UNFORTUNATE CONDITIONS

By James McCalvy Ranked #30 - Alpine Fat Skis January 19, 2009

Well for starters I skied this ski in the 188 length with a pair of Fritsche bindings, I'am 6'2" and 185ish. I thought it was a pretty light set up considering the size of the skis and was excited to go and take them out for the weekend here in utah! Unfortunatley it hadn't snowed for about 3-4 days and everything was tracked out in bounds and fairly dense by the time I got my turns, so my first run was throught the half pipe to meet up with my cuz and the skis were actually pretty good(mind you I can catch air in the pipe and that's about it). Found lots of chalky snow around wich is fun to ski but not powder. I thought the skis were pretty nimble for the size and handled these conditions great and had no problems blowing down the late left overs. I was able to poke around in some of the side country and find a little powder and thought that the few turns that I had were pretty darn good but not enough powder to come to a good conclusion. However, these skis are great for stomping landings, nothing huge due to the conditions but all the little stuff was great. So after a pretty good new years day I took them to idaho for the weekend hoping that maybe idaho had some new snow. They did not, and neither did Bogus Basin. Lots of really firm snow and ice. So I took'em out anyway, they are alright on the firm groomers but not ideal, that and I thought they could have maybe been mounted more forward by like a cm or so. I felt that I had to lean too far forword to carve well. Not wanting to stay on the groomers I headed off exploring and found some good soft left overs that I thought the skis handled great in, plowing right through without a second thought, just point'em and go! I also found area with an eighth inch zipper crust on it that didn't seem to affect the skis cause I went back and skied it again and thought it was pretty fun. The ice that I did ecounter off the beaten path was unpleasant however. The skis didn't seem to want to grab in the tight spots, I would definetly avoid the steep icy terrain with these.
So the bottom line in my humble opinion: These skis are great if it's not firm and icy, nimble in the trees I thought and everywhere else. Bumps were managable and I had fun. If I had to give these skis a grade in the conditions that I had, I would give them a good solid B+. AND I want to take them out in the conditions they're built for ASAP - let it snow!

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