten much better at dealing with hard snow in the last couple years, they still are a struggle when it's bulletproof. Not sure what you mean? Wider skis where better than smaller ones? Or they got better (from worse)? As for the latter, i'd agree ... _ I meant really wide skis, like 90mm or bigger underfoot. Things like K2's Hippie Stix and the Karhu Jak. They are much more all-round skis than similar wide skis of a few years ago, however IMHO the point of diminishing returns has been reached and exceeded. _ At least in California, the most popular off-piste ski seems to get about 5mm wider every season. Now something like the 79mm wide 8000 legend is seen as a "skinny" ski. 10 years ago it would have been one of the widest skis available and a powder specialist (i.e. the original Snow Ranger ). The happy middle ground of the telemark ski market seems to be disappearing, you either have really wide skis or very light skinny skis. For instance G3's new ski line doesn't have a ski narrower than 81mm. _ In my opinion the super wide skis are like buying an SUV as your day to day commute car. These skis ( like SUV's) make some conditions fun that would be a tremendous struggle with narrow skis, but in most conditions they are just extra weight to carry around. Even if you're riding the lifts, a lighter rig means more runs. _ Booker C. Bense -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBQnZmU2TWTAjn5N/lAQEhmAP/XrBL4cVRo00yI2hWQDFIId8e8vs1D0ay UhDN/Y+HhtOX5wBJgTkkJRrYhZtb+FIsbmLKmNvZSeMFm1pLBI/gp0uXmW8oCLnl xZIuPViNEVZpVJqZDxXkBeURm+ITx6JjgCDCDjvaIGz8cyl2fz V+qF2Mcx5xyee9 9qy/azBsuuU= =mQhV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
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Booker C. Bense schrieb:
_ I meant really wide skis, like 90mm or bigger underfoot. Things like K2's Hippie Stix and the Karhu Jak. They are much more all-round skis than similar wide skis of a few years ago, however IMHO the point of diminishing returns has been reached and exceeded. _ At least in California, the most popular off-piste ski seems to get about 5mm wider every season. Now something like the 79mm wide 8000 legend is seen as a "skinny" ski. 10 years ago it would have been one of the widest skis available and a powder specialist (i.e. the original Snow Ranger ). The happy middle ground of the telemark ski market seems to be disappearing, you either have really wide skis or very light skinny skis. For instance G3's new ski line doesn't have a ski narrower than 81mm. _ In my opinion the super wide skis are like buying an SUV as your day to day commute car. These skis ( like SUV's) make some conditions fun that would be a tremendous struggle with narrow skis, but in most conditions they are just extra weight to carry around. Even if you're riding the lifts, a lighter rig means more runs. Yep, you're right - imho. Considering then, then changing conditions, i don't think that superlarge skis can be other than specialists. But i notice a nice difference between let's say the ultralarge K2 and the Stoeckli Stormrider DP. At least here - in the alps - i'm very sceptical toward the "american" skis (large, soft and not very snappy). Every year - in autumn - i try them in Stubai (there is a telefestival on a glacier, sometimes in powder conditions sometimes with old snow and crud) and every time i'm not getting convinced. I think as a day to day (resort and offpist) ski you need something like a Head Monster im 85 or a Stoeckli Stormrider XT. It' s important IMHO, that those skis are decently shaped. As for skinning skis, i'm really uncertain. IMHO, it would be nice to have a lightweight 80mm (underfoot) ski, which ist still able to do icy steeps ... (not aware of any at this moment). OK, that's for teleskiing only. For Alpine Randonee Equipment, i'm using a Stormrider ... :-)) (not really anymore, since i'm nearly exclusively teleskiing) Greetings, Uli |
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Booker C. Bense bbense+rec.skiing.backcountry.May.02.05@telemark. slac.stanford.edu wrote: _ Depends on how big the pellets are. Do you mean something like graupel? This is pretty common in the spring. http://amsglossary.allenpress.com/gl...ch?id=graupel1 Or refrozen crud? Ooops. I mean the latter. Refrozen crud. TA |
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davidof wrote: wrote: They said because of the Looks dedicated plate only Looks can work with Intuitive 74. Perhaps there are other bindings working with 71, but not Maybe there are plated and naked versions of the same ski like the Rossi B2s? See other opinions in this and adjacent threads... Hope your Naxo's don't blow up. There is a new beefed up nx21 version. So far so good. Do you mean NX02? Still not available. And the price will be too high for me(something like 300 Euro)... Regards TA |
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