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Salomon Lords : 1 ski quivver?

Salomon Lord Ski

Salomon Lord Ski

Rating for this product: 4 March 10, 2009

bought a pair of these thinking that they would suit my 50/50 on/off piste routine. it all started with a pair of ATOMIC NOMADS (blackeyes) i'd tested and which blew me away: on or off, they handles the powder and cut up ice with short, sharp turns... but the graphics, holyshit. they're shoot-me-the-head ugly. i'd like to think of myself as being above being vain about a pair of skis but a test day is one thing. Looking down at those things strapped to your feet for the next three years is another. after much contemplation, i just couldn't do it.

so in every review for mid-fats, the LORDS trumped the NOMADS, not to mention the spanky graphics, so i went for the LORDS (without testing) expecting a bit of the same...

... well it's not. not even close. don't let any one tell you they're good on an icy groomer coz they're not. full-stop. punkt. they're superb offroad but on road, you'll just needs something else. hence a $100 pair of rock-hoppers off ebay for days when there's no powder.

i love the LORDS but when i'm honest, the NOMADS would have done everything just as well even off-piste. i don't doubt that the LORDS float powder better but it's absolutely nothing that a bit of technique wouldn't fix. and if you know you'll have a two-ski quivver, then get something even more extreme for back country.

ps: somewhere in my reptilian-cortex, i still believe that while queuing for the lift, or standing in the car-park, i do look like a better skier (what an idiot...;)

tc

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