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Heritage Lab R99 Comp review
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ZomblibulaX
I haven't been through all 40+ pages of the Heritage Labs thread to find out, but can we get a direct flex comparison for the 188 R99 Comp? "Stiff" and "very stiff" only put it in a ball park, and I need ca. 2010 historical data because I'm old now. Are we talking B Squad or Titan Pro?
They're noticeably stiffer than the 184 OG LP that have an unknown number of days since new and also stiffer than the 192 LPR. In the hand, they feel as heavy as the LPR. These are going to rip.
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I just got notice that the bindings were delivered today. The plan is to get them drilled and on the snow tomorrow.
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Heritage Lab R99 Comp review
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I feel like a kid on Christmas morning.
Quick review: no surprises. Damp, stable, strong. Easy to ski fast. Able to ski slow (am I skiing slow?)
I did a quick detune of the tips and tails last night when I mounted but I think I’ll go a little further on the tails before heading too far into the chunder and try to get some more wax in the bases. They were a little grabby down low in the refrozen granular.
Overall, I’m not sure I’ve ever skied on a pair of skis that were of such high quality. Thanks to Marshal for the effort and time that’s gone into this project.
Heritage Lab R99 Comp review
Spent last Sunday and Monday on the R99 in some very mixed conditions ranging from firm to knee deep pow.
My impressions:
Sunday, second half of the day at Schweitzer on them, well Kopi_Reds pair.
I went to a pretty serious detune on mine behind the bindings. 4 swipes with a red gummy entire length then smoothed the edge 6” up from tail. They release much better now and still lay RR tracks in the firm.
Conditions: 4-5’ wind packed pow, chopped pow, firm groomers, cut up groomers, mid shin chunder, mix of firm and soft bumps with excellent visibility.
Whooo boy! They smooth everything out. Press the tips and get sum. In deeper heavy chop at speed they want that 24m radius which feels so good. I was also able to bend the ski into smaller turns as needed. So damp and composed.
Bumps are no big deal now with the detune, snake through or smash them, your choice.
Boot top wind pow or chopped pow was laughable, just stand on them and freakin send it. So gratifying. The tip on these is rather genius as they never went to the bottom, hung up, hooked or got hingey. So planted and trustworthy.
Monday at Silver back on my pair with no crowds and pow ranging from boot top to knee deep. Granted I would normally bring other skis for this but I wanted to ski them in these conditions to see how they did. Boy did they surprise me, in a very good way.
The tips will bring you towards the surface when unweighted between turns and never send you to the bottom. You are definitely in the snow but not on bottom. They do plane up but want to carve pow instead of surf, understandably. They love tip pressure here and will punish you for bad form or trying to steer from the mid foot or god forbid the tail. I’m totally fine with that as I like to drive skis but when skis like the centered type stance I can go there as well.
Skied some steep firm chalk in the trees, make any turn you want, slide them then point it to a comfy ride out the bottom at speed.
I now see myself skiing this ski for a lot of the days that we get less than 6” or it is going to get chopped up quickly.
The ski does nothing you don’t tell it to and craves rider input. They will get loose easily with the detune, they are sharp af out of the wrapper. Damp, not overly so, composed, charge or don’t it’s cool, they looove to charge tho. I tried to find a fault but really can’t. For what they are designed for they absolutely kill it.
I’m in complete love with this ski and cannot wait to step into them again.
This ski is the perfect blend of the Monster 98/108, Legend Pro rider but with a better flex profile, tip splay and slight tail splay.
Bravo Marshal, bravo!
Edit to add that these skis will ski slower more moderate speeds happily and easily. They don’t need to go mach schnell all the time, though they will comply and reward it.
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