Black Diamond Link series skis - any reviews?

[dwaller]

I recently broke one of my BD aspect skis, and am considering the BD link 90 or 95 as a replacement. I've read a couple of reviews on them, but was curious if anyone had any experience with them. Thanks for any info if you have it.

[Ocean]

I own the Black Diamond Revert, which I believe is what the Link 95 was called when it was manufactured in China (before BD shifted production to Europe).

Construction wise they are soft, laterally stiff and have a nicely reinforced binding mount area. Because they are soft and have tip rocker they make tighter turns than the 21m turn radius would suggest. I'm 175cm, 62kg and tour on the 172cm version. They're great for me, but a heavier / better / more aggresive skier would probably find the to be a noodle.

[Peruvian]

Anyone else have insight into these? I'm comparing them to the Voile Vector.

They have very similar dimensions with tip/tail rocker and underfoot camber. The Vectors are hard to find, but strangely the Link 95s seem to be cheaper.



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