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[JSHSKI]

My TigerSharks have a fixed tail

Mine are the year before the power-switch was added. Most reviews I read said that most skiers decide which setting they like and never change it. So for me the much cheaper version without a switch is fine. I brought them to Alta last February and even in lots of powder they worked great. Sure a pair of great wide Clown Skis would have been awesome, but I'm of the dance-with-the one-you-brought school of gear. I don't have the means to outfit my ski and bike habits properly with specific to the conditions gear. XC Bike on everything, Tiger sharks from powder to glades to corduroy.
Off topic, but went to Highland, did Find-your-ride, rode a GT Ruckus 7 there. What a hoot! 7" front and rear means point downhill and hold on. Gobbled up everything like magic. Way more bike and "features" than I could handle. Highland is like a powder day but you wear shorts!

 

[thetrailboss]

Mine are the year before the power-switch was added. Most reviews I read said that most skiers decide which setting they like and never change it. So for me the much cheaper version without a switch is fine. I brought them to Alta last February and even in lots of powder they worked great. Sure a pair of great wide Clown Skis would have been awesome, but I'm of the dance-with-the one-you-brought school of gear. I don't have the means to outfit my ski and bike habits properly with specific to the conditions gear. XC Bike on everything, Tiger sharks from powder to glades to corduroy.
Off topic, but went to Highland, did Find-your-ride, rode a GT Ruckus 7 there. What a hoot! 7" front and rear means point downhill and hold on. Gobbled up everything like magic. Way more bike and "features" than I could handle. Highland is like a powder day but you wear shorts!

Nice. I'm surprised that Alta had them. FWIW I love mine with the PS and I do switch it. I usually start on the highest tension when I am hitting the groomers first thing and then shift down as the day goes on and things get bumpier. The rebound energy is amazing.

 

[JSHSKI]

I brought um with me

Nice. I'm surprised that Alta had them. FWIW I love mine with the PS and I do switch it. I usually start on the highest tension when I am hitting the groomers first thing and then shift down as the day goes on and things get bumpier. The rebound energy is amazing.

Alta was actually out of powder skis for me to rent. I decided to use mine from home to see how it would be. It was fine. I might have done better on twin tips with a 120mm waist, but it felt good to know I could figure it out on my skis.
I'm not against application specific products like freeride bikes or powder skis, but there is something to be said for using different skills with the same equipment under different conditions like we had to do in the old days. I remember powder sking on 207cm KVC Comps at Wildcat back in the day. They worked. I also did lift serviced Mtn. Biking at Killington and others on a rigid bike (Damn water bars!) I lived, but almost killed my bike.
Back to the Volkl's, It's good to know the technology works and you benefit from it. Fun forum here. Thanks, Joe

 

[thetrailboss]

Alta was actually out of powder skis for me to rent. I decided to use mine from home to see how it would be. It was fine. I might have done better on twin tips with a 120mm waist, but it felt good to know I could figure it out on my skis.
I'm not against application specific products like freeride bikes or powder skis, but there is something to be said for using different skills with the same equipment under different conditions like we had to do in the old days. I remember powder sking on 207cm KVC Comps at Wildcat back in the day. They worked. I also did lift serviced Mtn. Biking at Killington and others on a rigid bike (Damn water bars!) I lived, but almost killed my bike.
Back to the Volkl's, It's good to know the technology works and you benefit from it. Fun forum here. Thanks, Joe

Welcome to the boards and stick around.

 

[thetrailboss]

Bump. Still Austrian. 5 out of the last 6 skis I have purchased have been Head. The odd set were Volkls which are German.

Since I started this thread seven years ago, there have been LOTS of new indy brands that have emerged. Lots in the USA.

 

[pcampbell]

My boots are Italian (Dynafit... thought that was german!) Bindings - German (Dynafit) Skis are Rossignol made in Ukraine. Next will be USA (Voile) I think or perhaps Dynastar (France).

 

[wa-loaf]

German, Austrian, and French these days.

 

[Hawkshot99]

French, German, Austrian and Italian boots.

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[thetrailboss]

Italian boots (Dalbello)

 

[snoseek]

With the exception of a very short lived pair of rossi phantom 88's (despised them, shitty build) I've been skiing on American made product for close to a decade now. It probably makes no difference but I like the idea of skis designed and manufactured by skiers and I also am not a fan of paying for elaborate marketing campaigns to sell fake technology that more often than not just adds weight to the ski. I'm retiring my MSp's this year with over 200 days on them, they are tired but still skiing well. I got less than ten before my rossis started their delam.

 

[mishka]

US made.... Best part ski factory about 15 feet from my house

 

[darent]

my observation is that Austrian and German skis, in general, are stiffer in the tail, French skis seem to have more tail, not as stiff as Austrian but they seem to set the binding more forward.All said I like a more even flex ski, I own K2, Elan and even have a pair of Bushwacker Blizzards that I like. maybe I am International or non denominational.

 

[buellski]

Austrian (Blizzard)

 

[steamboat1]

French (Dynastar) both my everyday riders & rock ski's.

 

[marcski]

French (Dynastar) both my everyday riders & rock ski's.

My Dynastars, which are a '12 model that I just picked up brand new in plastic, were made in Spain.

 

[steamboat1]

LOL, you made me go look at my ski's. Both sets say made in France on the ski.

 

[dlague]

I have Rossi's so probably France or Spain!

 

[Cannonball]

American: Never Summer
Canadian: Prior
Dynastar: French
K2: ? American company. But made in?

 

[thetrailboss]

K2's are now Chinese.

 

[ERJ-145CA]

I guess it's Austrian for me, i have two pairs of Fischer.