so far so f******g awsome

By Henry Ranked #14 - Big Mountain Freeride Skis January 12, 2009

179cm (only had one day on them)
first of thank you willie for suggesting this ski. i mounted them at the midsole line which is 7.5cm back from center and thank god i did. my first impression when i got on them was that the tip seemed short but after my first run i wasn't worried about it anymore. still for the 179cm i wouldn't go any further forward then the midsole line if you are going to be using them for all mountain riding as you definitely don't need the extra quickness. the conditions that i was in was 18in of fresh from 2 days ago that has been rained on for the past two days so the snow was either packed cement, chopped up cement, or straight up crud-oh and a few groomed runs. to give you an idea of how bad the snow conditions were the mountain has been closed for the past couple of days because of the rain and because the pass had been closed due to flooding. so all i can talk about is how they perform in far from ideal conditions. they absolutely destroyed everything but the really packed/wet snow in but were still manageable, just not much fun but why would it be? they are really quick edge to edge, just as good as my old PE's on groomers and i was able to carve up some nice rails along with really quick short turns. great stability in crud both foreward and switch (and this was crud at its worst), started to chatter a bit when i was straigh lining it but i didn't mind. also great stability off drops (bout 10-15ft) and jumps and the landing conditions were far from ideal. as you said willie i didn't notice the extra 20mm under foot from my PE's until i needed it, then it was very appreciated. also the slight rocker which is very new to me was fun... don't know exactly what it did but i'm sure it helped. bottom line: all mountain destroyer that is really fun in the worst conditions so i can't wait till the snow is even medioker.

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