hmm i guess rossignol decided to not fix the sidecut issues. that to bad that they still haven't realized the sidecut is a problem. (in the tail)

Just stomp your landings on these boys and your all good, you should never be in the backseat anyway!

next year its 178 s7 for me unless i grow and then i'll get the 188 super s7.

i think rossignol designed the ski to put you in the backseat a little bit. But yes a wider tail would be better for backseat landings and would allow you to ride switch. a fatter tail would be better for a big mountain ski. it would be better for drops and be more stable. if rossignol widened the tail they'd have the ultimate big mountain ski. i understand what rossignol was thinking when they created the tail but i much prefer to have my tips and tails on top of the snow when shredding pow. if they widened the tail the super s7 would the the best free ride ski ever

A wider tail would make it ski more like a JJ/Bent Chet/etc. The deliberate pin-tail of the Super7 and its variants is for a couple of reasons. First and foremost it makes the ski very nimble for it's size. You can easily go full throttle anywhere (and hit the brakes when needed!) but also bounce around in really tight trees without eating any of them. But the secret sauce is that a large amount of taper towards the tails makes the S7 family very Everyman friendly. I see out-of-towners every day at Snowbird on S7 demos laughing and firing around the whole mountain, having a blast. So yes, a wider tail would cater very well to freestyle oriented experts and help save the day if/when you land backseat going big. But I think the S7 family is more supposed to reward directional big mountain skiers as well as get more peeps going on more of the mountain...for better or worse. Think Pontoon with more sturdiness and versatility, and less JJ/Bent Chet clone and you've got the S/Super7. Have fun!

yah i think rossingol thinks making it stiffer solves the sidecut problems. i think they should make the sidecut either widen the tail to 137 or narrow the tip and widen the ski to 145-127-140

Very wierd that this came out like this. One week ago out at Jackson Hole, Wyoming I saw one of the Pro's S7's ski. Same design. Although I was looking at the deminsions and it was 146-120-130. Very wierd. Also the taper was brought down.