POLL: Protest mount point
So that Protest thread had a bunch of differing opinions on where to ideally mount Protests. Not wanting to go through the whole thing and tabulate, here's a poll, to get a consensus.
Please cite reasons for your preference (e.g. better in the deep stuff, if compromising the run back to the lift, etc.).
POLL: Protest mount point
I’ve owned two pairs of 192s. First pair Enduro, Carbon, 3.5 flex. Mounted on the line. Liked them but felt some dive.
Second pair 188s. Had demo bindings on them. Preferred -1.5 to -2.
Sold the 188s, now on 192s, Enduro, Veneer, 3 flex. Mounted -1.5. Definitely prefer further back.
I’m 5’9 190lbs. Ski centered to moderately forward
If you’re looking for a ski to drive the tips the protest is not the ski for you. I can pressure the tips on my Lhasa Fats considerably more (as much as I want) than the Protest. Protest is designed to ski with a balanced, center stance because all the surface area and float is underfoot, not at the tip. Basic physics, pressure the low surface area tip enough and it will dive. Had a horrible time one day this year on the 188s in low angle, super wet pow (2 feet). Others may disagree but I think the protests really excel in light blower pow, and more pin tailed/fat tipped skis like the Lhasa do better in heavy wet cement (12+ inches)
I clicked much more with my Protests when I started to ski “in the snow”, loading my weight underfoot in the middle of turns and kind of using the ski to spring out into the next turn, rather than skimming on top of it. Still lots of float, but to me the style is more similar to skiing a skinny ski in light snow than a mega fat tipped ski pontooning on top.