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I have tried the SFB's on a groomer day and also a day with...
By Troy
Ranked #48 - Alpine Fat Skis
January 30, 2009
I have tried the SFB's on a groomer day and also a day with only 6" of leftover snow. Haven't had any deeper days to see how they shine. They are good on the groomers with that tight turning radius but on the other hand they defintely don't need a turning radius that tight for a powder ski. I ski a 177cm Mantra as my every day ski so far. Demo'd a 189 obsethed but after a couple hours it got too much for me, awesome fun but to much work in that length after a few hours. Wish I would have tried the 179cm instead. I'm 6'1" and 180lbs. Love to rip soft bumps, and trees till I'm dead. My mantra's rip bumps great, the bacon's of course were pretty fat and I also found myself going over the tips on the SFB's flying fast thru crud. How quick does anybody think the 179cm obsethed's will be vs the SFB's in nice fresh snow bumps. Did anybody feel the Bacon's have too much sidecut in the DEEP stuff vs the Obsethed's? Stability in busted up snow between the two? Any over the tip feelings?
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By willie2272186
Ranked #3 - Alpine Fat Skis
January 30, 2009
I think you kind of missed the point of the design of the bacon, It is ment to ride like a snowboard or surfboard in powder with that quick turning radius and snappiness, it is ment to be fun playful, toss it around ski, not a charging big mountain ski. At your size you are getting at the max size for them unless you mount them -2 or 3 from rec. The recomended mounting point is farther foreward then you would see on a typical powder ski. If you mount at rec or foreward you do have to lean back a little or they tend to dive some, maybe because of the early taper. The obseth will do better in crud because of the slight rocker to them and you can charge a little harder with them but overall IMHO i think the bacon is a funner ski.
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