Black Diamond Ascension Nylon Custom STS Skins

If you want full coverage (better grip), you should go wider. The Rocker 2 is 144mm in the tip (I think). You should look for a 140mm skin. Check out the G3 Alpinists.

125mmx167-174cm. If they are out, take a look at the G3 Alpinist in a 130mm Medium.

You would probably be ok ordering something like the 125X185. That will get you go coverage all over and you can trim the sidecut.

For maximum traction I would get a skin that is greater than 135mm wide and then trim to the Tip, waist, and tail. I would actually go with http://www.backcountry.com/black-diamond-ascension-nylon-sts-skins in the 140mm and trim em' down. That is your best bet.

BD makes some kicker skins in 65mm which should fit your skis nicely.

http://www.backcountry.com/black-diamond-glidelite-mohair-mix-kicker-climbing-skin.html

You should get the 125x179-186.

Make sure you choose a skin wide enough for the S7 dimensions and order that. But, Backcountry does not cut the skins. Following the instructions you can get a good result - or a good shop will do it for about 15 bucks.

110 x 173-180cm.

Justin, For best grip size them just narrower than your tip dimension (139mm) and trim to fit. That would be the 125mmx167-174cm on these skins.
Enjoy!

If you want full coverage (best grip), get the 125mmx173-180cm.

125x179-186cm if your waist is truly 115cm

You are probably better off getting the 110x179-186s. With a fixed tip and tail you can't really make the 185-192 skins any shorter and they may be just a little too long.

If you are looking for full coverage, you want a few millimeters narrower than the shovel width of your skis (136mm) and then cover the length. Best bet would be the 125mm X 179-186cm. It looks like those are out of stock here. You could go narrower, but will sacrifice grip.
Hope this helps.

I went ahead and took a look at the packages in the warehouse and can confirm the custom skins do come with a trimming tool.

Personally I'd get a skin in 130mm width, and then trim it down, so that you have wall-to-wall skin coverage. As to quality, the Nylon STS skins will outlast your skis and your boots. That said, don't pay for the "custom" skins. For $20 more than the normal STS skins, they've saved you very little effort.

When sizing skins go off the widest dimension of your ski (the tip) and trim to fit. The 184 Mantra's, with a 133 tip width, your looking at the 125mm x 179-186 skin.

I have a pair of 120 width skins that i've used on hellbents a ton, with no complaints. you can tour in any ski, just easier on some, but if you only have one ski, then tour on it!
1) remember that you will want your edges hanging wider than the skin, or you will have a tough time on sunbaked ice slopes.
2) the skin just has to be as wide as say 5mm(maybe 10?) less than waist so 125 would work perfect for you.
3) dont worry about cutting slits or sewing your skins, that sounds pretty tough.... when you get the skins you will find out how much of a pain any cutting is, much less special slits.
4) 125mm is such a wide skin.. traction will not be an issue, only stamina
Again. you will want your edges showing, not covered by the skin so you can hold an edge on icy steep sideways slope.

The widest skins I've seen are 140mm. Black Diamond and Voile both have them, but I would check out climbingskinsdirect.com. They are cheaper, and have a 140mm skin as well. The P 130's aren't really designed as a touring ski. They're more for mechanized access. However, that isn't to say you don't have some options to make them work
One option I have found for wider skis, is to cut a slit down the center of the skin, so that there is a space in the center of the skin, but full contact to the edges. This has allowed me to use the same skins on a few pairs of differently shaped skis, and performed really well. Black Diamond makes 'split skins' like this, but they have a mesh material between them to hold the sides together, mostly for weight saving and ease when pulling them apart.
The splitting of your own narrower skins would probably be your best bet, as you will not get full coverage on your P 130's with a 140mm skin. If you have the right needles, awl, thread, and skills, I guess you could try sewing some skinny skins together, but that would likely be too much of a pain in the @$$. Hope that helps a bit. Good luck, and happy turns.

Get the 125mm x 192cm length. That way they are definitely long and wide enough. You will be trimming them to custom fit anyway, and the price is the same as the 125 x 186cm.

I have used it on the Scratch BC from 06. as for the size the 120mm works great. but with a 128mm tip you could go for more coverage with a 130mm skin if you are carrying a large pack.

Yes, the clip attachment will go over the twin tip. You should get your skins to about 5mm with in the width of the widest part of the ski and then trim them to size.

I would get the non-custom Nylon STS so that you can make them your own length, and not have to worry about what size you should get. And the 125 should probably give you enough coverage all over.

the justices have a rockered tip ... so you should be fine with the 179-186 length

what is the tip size of your skis? buy skins for the width of your skis. then cut, and repeat.

what is the tip size of your skis? buy skins for the width of your skis. then cut, and repeat.

Depends on the steepness of the mountains you want to climb. Normaly regular straight skins not wider than your ski at mid-sole (88mm for you) will work just fine.

The lenght shold approximately match your ski-size. They should not be longer because that will make it impossible to strap them on. And with 174cm skis you will have enough traction.

So these come already cut for specific widths and lengths... And because they are by BD, they mate best with BD skis.

I highly suggest just getting a pair of regular skins and cutting them yourself, it is a little intimidating at first, but there are very good tutorials online.

RandoSteve does one here: http://www.tetonat.com/2009/01/cutting-climbing-skin-video-tutorial/