What about using a Marker Jester/Griffon Demo heelpiece with the Cast Pivot toe? The "new" version (not sure there is a Jester option though...) is a tool-less quick detach solution. Ofcourse noone...

With that short description, there are literally hundreds of skis that can fit. Groomer only? Touring? Off pist ambitions? Ski character preferences? It´s just impossible to say. I would suggest...

Powder Extra please.

Sun heats up the topsheet since the black colour absorbs heat. That heat melts the snow while the surroundings cools it down again = ice and snow stick to the skis. Seriously annoying on some days...

I find the Pescado to be impressively versatile for its size. I bought it as a powder specific ski, but it have gotten way more use than just powder days. As long as it is somewhat soft, they are...

Great to see a reverse camber option. Rare this days when everyone think they need camber.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1026860124353554

Something for the speed skiers

1 day or older snow and -1 to -10 degrees are conditions that you can ski without wax for a month and you will not feel that you are slow if you just have a somewhat normal structure in the base.
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That ski with shallow revers camber is a for sure a dream ski. But in Euroland, everything US made is pretty much impossible to buy since it is so insanely expensive at the moment. 10 years ago US...

I tested the new Outline this weekend. EP for sure put a lot of Pescado design elements into that ski, especially in the front half. I own a pair of Pescados and I really like them. I change skis...

I changed my toe pieces out yesterday from the old version to the new one. I just thought to share some shots of the change. The toe stopper pad have beed widened and reduced in thickness so it now...

One of the advantages with the Shift is that it is made out of forged/molded carbon and therefore is better than metal bindings in terms of ice buildup. The Duke PT, on the other hand, have some...

What annoys me with the Shift are all the small issues that could have been so easily fixed if they just came out with a generation 2. Shift is impressive in terms of the overall engineering of the...

Another option is the Ogso Diable 100. Most rocker I have ever seen in the 105mm range. I haven´t tried it myself, but I tried the bigger brother Spencer 110 for a day last week and like it a lot....

Most likely it´s a AFD settings issue. Take your ski indoors and put your boot in the binding (without you in it...). Then stand on the ski and really pull on the toe of the boot and see if you find...

In frozen conditions only or also indoors with a dry and warm ski?

Some seems to not realize that "retention like an alpine bindning" means just that. Within the expression "alpine bindning" there are both good and bad options. We have been discussing different...

I am extremely sensitive to boot bed ramp angle changes, but I adapt easy to different forward lean settings. If the ramp angle is too flat, I find it hard to get a good flow in short turns...

I have tried some different tactics. The one that I found to work the best is close to how Cody says, but not exactly the same:

1. Understand that you are not dealing with a stepless smooth...

Nice to finally see a finished product!
Is it really an adjustable brake width? I wonder how that works. For use with inserts for different skis that would be extremely useful.

Apart from that,...

It's the base bevel angle almost for sure. The wrong side bevel is noticable but not that dramatic. And a ski can be razor sharp without feeling strange if the tuning angles are right. There's no...

With only three screws in the front, where one is in the ski center, for sure the only screw pair will take a lot of load. But if a binding pulls out, it´s normally not a problem with the binding but...

I am not used to testing boots so I really don´t know. I have tested hundreds of skis during the years, but maybe just about 15 pair of boots in all years. Not sure if I am guessing wrong, so far I...

I just had a weekend in the ZeroG Tour Pros. I normally have 26,5 boots and have the same in the ZGTP. Lengthwise I find them normal. The volume of the shell is, as said above, rather low, especially...

I fiddled some with the afd height adjustment yesterday after not understanding why it seems to loose tension and develop some slop at first, but then stop and stay there at "almost good, but still a...

I lost my Thermic charger and noticed that a new separate charger was about $80. That annoyed me enough to search for an option. I bought 2 sets of a cheaper model for $20 and took out the elements...

I´ve been using the Tecton for a season now without any problems, but I have thought about a possible situation: If you release from the heel, but you do not fall forward enough to make the toe...

The first true quiver pic of the thread :)
If you cut that bow in the half, you can get two skinny Rax skis.

On the serious side, you really need to lower that brace height some. That recurve...

The good old solution is to cover the front of the toe overlap with duct tape.

http://www.skierpage.com/blog/2010/04/skiing-elite-feet-perfecting-boots.html

I will do the same. If I put enough force to make the toe release when it´s set at 10, I probably want the ski to leave my boot. I did some testing, and even on an hard slope, I need to put some...

I still have the Guardian release in fresh memory so I take the "tested for years of Salomon pro team" statement with a huge grain of salt. In the case of the Guardian, they said a group of skiers of...

I have been looking around for a clear statement to however you can use the Beast (14 in my case) without the power insert, but I can´t find any good answer to that. I know you shouldn´t and it´s not...

I´ve been working closely with a small ski manufacturer in Sweden this year to develop a freeride ski together with three skiing friends and the swedish counterpar of the TGR Forum, freeride.se, and...

Wooh, you got some balls, man. I would never do anything huge whatsoever with that binding... They were pretty muched screwed when they left the factory. Instead of trying to repair it, try to remove...

I´ve tried some Majesty Superiors. Even if it´s not the Local Hero, you might atleast get some comments about the brand. I wrote a ski test earlier this where the Superiors were included. It´s in...

Do a full tuning to get the bases flat and apply a good structure. Structure is what makes the biggest difference on bases, not wax, as long as the bases aren´t fully dried out maybe. It doesnt...

Well, if you read again, I say that if you are a total beginner on skis, you should start with ((77,5kg)/10)-2, giving you a DIN of 5,75. That is not that far from 5 and I would say that you have to...

Ah, its not that wrong. It works basically every time for someone that is even close to being normally built. I´ve never seen any charts being used around here, by any skiers or by any shops since I...

Well, simple questions, but still things that is good to know if you are a beginner, so here you go:

1.
To low DIN=prerelease problems, especially at high speed and in rough conditions.
To...

The best I´ve tried to remove bad smell from other shoes/sport shoes/cross country boots is to pour down half a liter of pure etanol in each shoe and shake it around for a bit of time. Then just...

A lot of skiers thinks that full rocker kills rebound completely, but I dont agree. I think that myth is created from the fact that most skis that had full rocker in the first rocker years are skis...

I have the same question as you Veriber61. Even if the 190 is quite easy to ski, they would have gain more popularity if the CD2 was made a bit shorter than 190. Since they have the CD3 as the...

Nice review, even with the german part in the middle :) Since I speak a bit of german, it was no problem for me, but you might consider to translate that part also, if you want the americans to...

Hehe, did I get this right? You are going to choose your boots based on what sole lengths the mounting on a recently bought Solly XScreams can take? Haha, true comedy.

REVIEW, cont (cause of forum rule of maximum 10000 letters)



The ski reacts to input just as want in deeper snow. It feels quick and alert when I want it to be, and stay parallell and wait for...

REVIEW OF CD2 from DOWN SKIS (translation of previosly linked swedish review)

I have skied the CD2 from Down a couple of weeks last spring and a couple of days of this season now as the winter is...

First I have to ask a language related question: Lateral stability means stability sideways, right? If not, I fucked up there. English is not my first language...

The forward flex is totally...

I just thought I finished a two year long search for new boots the other day when I arrived home with a all new pair of Ross WC 130, that is the orange version of the Lange RS 130, but after testing...

I always use normal printer paper for the toe height.

I second that. The 09:s I had were soft and had almost no camber. The blue ones later had a lot more camber and were slightly stiffer, even if it isnt a huge difference. Still a pretty soft ski. I...