The Quiver Pic Rerun Thread

[Skiwald]

quiver went through some major updating and consolidation for this season. currently on the hunt to add one more - 105-115mm ish resort daily driver. current lineup is:

ARG II UL 187, ATK Haute Route 10 w/ freeride spacer
ARG II UL 187, Pivot 15
Ghost Train 186, Pivot 18
DWT104 184, Voyager 12

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That’s a pretty sweet soft snow collection! Curious your thoughts on the light tech clamps on the ARG. I was thinking to do something similar with some noctas. Looks like all you need is something for when it’s not waist deep at the resort.


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[Velomayniac]

Wow that's perty. Can't wait to ski my ARG IIs this season.

[CHAIR_97]

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Spent some time in the shop this morning getting the quiver ready to roll.

Resort
189 4FRNT Turbo- rock skis, on the brink of retirement
175 Volant Machete- Groomer Zoomer
191 Volkl Mantra
183 J Skis Metal
185 Blizzard OG Cochise
186 Blizzard OG Bodacious (the best ski ever)
187? Praxis Protest

Touring
188 Armada Tracer 108 w/ MTNs
185 Renoun Citadel 106 w/ Hagan Core 12s- rock skis

Yeah bud!

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[CHAIR_97]

It's gonna be a good year.
PS: chargers are lame

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[CHAIR_97]

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[Velomayniac]

The Optic 114 is pretty charger?

[CHAIR_97]

The Optic 114 is pretty charger?

Yeah it is happens to be my least favorite ski for where I ski . It's definitely a handful in shit snow and tight places

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[Velomayniac]

Yeah it is happens to be my least favorite ski for where I ski . It's definitely a handful in shit snow and tight places

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I think I’ve seen some of your videos. IIRC, you ski a lot of powder and trees/tighter spots mostly?

[snowaddict91]

Yeah it is happens to be my least favorite ski for where I ski . It's definitely a handful in shit snow and tight places

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Assuming they are the 192s? I almost picked up a pair of the shorter ones last year before I snagged the metals off a friend.

[flyingskiguy]

Crazy cool quiver! - how is it to tour with an ARG II - any weirdness going uphill?

Curious your thoughts on the light tech clamps on the ARG. I was thinking to do something similar with some noctas.

the 2nd pair with the ATKs are new this season and haven't been out yet. Had some of the best inbounds days of my life on the 1st pair last year and decided I wanted that feeling while touring too. Folks have been touring on fat reverse camber and/or reverse sidecut boards forever (lotus 138s, renegades, HL 132, etc) and I don't expect the ARGs to be much different in their application.

Given the ARGs reverse camber and incredible stiffness underfoot, I felt I could get away with a lightweight pin binding with no elasticity in the heel. Still wanted some torsional support though, thus the modded freeride spacer (milled down thinner to fit under the Haute Route heel). HR10 delta is 6.5mm with the adjustment track, almost identical to the voyagers too. This setup feels like a "freeraider lite"

To go out on a limb here, but is there a pair of Deathwishs in your future per chance?

Thinking deathwish or countach. DD'd a DWT in the backcountry for years and know I love the shape, but feelin the pull to try something new.

[CHAIR_97]

I think I’ve seen some of your videos. IIRC, you ski a lot of powder and trees/tighter spots mostly?

Correct

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[CHAIR_97]

Obviously I was kidding about chargers being lame . There is a time and a place for them but I much prefer carbon to 2 sheets of metal
These days I can usually make a soft ski work at high speeds in open terrain but I have a much harder time or just flat out get exhausted trying to make a super stiff metal ski work at high speeds in tight steep trees.

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[phatty]

Obviously I was kidding about chargers being lame . There is a time and a place for them but I much prefer carbon to 2 sheets of metal
These days I can usually make a soft ski work at high speeds in open terrain but I have a much harder time or just flat out get exhausted trying to make a super stiff metal ski work at high speeds in tight steep trees.

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I'm still a charger guy (who can't keep up with you on your soft skis!), but there are definitely days where they don't work well at Alpental. When I get them out at JH/Utah, it's a whole different ball game.

[NW_SKIER]

Obviously I was kidding about chargers being lame . There is a time and a place for them but I much prefer carbon to 2 sheets of metal
These days I can usually make a soft ski work at high speeds in open terrain but I have a much harder time or just flat out get exhausted trying to make a super stiff metal ski work at high speeds in tight steep trees.

