How are you guys getting on with the heavy wildcat that you spoke of with blister!!?
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How are you guys getting on with the heavy wildcat that you spoke of with blister!!?
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speaking of bases, my wildcats came with all these grooves on the base. See photo, note, there is wax on them, but the grooves are in the base. Is that normal? It makes a zzzzzz sounds on hardpack and groomers, not sure if it is slowing me down.
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How about a scraped, brushed and polished photo?
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I think I figured it out...from https://www.tognar.com/how-to-struct...nowboard-base/
Quote:
The structure imparted at most ski factories tends to be a medium-to-coarse pattern. While this may be appropriate for wet snows commonly encountered in the Sierras and Cascades of the far west, it sometimes proves too aggressive for colder Wasatch and Rocky Mountain snowpacks…where drier, smaller and sharper snow crystals can lodge within the recesses of these coarser structures. This can create greater drag and turning resistance...neither of which you’ll want on...especially on a race course.
All ski bases have structure. If they didn't, they'd never slide as well as they do.
Take a wet paper towel and slap it on your counter. Does it slide? Nope. Now place it over a couple pencils. And that's why skis have a base structure.
https://gnomes.co.nz/images/workshop...-structure.jpg
https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-w05a...e_wet_snow.jpg
https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-w05a...e_dry_snow.jpg
thanks, I guess this is the first ski I have had with coarse structure...or have not been paying attention.
Hmmm I ski super light pow in northern Colorado - does this mean I should get my incoming WCs ground immediately to impart different structure? Or just wax them more often to cover the structure?
PSA: decent-looking 187cm Meridian 117s for sale in Seattle for $200 (not my listing). Inserts for Pivots and Rad 2.0 for size 28.5-29.5 boots. Could be a nice deal for someone with big feet.
https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/s...056338648.html
Regardless, it's never a bad idea to wax (and detune) a new pair of skis to your liking. It certainly can't hurt, especially if they've been sitting in a wrapper for however many months.
It's personal preference - there's no other answer. This is in no way knocking Moment or any other brand... most come out pretty sharp because it's easier to just gummy the rocker zones than to re-sharpen them. If you tune and wax your own skis consistently you start to get a feel for it to some degree. And after several days that's going to happen anyway so why not just do it from the start?
First time poster here, looking at more info on the wildcats.
I am 5'5" 155 lbs advanced skier and ski mostly in Canadian rockies. Looking at getting either the wildcat 108 or tour version of them for 70/30(touring/inbounds) skiing. I have skied the PB&J before in a 172 cm which was great. Would the 174cm work for me?
Also I am assuming that the difference between the tour and nontour version is just the weight and dampness or does the flex pattern change as well?
Thanks for the help!
Any Canadians that have any experience in ordering from the moment site?
I know their default shipping method is Fedex, but as canadians we know how terrible fedex is for brokerage,duties and taxes. Did any of you get charged post purchase during delivery?
Agree w above. Have 100mm on WC 108 and it fits perfectly.