drjeff
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Exactly. All you new hires that think you can't ski powder on skinny skiis don't know what it is you don't know. Look at the footage from :55 to 1:30, it looks just like the motion of today. There's even an exuberant jump at 1:20. Skis over 100mm wide and rocker just make it easier to float. Float means you're on it, not in it. Deep powder skiing is all about skiing in it, not on it. In other words, once you learn how to manage the center of pressure, you no longer need to keep your tips up. You ski in it with tips submerged.
Shhh! Mr. Moose, there are so many people out there that think it's all about the equipment when it's really all about the operator!
I had the pleasure yesterday at Mount Snow while lapping the Beartrap bump run which had just finished receiving about a 36hr run of snowmaking a guy lapping it on what I'd estimate were a pair of 205ish, circa I'm guessing early 90's neon Dynastar Vertical's just absolutely killing it with perfectly executed carved turns and the occasional hop where appropriate, all the while a bunch of folks next too/near him on pretty much every mid fat full or tip rockered ski you see on most ski shops racks these days where skidding their way through the soft pack with their center of gravity somewhere far behind their heel piece of their bindings and there hands far closer to facing up the hill instead of down the falline! :lol:
I've said it time and time again, technique trumps technology when it all comes down to it