Is this a tele or alpine ski: Marketed as "touring"
Length: 185cm
Tip width: 127mm
Waist: 88mm
Tail: 115mm
Weight in this length: 2.9kg (6.4lbs)
Boots used: BD Push/ Dynafit Titan
Bindings used: Switchback / Dynafit Vertical ST
How many days on the skis: 10
Resort or backcountry: Mostly groomer but some bushwhacking
Geographical region: Northern Ontario
Tell us about the terrain you ski: Trees,powder, steeps
Do you know how the skis were tuned (bevel):
How long have you been skiing: 6+ telemark
How many days a year: 40+
Previous ski that you liked: BD Kilowatt and Havoc, Atomic RT86, Movement Sluff
Previous ski you did not like: Karhu
How big are you: 180lbs
Mostly tele or parallel: Tele
Comments:
Exceptional ski. I have the Logic, not the crazy light Logic-X (2.4kg/5.2lbs) but I suspect that the comments apply to it as well.
The Logic is marketed as a touring ski but for getting ready for a trip to Switzerland, I've been using it on the groomers. Mostly, I don't want to use any of my other skis unless there is actually some good powder when I will boot up the Sluff's. I think this pretty much sums it up - my favourite ski for telemark right now.
The skis are somewhat disconcerting when I first put them on since they feel so light - more like cross country skis. I can fling them around extremely easily, making hop turns on the slope effortlessly. In fact, using my Dynafits and Titans jump turns of any type feel like I don't have skis on, only the boots. Talk about "reduced swing weight", this is it.
What I have found is that these skis make telemark a lot of fun. Where the Kilowatts or Havocs could get knocked off course by bad weighting while hitting crud and then it would be damn hard to get straightened out, the Logic's can be corrected by just driving the boot properly. Skiing crud seems likely to result in falls without the mass of the ski to help, but it is the opposite with the Logic. I think the fact you can go longer (and they ski slightly short with a longer-rise tip anyway) then the directional stability is actually due to ski design and build (sidecut and flex).
I have pushed these very fast through the piles of crud and haven't found a speed limit. But at anytime I can flick them and easily change direction...Fun!
I'm really looking forward to using them in Switzerland (Davos) where we will be doing a lot of skinning and traversing. The light weight is really gonna help offset the altitude!
Build quality, as with my Sluff's, is excellent. Even though they are light the edges and base are thick. Topsheets are some super nonstick plastic. The tails are somewhat turned up with a plastic piece for clipping the skins.
I think that light weight skis would be a welcome direction. Particularly for telemark where we have a disadvantage with the sloppiness of the binding and boot flex, the light ski is easily controlled with the 4-buckle boot like the Push. Makes me feel like I have an unfair advantage when telemark skiing with my friends, particularly once legs start getting tired...
Oh yeah, I'm using Dobish plates and really like being able to switch the bindings around easily. I have tried a couple of the binding mounts but could not feel any difference for the performance of the ski. I'm mounted right on center for Dynafit and the Push's are very close to this as well. Cores on the skis, although obviously light, are very robust since the binding screws felt very solid when tightening.
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