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Ha, definitely no hard feelings. And as I noted in the review, I spent several days at Snowbird on these, doing high speed laps on the Cirque. Those bumps.

And again, I've flexed a number of these...

I've actually got the Punishers with me here at Alta, but Garrett skied them in the Snowbird comp (where he qualified for the FWT next year on them) but did some significant damage to one of the...

You say you've skied every type of condition, but you don't say anything about hardpack bumps. At speed.

If you're not trying to rage off Alta's High T or Snowbird's Cirque in firm, bumped up...

Just to try to clarify this question re: the 191 (and I apologize for the lack of clarity) Dr. Evil is reading it exactly the way Will intended. Will and I both LOVE the 191 Katana, and Will's point...

WTF?

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Still in shock that Moment is changing up the Bibby Pro.

The New Bibby is 120 underfoot. Will need to go flex it again, because I was mostly in disbelief that they'd really switched up this ski....

OP, you're getting some good feedback in this thread. I wrote the 1st Blister review on the Cochise. It is a more stable charger than the Sickle. The Sickle is stable - for a playful jib ski. Jason...

Here's Will Brown's new review - on a well-tuned RPC.

I'll post my own review later this week.


http://www.blistergearreview.com/gear-reviews/2012-2013-dps-wailer-112rpc-2

Unfortunately, not really. I only skied the 196 Bodacious in Japan, and that length difference stood out more than the performance differences from the Squad in deep chop. Hoping to ski the 186...

Just to confirm you're suspicions, for what you're describing, the Squad is still the better option than the 193 Automatic. Glad you found the right fit.

I care, so thanks. And the only reason I care about a couple of millimeters is that it shows this ski is less pintail-y than advertised. Obviously, not all pintails are created equal, and as I talk...

Had them in Alta for a couple days, have them in Taos now. Update...early next week.

Definitely a different ski than the fiascos we had in LL.

(Sigh)

Actually, the "190" Squad is much more similar to the 190 Bibby than it is to the 186 Automatic.

I like all 3 skis a lot, but the 186 Automatic is certainly the quickest of the bunch, the Bibby...

Nice review, TTF, and good to see some feedback on this ski. I'd like to check it out. Really sorry to hear about the leg. Hope you heal up quick and well.

Belafonte vs. Cochise:

http://blistergearreview.com/gear-reviews/3rd-look-moment-belafonte-182cm

Figured I'd better go back and read my review, see if I needed to clarify anything.

Long and short, I'll stand by everything I wrote. The whole point of my review was - after discusssing pow...

Thanks. And lest anybody mistakenly lumps Blister in with the other review outlets, we don't ask for or accept any money from the companies we review. One of the reasons that our stuff doesn't read...

Stockli was supposed to send us several skis to review this past winter (including the Stormrider 95 and the 110)...said we were to be receiving them any day...and they never arrived.

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So we...

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Zero chance that alTAos would be into the 108, and the 108 isn't nearly as stiff as the Belafonte. The Cham 107 is a ski that alTAos has already ruled out, I believe, but that's a really interesting...

Truest thing ever posted to TGR.

I just posted this editor's note to our RPC review:


[Editor's Note: Unfortunately, we have to place a significant caveat on our initial review of the RPC. Upon returning from South America, we...

...and Jason's review is now up. Like I said, he spent less time than I did getting them dialed-to-taste.

http://blistergearreview.com/gear-reviews/2012-2013-praxis-mvp-part-two

Starting this mostly so that glademaster will stop IB-ing the hell out of the Guardian thread. :)

Since I was screwing with the tune for most of the time I was on these (typical razor-sharp...

Glademaster: if I was able to spend less of my time life coaching alTAos, that review would have been done long ago. I'm actually supposed to be writing it right now, but you know, between the life...

Alright, Tahoe J, you and anotherskier are co-winners of the NON-IB award for this thread. Sure, his scale may not be reliable, but yours is...fushcia or something. So it's a tie.


(Thanks for...

Given the admitted questionable nature of those kitchen scales, we'd need to know the exact scale model and see pics of the scales before sending out a certificate. But for now, you are the current...

Fanboys? Maybe people have personal experience with the Dukes, and didn't dig them. Or ski with peoeple who didn't dig them. Or maybe they have read countless threads with the well documented issues...

You can ask, but I can't say. MFD vs. Guardian / Tracker will have to wait till it starts snowing around here. Or I move to Dubai and start skinning the SnowDome.

God I hate that I can't say more about the riser thing. Total fluke? Just my pair? All I can say is that the downhill performance was so good, I wouldn't care at all about the riser if I tended to...

I assume so. And the best part is, "Doc" from Back to the Future works out at my gym, and I see him all the time. (True story.) So I'll just tell him we've got an important mission and we need him to...

Since we're between seasons in the northern and southern hemisphere, I'm thinking of heading to Mars in a few days to ski the southern polar caps. (Mars only has 1/3 of the gravitational force of...

Sure. PM sent.

^^^^ Anti-banter? I once wrote about the history of the peanut butter and jelly sandwich in a ski review; I practically invented irrelevant banter! [/channeling Al Gore]

And we just need a few...

Unfortunately, we received the bindings already mounted to the skis, and didn't think it would be worth ripping them off to get a weight. But it means that we don't have actual weights of either the...

Duh. Jong.

The Guardian / Tracker now officially has the highest concentration of irrelevant banter of any AT binding in history. Mention the word, and IB ensues. I should probably update my review to reflect...

Absolutely perfect post.

Since we currently have several hundred threads on these bindings, but most have necessarily been conjectural / speculative, I figured it might be good to start a new thread that is specific to real...

Here you go. Individual rocker shots of each ski can also be found on on blister.

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Rocker Profile pics are now up:

http://blistergearreview.com/gear-reviews/2012-2013-dps-wailer-112rpc/4

Thanks. And I ultimately kept mine mounted on the factory recommended line. If I was going to be skiing a lot of tight trees on these, I would have kept them at +1, but I was very happy with them at...

For what it's worth, I have specifically been told by Atomic that the 193 is not disproportionately stiffer....

As I say in my review, I've only skied the 186, not the 193. But I had asked Atomic specifically about the flex differences of the 186 and the 193, to see whether Atomic was doing something like...

Our pair came drilled with Tracker 16 plates, so I can't give an exact flat weight. But when we get back, I'll weigh the ski, work off of published weights for the Tracker 16, and at least get close.

That reviewer was me, BamBam, so you know my take. So I'll let others weigh in.

From untracked pow to incredibly tricky snow, I've become a big fan of the Automatic here in Las Leñas. They are definitely softer than my go-to, 190 Bibby Pros, but they are fun as hell.

Here's...

Definitely different. Think Rossi Super 7 & Rossi S7. The Helldorado has additional metal than the Patron. But I didn't find the Helldorado to have a higher speed limit than the Patron, mostly just...

At your height and weight, and for what you're looking for, I'd say that the 193 Automatic is a no brainer.

Here's my review:
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Hi, guys - heading back out the door, but just a couple of quick things.

* I'll have a review of the Atomic Automatic up tomorrow. Unfortunately, I've yet to ski the Sidestash, so no comparisons...