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So I have these 185cm Rossi Scratch BC, (128 tip - 98 waist - 121 tail), freshly mounted at the more rearward line with Salomon S912's sitting in my house mocking me as we have one of the worst winters in a long time. I finally get sick of waiting for deeper snow, so I decide to ski them this past weekend at Loon. I also bring with me my 178cm Dynastar Legend 8000 to ski the next day for comparison. About me: 36yrs, 185lbs, former ski instructor, I'm a Taurus, and like long walks on short piers. I can ski bumps, but don't love them. I would much rather be in the trees somewhere. I like short slalom turns as much as long fast GS turns.
So Saturday at Loon, COLD, windy and fast hardpack conditions. There were no bumps really, no tree skiing, no powder, just fast groomers with some man made stuff around the edges. Not really ideal conditions for this ski. I also felt a little out of place standing in the gondola line with these, and some of the looks I got only confirmed that.
Right off let me say how surprised I was about how well these ski groomers. I mean I was VERY pleasantly surprised at how well these would lay down a carve. I don't usually ski "carving" skis any more, the Legend 8000 is my normal "everyday" ski (20m turn radius). The Scratch's have a 21,5m radius. They were actually very easy to get from edge to edge quickly. I have the bindings mounted up on a Salomon axe+ plate so that probably helped with that. The only real difference I felt between the Scratch's and the Legends was the width overall. The Legends did feel a little more nimble, probably because they are narrower. I began thinking really early on that I could use the Scratch's as my everyday ski and be very happy with it. It is definately the type of ski that you could take out west and it would work no matter what conditions you ended up with. I plan on skiing these more now, they were REALLY fun. You know what they say, "once you go fat you never go back", or something like that...
So look for me, I'll be the guy standing in the lift line at Loon wtih the yellow and white Scratch BC's (or orange and white Legends), green Salomon jacket, black/camo dakine back pack.
So Saturday at Loon, COLD, windy and fast hardpack conditions. There were no bumps really, no tree skiing, no powder, just fast groomers with some man made stuff around the edges. Not really ideal conditions for this ski. I also felt a little out of place standing in the gondola line with these, and some of the looks I got only confirmed that.
Right off let me say how surprised I was about how well these ski groomers. I mean I was VERY pleasantly surprised at how well these would lay down a carve. I don't usually ski "carving" skis any more, the Legend 8000 is my normal "everyday" ski (20m turn radius). The Scratch's have a 21,5m radius. They were actually very easy to get from edge to edge quickly. I have the bindings mounted up on a Salomon axe+ plate so that probably helped with that. The only real difference I felt between the Scratch's and the Legends was the width overall. The Legends did feel a little more nimble, probably because they are narrower. I began thinking really early on that I could use the Scratch's as my everyday ski and be very happy with it. It is definately the type of ski that you could take out west and it would work no matter what conditions you ended up with. I plan on skiing these more now, they were REALLY fun. You know what they say, "once you go fat you never go back", or something like that...
So look for me, I'll be the guy standing in the lift line at Loon wtih the yellow and white Scratch BC's (or orange and white Legends), green Salomon jacket, black/camo dakine back pack.