awf170
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I figured you guys might be curious to how this turned out.
Basically I got to Cannon at around 10:30 so everything was already tracked but I figured I would give these one run just for kicks. Ended up doing 5 or 6 tram laps with them, and finally ditched them around one but could have easily skied them the rest of the day (binding slid out of place)
Here are some specs:
[FONT=terminal,monaco]175cm 121,125,115
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Reverse Camber and Reverse sidecut. Basically if stand flat on the ski only the section underfoot touches. And there is no sidecut at all anywhere on the ski as you can tell by the dimensions.
Here are some quick condition reports:
Deep Crud: Ridiculous. Basically I could blast through anything with ease. Stupidly easy even on my very first run.
Small bumps: Not bad. Sort of weird to be on edge since they are so wide underfoot, but really not that hard to ski. You can't really ski them like bumps, but if you stay on top and blast through them it really isn't that difficult.
Tracked/ icy woods: Obviously harder them a normal midfat ski but really not that bad. Pretty tiring but never scary or out of control like I thought it would be. Making quick turns is super easy since there is no sidecut. Almost feel like really short skis when it is all hardpack since only the middle of the ski touches. Really not that much harder them a normal midfat ski. Probably just as easy when it is very tight.
Groomers: I thought this would be very scary. Really not that bad. Obviously you can't carve a turn, but you can make a lot of short skid turns. I would imagine it is very similar to skiing on snowblades. On my first run I forgot I couldn't carve a turn and tried to lay down a big arc. That almost ended very badly...:dunce:
Powder woods: Just couldn't get the hang of it. Supposedly this is what they are best at, but I just couldn't feel it. Only skied a few hundred ft of it though so I'll probably get used to it. Still not that bad, but wasn't at the amazingness I was expecting. I bet after a few deep runs at Jay it will feel great.
Overall they were pretty darn easy to ski. Basically as long as there is still fresh piles of snow around, not too much ice, or big moguls they really aren't that hard to ski. A lot better all around then I thought they would be. Pretty easy to just get right on them and ski. Now going back to a normal midfat ski, that was interesting. I could not figure out how to ski my normal skis the rest of the day. That sucked.
Edit: I'll be skiing them all day tomorrow so I'll probably have a lot better idea by Sunday on how much I liked them.
Basically I got to Cannon at around 10:30 so everything was already tracked but I figured I would give these one run just for kicks. Ended up doing 5 or 6 tram laps with them, and finally ditched them around one but could have easily skied them the rest of the day (binding slid out of place)
Here are some specs:
[FONT=terminal,monaco]175cm 121,125,115
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Reverse Camber and Reverse sidecut. Basically if stand flat on the ski only the section underfoot touches. And there is no sidecut at all anywhere on the ski as you can tell by the dimensions.
Here are some quick condition reports:
Deep Crud: Ridiculous. Basically I could blast through anything with ease. Stupidly easy even on my very first run.
Small bumps: Not bad. Sort of weird to be on edge since they are so wide underfoot, but really not that hard to ski. You can't really ski them like bumps, but if you stay on top and blast through them it really isn't that difficult.
Tracked/ icy woods: Obviously harder them a normal midfat ski but really not that bad. Pretty tiring but never scary or out of control like I thought it would be. Making quick turns is super easy since there is no sidecut. Almost feel like really short skis when it is all hardpack since only the middle of the ski touches. Really not that much harder them a normal midfat ski. Probably just as easy when it is very tight.
Groomers: I thought this would be very scary. Really not that bad. Obviously you can't carve a turn, but you can make a lot of short skid turns. I would imagine it is very similar to skiing on snowblades. On my first run I forgot I couldn't carve a turn and tried to lay down a big arc. That almost ended very badly...:dunce:
Powder woods: Just couldn't get the hang of it. Supposedly this is what they are best at, but I just couldn't feel it. Only skied a few hundred ft of it though so I'll probably get used to it. Still not that bad, but wasn't at the amazingness I was expecting. I bet after a few deep runs at Jay it will feel great.
Overall they were pretty darn easy to ski. Basically as long as there is still fresh piles of snow around, not too much ice, or big moguls they really aren't that hard to ski. A lot better all around then I thought they would be. Pretty easy to just get right on them and ski. Now going back to a normal midfat ski, that was interesting. I could not figure out how to ski my normal skis the rest of the day. That sucked.
Edit: I'll be skiing them all day tomorrow so I'll probably have a lot better idea by Sunday on how much I liked them.