riverc0il
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Well, I snapped my third pair of Legend 8000s this past Sunday. I have owned four pairs total and one of those pairs was sent to me by Dynastar on a warranty after I snapped a pair within three months of mounting them. The one I snapped on Sunday was the warranty pair after about three years of skiing on them. In all fairness, I had a cracked edge and a partially blown sidewall already, so it was probably just a matter of time.
The first pair I blew out I had mounted up AT with Freerides and was skiing them at Cannon pretty hard including lots of bumps so I had assumed the combo of bumps and the Freeride binding itself had put the stress on the ski (mounting point on the Freerides is further rear than an alpine binding due to the bar). Since all three pairs that I have snapped have failed in the same way, I see this as a combination of poor construction and an upper weight limit of about 200 pounds for the 178 length (currently tipping the scales at 220 but I have been as low as 200).
I still have one final pair also mounted up AT but I plan on stripping the Freeride from that ski and selling it this summer when I but a new powder board and go Dynafit. What does that leave? Two of the "pairs" to my two non-warrantied breaks. Granted, they are two different top sheets but this was prior to the 8000 redesign so they are the same regarding construction. Time to remount the binding from the current broken ski to the former lonely unbroken mate... I had purposefully saved it figuring it was only a matter of time!
All three breaks were from the top sheet separating from the ski under foot exposing the core. I have had various degrees of separation but this past Sunday was the best with almost a full foot of the top sheet separating. Worst feeling in the world is hacking your way through a tight drainage in hard pack conditions and feeling your heel rise ever so slightly... then you look down at your boot and notice you do not have a loose buckle... that was the WRONG time for a ski to break but thankfully I hacked my way down and out.
Any ways, I am going to beat my mis-matched pair into the ground and have a final pair on backup duty for the inevitable once I switch up my AT setup. But I can not in good conscience continue to recommend this ski. I have spoken to several other people over the years with similar experiences that have noted "great ski, too bad it breaks so much". No idea if the new Sultan has changed construction or not but I will not be paying to find out when that time eventually comes.
:-?
The first pair I blew out I had mounted up AT with Freerides and was skiing them at Cannon pretty hard including lots of bumps so I had assumed the combo of bumps and the Freeride binding itself had put the stress on the ski (mounting point on the Freerides is further rear than an alpine binding due to the bar). Since all three pairs that I have snapped have failed in the same way, I see this as a combination of poor construction and an upper weight limit of about 200 pounds for the 178 length (currently tipping the scales at 220 but I have been as low as 200).
I still have one final pair also mounted up AT but I plan on stripping the Freeride from that ski and selling it this summer when I but a new powder board and go Dynafit. What does that leave? Two of the "pairs" to my two non-warrantied breaks. Granted, they are two different top sheets but this was prior to the 8000 redesign so they are the same regarding construction. Time to remount the binding from the current broken ski to the former lonely unbroken mate... I had purposefully saved it figuring it was only a matter of time!
All three breaks were from the top sheet separating from the ski under foot exposing the core. I have had various degrees of separation but this past Sunday was the best with almost a full foot of the top sheet separating. Worst feeling in the world is hacking your way through a tight drainage in hard pack conditions and feeling your heel rise ever so slightly... then you look down at your boot and notice you do not have a loose buckle... that was the WRONG time for a ski to break but thankfully I hacked my way down and out.
Any ways, I am going to beat my mis-matched pair into the ground and have a final pair on backup duty for the inevitable once I switch up my AT setup. But I can not in good conscience continue to recommend this ski. I have spoken to several other people over the years with similar experiences that have noted "great ski, too bad it breaks so much". No idea if the new Sultan has changed construction or not but I will not be paying to find out when that time eventually comes.
:-?
(Loyal, though!!!)
