What he said. They're designed with a focus on skiing fast, not slow. Thus, float is not their strong suit (you get better float by going fast). Definitely the wrong ski for some people - they can be...

FWIW, I have a hybrid PM Gear Kusala, and a carbon PM Gear Kusala, both extra stiff, about 1.5lb/pair in weight difference. In the conditions I generally ski them in (powder), I'd be surprised if the...

The Renegades are showing 190 / 184 lengths and 196 / 186 lengths, depending on where you look. Anyone know which? A 190 Renegade at 2200g would be pretty sweet.

I think you misunderstood. I prefer 105-110 for inbounds chop and powder. I prefer even narrower for rough variable conditions - 90ish. For chop, I do notice a big difference between 105-110 and...

Chopped snow is different from rough variable imo. Totally agree with you - though I prefer narrower for inbounds most of the time. 110ish

Not sure why you'd want to ski the Renegade in rough snow anyway. Its friggin 122 underfoot. The width alone will toss you all over the place.

That'd be really cool. My super stiff (see: heavy) pure Kusalas are 9lbs. My similarly stiff hybrids are around 10.25lbs. I bet he could hit 8.5lbs in pures for what you're describing. Probably 9.5...

Why not go with PM Gear Kusalas? Touring version of the Renegade... (and skis even better in the stiff flex).

I can play!

Spatulas/Kusalas/Billygoats/Wrenegades/PowPlus/Head103/Down4/skinnyshit

I really wanted more support in the tail and tip. Mostly for stomping cliffs, but for funky wind/warmth affected snow, also.

I really like camber for that, but fell in love with the...

If you ever wanted a burlier Ren, get the PM Gear Kusalas in a stiff/xstiff layup. They're what I always wanted the Rens to be. Fucking awesome ski. Sorry to jump into this thread with another ski,...

With the smaller sweet spot, I think you'd want to be perfectly in it. 2.5x mount basically counts as 3x mount for resale value. Don't see the benefit of moving the heelpiece, aside from time. I'd...

That's more a testament to the downside of a reverse camber design. The stiffness of the Ren helps, but the fore-aft balance can be trickier due to a lack of fore-aft balance points (camber). On the...

Wonder if they should have used Flipcore™ technology, where the natural state of the core is reverse camber.