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Lay off the smokes, man

[CHAIR_97]

Lay off the smokes, man

Quit smoking 2 +years ago

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[NW_SKIER]

Quit smoking 2 +years ago

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No excuse then

[Velomayniac]

Obviously I was kidding about chargers being lame . There is a time and a place for them but I much prefer carbon to 2 sheets of metal
These days I can usually make a soft ski work at high speeds in open terrain but I have a much harder time or just flat out get exhausted trying to make a super stiff metal ski work at high speeds in tight steep trees.

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You’re a larger dude right?

My quiver is mostly chargers but I understand you completely. I can ski Moment Wildcats almost as fast as some of my supercharger skis, but then they are also fun in tight trees too. I don’t feel this with most lighter skis tho, you make me want to try Reckoners to see if I gel with them in this way. I have felt stable on some noodley K2s before so I wouldn’t be all that surprised if Reckoners can zoom.

Are the Optic 114s that rough in trees? Hand flexing them at the shop they seem softer, lighter and more playful than my Declivity X. I love DX in deep snow trees. Mr Pretzel was saying Optic 114 is easier going than DX too. I was kind of interested in the 114s cuz they seemed more playful.

I haven’t read the Blister review on the Optic114, but the Skiessentials review seems to agree with what you are saying.

[CHAIR_97]

You’re a larger dude right?

My quiver is mostly chargers but I understand you completely. I can ski Moment Wildcats almost as fast as some of my supercharger skis, but then they are also fun in tight trees too. I don’t feel this with most lighter skis tho, you make me want to try Reckoners to see if I gel with them in this way. I have felt stable on some noodley K2s before so I wouldn’t be all that surprised if Reckoners can zoom.

Are the Optic 114s that rough in trees? Hand flexing them at the shop they seem softer, lighter and more playful than my Declivity X. I love DX in deep snow trees. Mr Pretzel was saying Optic 114 is easier going than DX too. I was kind of interested in the 114s cuz they seemed more playful.

I haven’t read the Blister review on the Optic114, but the Skiessentials review seems to agree with what you are saying.

In good snow( and I use that term loosely) the 114 blade optics are pretty easy for a strong skier to throw around . In what we call "shit snow" which usually involves a crust layer and has a very high moisture content I prefer not to dick around on them. A lot of that could be due to the shape as well. In Regards to the reckoners... I'd say just demo them and see what you think. Also they will be getting subtle tweaks for next year I think they are both going up 2 mm under foot and the core might be getting tweaked a little bit as well but I don't know much more than that.

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[phatboy64]

Reworking the quiver, there are a few not in the pic like a Volkl One…

[Richard Strokes]

Reworking the quiver, there are a few not in the pic like a Volkl One…

Volkl One’s, love this ski. Love how easy it is to pivot and pop. Fun at low tide too!

[phatboy64]

Volkl One’s, love this ski. Love how easy it is to pivot and pop. Fun at low tide too!

Agreed, I will always keep it around..

[PeachesNCream]

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[eSock]

Here was what I was going into this winter season with.

Just sold off the caught and released the volkls. Still looking for a more playful inbounds pow ski to replace/complement the BGs but decided the r121s weren't it.

Planning to move the voyagers from the bg108t to the wrapped dwts and sell those off as well.

Well who saw that twist coming? So much for getting a more reasonable inbounds powder ski.

DW104 - DD
DWT - DD BC
BG - pow/chop
GT - japan + lift assisted BC

[PeachesNCream]

Well who saw that twist coming? So much for getting a more reasonable inbounds powder ski.

DW104 - DD
DWT - DD BC
BG - pow/chop
GT - japan + lift assisted BC

Maybe I should be asking this in the Japan thread. But seems like everyone’s “Japan ski” is a protest, GT, etc. is Japan really that pure powder all the time? Are you doing cat trips/heli trips?


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[whyturn]

Maybe I should be asking this in the Japan thread. But seems like everyone’s “Japan ski” is a protest, GT, etc. is Japan really that pure powder all the time? Are you doing cat trips/heli trips?


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Protest is quite versatile. 6-60”. Rips groomers variable and funky snow. Only downside is moguls


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