
Originally Posted by
dps
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The Spoon allows for much quicker planning and acceleration. In deep snow, that's the whole name of the game- if you slide/slarve and shut it down, you want the ability to feather your ski angle and exit out of the move as quickly as possible. Once you drop off plane with a narrower/conventional shape, it takes more speed and balance adjustment/skier input to get your skis surfing and riding on top again, if that makes sense.
With the Spoon you have a tremendous amount of control in terms of slipping in and out of slarves and into carves, and the overall effect is one of more flow, and a more constant, smoother speed.
On the Spoon, I find myself keeping up a more constant speed through runs, and staying on plane even through technical sections– like the kind of move you are describing.
On the Spoon, to continue with your scenario, you would be arcing through the apex of the turn and heading toward those rocks... the Spoon move is to stand up a touch, unweight, roll your ankles slightly to the outside (down the fall line) to decrease ski angle, and boyah, you are now eating up vertical down the fall line in a mid-turn slarve. As soon as the rock section is cleared, you lean right back in to your angulated carve, pop back onto a plane with acceleration across the fall line, reengage the g-forces, and finish out the turn below the rocks as a carve.
I know you've been in Haines skiing the Spoon variations for a couple seasons now but how do you think a person accustomed to skiing on less radical designs would transition to the Spoon? The conditions that these skis are intended for obviously aren't an everyday occurence so would it be realistic (assuming blower conditions) to get on the Spoon and be able to enjoy them in the first year? I have been on the 4FRNT Renegade for a couple seasons now (Haines pilgrimages as well) and have yet to ski the 138's.
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