Seeking good Eastern Terrain "Mid or Fat / All-mountain" ski suggestions....???
So, let me try to explain. Then you can let me know the error of my ways. When it comes to snow and terrain, there's East vs. West. I'm thinking about Eastern big-mountain terrain skis for the advanced stuff - tight steeps, trees, snakey double fall line classics, and the good possibility of variable conditions within the same ski day. Start out on powder, then tracked pow, maybe which sets up, with time on some groomed where areas have gotten scraped off on your way to the next stash. And when you wake up tomorrow, a little crunch and crud, but some pockets of untracked still await. All the while needing quick turns and reliable good and hard edge for just in-case moments. A "do it all" ski, but not necessarily an everyday board. A post dump, rage day board that adapts to rapidly changing conditions, sometimes during the same run. Or the one you pull from the car on Saturday (you just couldn't get away from work) when the storm was Thursday.
Control and powder float are weighted more heavily than large arc turns and top end speed. Some of the more "West-centric" fat deep-powder skis, with softer flex and not tuned with the likelihood of encountering some of more variable Eastern conditions (where stiffness and edge hold are appreciated) I've tried to eliminate (ie: Salomon Pocket Rocket).
I've been researching a bit, and, of course, going around in circles as I try to decipher manufacturer claims and sort skier reviews. At the head of the class, at the moment, are:
-Volkl Explosiv
-Rossignol Bandit B3 and B2
-K2 Seth Pistol
-Head Monster I.M 75 Chip Super RailFlex
But this is preliminary, there's no hurry. And maybe I'm off track altogether. Just been thinking about this niche lately. I'm open to input from those utilizing one or more of the above boards, and from those who have other suggestions altogether. Thanks.
Psyched for MRG this Sat, and the Bush on Sunday. Sorry Burke Forum Group Meeting won't work out this time around for me.
So, let me try to explain. Then you can let me know the error of my ways. When it comes to snow and terrain, there's East vs. West. I'm thinking about Eastern big-mountain terrain skis for the advanced stuff - tight steeps, trees, snakey double fall line classics, and the good possibility of variable conditions within the same ski day. Start out on powder, then tracked pow, maybe which sets up, with time on some groomed where areas have gotten scraped off on your way to the next stash. And when you wake up tomorrow, a little crunch and crud, but some pockets of untracked still await. All the while needing quick turns and reliable good and hard edge for just in-case moments. A "do it all" ski, but not necessarily an everyday board. A post dump, rage day board that adapts to rapidly changing conditions, sometimes during the same run. Or the one you pull from the car on Saturday (you just couldn't get away from work) when the storm was Thursday.
Control and powder float are weighted more heavily than large arc turns and top end speed. Some of the more "West-centric" fat deep-powder skis, with softer flex and not tuned with the likelihood of encountering some of more variable Eastern conditions (where stiffness and edge hold are appreciated) I've tried to eliminate (ie: Salomon Pocket Rocket).
I've been researching a bit, and, of course, going around in circles as I try to decipher manufacturer claims and sort skier reviews. At the head of the class, at the moment, are:
-Volkl Explosiv
-Rossignol Bandit B3 and B2
-K2 Seth Pistol
-Head Monster I.M 75 Chip Super RailFlex
But this is preliminary, there's no hurry. And maybe I'm off track altogether. Just been thinking about this niche lately. I'm open to input from those utilizing one or more of the above boards, and from those who have other suggestions altogether. Thanks.
Psyched for MRG this Sat, and the Bush on Sunday. Sorry Burke Forum Group Meeting won't work out this time around for me.