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Willie, I'm bummed that I haven't had any powder days...
By Troy
Ranked #45 - Alpine Fat Skis
January 30, 2009
Willie, I'm bummed that I haven't had any powder days up here to really see the playful deep snow ability of them. After skiing Mantra's all the time its hard to get that aggressive hard charging out of me, plus the quickness in the bumps of a lil narrower ski without a wide tail. I remember trying a prophet 100 last year on a deep day and thought it was great but way to turny for a powder ski. Very quick but a little annoying feeling that tail just want to keep turning. Just curious if the bacon has that same feeling in the deep? I mounted the SFB on the midsole mark. The SFB are a light, zippy, energetic ski as far as I could tell in the conditions i've had them in. Just curious if the obsethed's in a 179 have that energetic light feel as well? Would I get the same over the tips feeling on the 179 obsethed with rocker or is a toss up because the SFB's are so much wider?
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By willie2272186
Ranked #3 - Alpine Fat Skis
January 30, 2009
Yes they do, imo not as much as the bacons, If you want a less turney powder ski how about the 4frnt ehp or vct. the obseth's are fun all over the mountain and if you loved the 189's you will also love the 179's they ski the same you just won't have to work as hard with them, they are longer then the bacon's because k2's twins all run about 5cm longer then they say, so that might help with the float as well. Both ski's are fun but i think the bacon's are more energetic. This has been a odd winter so far in the sierras also , it dumps 3-4ft. and then gets real warm for 1 or 2weeks and then dumps again and gets warm again, very odd. oh well at least their is snow.
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