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Thread: New BD Carbon Megawatts
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09-18-2013, 08:28 AM #1
New BD Carbon Megawatts
Anyone have any time on the new new Black Diamond Carbon Megawatts? Things are damn light for the size.
http://blackdiamondequipment.com/en/...g.html#start=1When life gives you haters, make haterade.
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09-18-2013, 01:34 PM #2
Wildsnow has a review up if you have missed that one!
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09-18-2013, 02:11 PM #3
2014 review
http://www.wildsnow.com/10025/carbon...t-review-2014/
Don't seem quite as good as the 2013, but lighter
2013 reviews
http://www.wildsnow.com/7923/black-d...tt-ski-review/
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So after 15 years we finally made it to Utah.....
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09-18-2013, 02:49 PM #4
Considering these or the new BD Converts for an everyday PNW touring setup. Currently have last year's 187 Hojis mounted with Dynafits, which are a great ski but a bit heavy on the uphill at 9.8 lbs per pair. 188 Carbon Megawatts are 8 lbs per pair, and 180 Converts are only 7.3 lbs. The Hoji is a fun ski, just not sure if it's worth the extra weight.
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09-18-2013, 03:39 PM #5
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09-18-2013, 06:27 PM #6Registered User
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I skied the 2014 production version of the Carbon Megas last season - got around 16 days on them in the backcountry and thought they skied GREAT. And this coming from touring on DPS Lotus 120's almost exclusively 70+ days a season for the past 3 years. If money was not a consideration I still prefer DPS, HOWEVER, this is the most comparable and competitive ski I have seen yet to a Lotus 120... I think BD finally made a really good ski for the weight... About time! I would not hesitate...
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09-18-2013, 08:03 PM #7
I got to ski em at the OR demo day last Jan (or was it feb?) at solitude....
Conditions sucked...pretty damn hard pack. This was one of my favorite skis of the day, despite conditions that the carbon mega clearly wasn't designed for. so light that I was able to swing them around and held edge just fine on hard...was actually fun. I've been eyeing them ever since...
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09-18-2013, 08:11 PM #8
they look nice.
good dims, sexy rocker profile.
but they're still a grand, ain't no poor man's DPS.In search of the elusive artic powder weasel ...
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09-18-2013, 08:19 PM #9
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09-18-2013, 09:23 PM #10
^^^ Were you guys on the 188 or 178s?
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09-18-2013, 10:28 PM #11
188s. I'm 5'11" about 170 for reference. Not sure I'd go lower...didn't feel like too much ski at all. Granted it was only demo runs on hard ass conditions but they were just so easy to swing around and make do what you want. The 1k price tag is scary though...
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09-19-2013, 12:08 AM #12Registered User
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178 w/mohair&speed radical. only one boot for the job.
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09-19-2013, 07:48 AM #13
^^ That's exactly what I'm thinking (except I have some OG speed's that are going on them and a pair of Dyna Evo boots)..
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09-19-2013, 08:48 AM #14Registered User
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^^^ that'll be a fun set up. I had a pair or lotus 120's in 178cm for a fast/light pow set up and loved it. Super versatile. Gotta say my 188's are super easy to ski tho. They're happy in wide open bowls and in tight threes.
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09-19-2013, 09:27 AM #15Registered User
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I think Evo could work in perfect snow but I don't think you'd get a whole lot of versatility out of the skis with those boots. I imagine frozen chunder in the choke above the superior butterfly, icy snowshoe tracks on the way out of whitepine, windboard, breakable substances, etc, applying a lot of torque to such a wide ski and causing the boots to fold violently.
Of course, you should give it a try...
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09-19-2013, 12:56 PM #16Registered User
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Originally Posted by sfotex
Dynafit Huascaran is 134-112-123 and 6.5# per pair on a 177cm.
As you said the BD is a lot of ski for the weight if the numbers are accurate..
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09-19-2013, 01:17 PM #17Registered User
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My 188cm weighed in at 8lbs even... Same as my 2012-2013 Lotus 120's in 184cm.
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09-19-2013, 03:21 PM #18
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09-25-2013, 01:36 PM #19
carbon megawatts, dynafit beasts, and vulcans. Think about that... 3 grand for a single setup.
I want to see lower prices as innovation.
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09-25-2013, 02:09 PM #20
That an interesting point but sort of an oxymoron. If you want something cheap then look back a few years at gear that was the most innovative but now the economies of scale have caught up and demand has dropped...ie price has dropped.
You cite three pieces of gear that are at the forefront of innovation right now...tough to have the best of all worlds. There are A LOT of R&D costs involved to make the lightest, most functional, toughest, etc piece of gear. Plus if it's completely new there is new tooling and production processes that have to be created, so on...
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And I was thinking Alien 1.0, Dynafit Low tech race and the Megawatt
900 SKI or a 1300 dpc PURE
1800 BOOT
800 for the binding
4000K with tax and shipping
bet the weight would be a hoot however.
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09-25-2013, 03:38 PM #22Hugh Conway Guest
There are no economies of scale in BC ski gear. they only spend "alot" on R&D relative to the tiny market (eg Black Diamond spent $5.5 million on R&D in 2012 on net sales of $175 million. that's nothing. SGA were >10x R&D) . the numbers involved are tiny by most scales.
Because of the tiny market, and consolidation, you'll likely never see innovation as lower prices. they don't actually want to grow the market.
edit: I hate fucking avantlinks
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09-25-2013, 04:35 PM #23
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09-25-2013, 05:48 PM #24
I have protests with Dynalook plates, onyxs and dabello viruses, seems to work pretty well
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09-26-2013, 08:49 PM #25
Still rockin the old blue MWs as a deep day ski. Impressed w the new BD construction (they finally killed the cap!). These may be a mid to post season target.
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