Demo Daze Suggestions - Hard Snow

[bigbog]

.....Solomon Enduro XT800 (168’s) – The Enduro was a great ride. It has some early rise and this allowed it to turn easily. It also tracked smoothly on hard and soft snow. It had very good grip on the hard snow. It was responsive and moved edge to edge reasonable quickly. I felt confident on this ski very quickly. I am definitely considering this a replacement for the AC3’s........

Skimaine,
Enduro sounds like the daily ski for me!... will demo..Nice TR.

 

[Edd]

Very surprised to hear the verdict on the 80s. Interesting.

 

[Skimaine]

Very surprised to hear the verdict on the 80s. Interesting.

No one is more surprised than me! I am a Volkl true believer, but I could not wait to get those RTM 80's off. I thought for sure the 80 or 84 would be the ski to replace the AC3's and compliment the Volkl Bridge I started skiing last year. I tried them twice because I could believe how miserable they were the first time. I may have better results with a softer or short ski in the RTM line. I am certainly interested in hearing about others' experience.

On a few chair lift rides there was discussion as to whether there is such a thing as a rockered ski that performs well on hard snow. Time will tell.

 

[wa-loaf]

Here are my unscientific results (your mileage may vary):

Solomon Enduro XT800 (168’s) – The Enduro was a great ride. It has some early rise and this allowed it to turn easily. It also tracked smoothly on hard and soft snow. It had very good grip on the hard snow. It was responsive and moved edge to edge reasonable quickly. I felt confident on this ski very quickly. I am definitely considering this a replacement for the AC3’s.

I've got last years Enduro 177 (there was only one model then with a 84 waist) and I love it. Took them out today and they were great on the frozen cord this morning. They were nice last spring in the bumps and trees too.