Been thinking about these skis a lot recently. Demoed them last Spring and they were a lot of fun. But they have a bit of overlap with my Watea 94's. Skied the Watea's last weekend and they just felt kinda heavy slow, probably just because I've been mostly on skinnier shorter stuff all season due to the conditions. They felt much better once I got into the powder, but the mixed ice and pow bumps were kinda a struggle before I got my legs going.
My Wateas have Dukes on them. And even though I have never used them for it I still have aspirations of doing some backcountry.
So the question is do I:
1. Do nothing, the Wateas are fine and I should save my money.
2. Buy the Atomics, put the Dukes on them? Unload the Wateas. I'm assuming I can use skins on these.
3. Buy the Atomics, get some new bindings and keep the Wateas as a BC set-up.
My Wateas have Dukes on them. And even though I have never used them for it I still have aspirations of doing some backcountry.
So the question is do I:
1. Do nothing, the Wateas are fine and I should save my money.
2. Buy the Atomics, put the Dukes on them? Unload the Wateas. I'm assuming I can use skins on these.
3. Buy the Atomics, get some new bindings and keep the Wateas as a BC set-up.