WhiteRoom Three Eighteen.07
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 12:33 pm
So I finally got to ski my own skis today. I had them mounted with a demo binding to allow for fore-aft experiments and to allow friends to ski them.
I tested them in a variety of conditions today from groomers to cut up pow to soft snow, small bumps and pow filled trees. We got about a foot of snow over the past week up at Smuggs with 3-4 inches overnight. There was plenty of fresh snow to play in today if you knew where to look.
first impressions of this pair
1. fairly light even with the demo binding
2. long radius turns with good edge hold on firm snow
3. tips are maybe a bit soft but not noodles either
4. tail is fairly stiff. I'd give the overall flex of this ski a medium to medium stiff rating. Some of this is related to the amount of camber they have
5. they seem stable a speed but I did not get them up too fast today due to the wrong wax for the day
6. tips were a little hooky but this is more likely a tuning issue as I did not de-tune the tips or tails
7. floated well in boot deep pow but the extra camber is counter productive in deep snow.
8. the JB weld wood epoxy on the sidewalls to fix my router slips held up fine
9 the spar varnish scuffs easily
10 they did not fall apart and no signs of delam after about 3-4 hrs of skiing.
All in all I'm fairly happy with their performance and appearance for the first pair. There is definitely room for improvement in several areas.
I tested them in a variety of conditions today from groomers to cut up pow to soft snow, small bumps and pow filled trees. We got about a foot of snow over the past week up at Smuggs with 3-4 inches overnight. There was plenty of fresh snow to play in today if you knew where to look.
first impressions of this pair
1. fairly light even with the demo binding
2. long radius turns with good edge hold on firm snow
3. tips are maybe a bit soft but not noodles either
4. tail is fairly stiff. I'd give the overall flex of this ski a medium to medium stiff rating. Some of this is related to the amount of camber they have
5. they seem stable a speed but I did not get them up too fast today due to the wrong wax for the day
6. tips were a little hooky but this is more likely a tuning issue as I did not de-tune the tips or tails
7. floated well in boot deep pow but the extra camber is counter productive in deep snow.
8. the JB weld wood epoxy on the sidewalls to fix my router slips held up fine
9 the spar varnish scuffs easily
10 they did not fall apart and no signs of delam after about 3-4 hrs of skiing.
All in all I'm fairly happy with their performance and appearance for the first pair. There is definitely room for improvement in several areas.