Ok this winter is automatic vs squad, blah blah blah. I've been involved in the automatic hype, so should stay just quiet, but...
After two full days on the sideseth, cannot understand why they are an underdog. Autos are more fun in trees and on soft cream, but the sideseth is the prefect tool for a place like verbier. The tail gives a lot on confidence on anything steep, they're stupidly easy to turn, crud and tracked are easily managed, I've skied some icy spots today and they were ok. If verb had more tree skiing (and maybe the next winter this will be the case with the new bruson lift), then automatic would win, but right now the sideseth looks more tailored.
One year ago I saw at ispo the strange camber profile of the sideseth and thought it was a joke. I was very mistaken. Whoever made that profile, chapeau.
PS it might still be that the cochise is a better one ski quiver for a place like verb or maybe cham, but I was focusing on 12-13 skis.
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