thinnmann
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It was demo day today at Belleayre, so I skied those most of the day.
I wanted to try this half-rockered construction - it isn't really full rockered like for powder skis.
I think the skis I demoed were Elan Waveflex xTi Fusion.
They didn't really wow me. I like slalom race skis, and the radius was right, but they skied too easily. Didn't feel like I was "on rails", but instead felt like I was "on rail".
My conclusion about this "Rockered" thing: it is pretty bogus. Unless you have not learned to carve yet. I imagine a non-carver could carve pretty quickly with those. They feel like beginner skis, but can still be skied hard.
They skied well in bumps, because the outside edge would not get in the way, ever.
I said to the Elan rep after I skied them, "If I just detuned about 4 inches of my outside edge, I would effectively have a rockered ski." He agreed.
O, and the newer Atomic Nomads can't hold a candle to the older Metrons. Too damp to be much fun. Is everybody dumbing down their skis just to be able to call them "all mountain"?
Top skis of the day for me were Elan SLX slalom racers.
I wanted to try this half-rockered construction - it isn't really full rockered like for powder skis.
I think the skis I demoed were Elan Waveflex xTi Fusion.
They didn't really wow me. I like slalom race skis, and the radius was right, but they skied too easily. Didn't feel like I was "on rails", but instead felt like I was "on rail".
My conclusion about this "Rockered" thing: it is pretty bogus. Unless you have not learned to carve yet. I imagine a non-carver could carve pretty quickly with those. They feel like beginner skis, but can still be skied hard.
They skied well in bumps, because the outside edge would not get in the way, ever.
I said to the Elan rep after I skied them, "If I just detuned about 4 inches of my outside edge, I would effectively have a rockered ski." He agreed.
O, and the newer Atomic Nomads can't hold a candle to the older Metrons. Too damp to be much fun. Is everybody dumbing down their skis just to be able to call them "all mountain"?
Top skis of the day for me were Elan SLX slalom racers.