Quick Impression 2012-2013: Klint, Goode, Liberty, Surface, Lib-Tech from NEWSR Demos

[ExoticSkis]

Last February, we spent several days at the New England Winter Sports Representatives (NEWSR) on-snow Demo Day event at Stratton, Vermont, USA. While the conditions were packed-groomers only (no snow last season...yuck), we did get some impressions of a tiny sampling of some skis coming out for the 2012-2013 season.

We got some quick impressions of the following 2012-2013 skis:

• Goode Fire
  Goode Plunge
  KLIИT Krypto Lite
  KLIИT Karver
  KLIИT Karver 2
  KLIИT Fringe
  KLIИT White Noise
  Lib-Tech Wreckreate
  Lib-Tech Magic Horsepower NAS
  Surface Double-Time
  Surface Live Life
  Liberty Variant
  Liberty Helix
  Liberty Double Helix

Below is a link to a 5mb PDF with the quick impression reviews and a couple pics. We hope to get some time on these skis in real snow this season to get a more accurate and full-fledged opinion about them. Let it snow!


http://www.exoticskis.com//ExoticSkis/Stories/StrattonNEWSR_ExoticSkisReview_2012.pdf

(5mb PDF - 33 pages)

[Beyond]

Nice reviews. Any weights on the Variant or Krypto Lite?

[ExoticSkis]

I don't have weights for the Variant or Krypto Lite...but both are somewhat lighter than average I think (or at least they feel that way on snow)...the Variant being bamboo core and the Krypto Lite being designed as a lighter-weight ski...Even with metal in the layup, the Variant feels very light handling....hopefully I will get out in some 3D snow with some demos early this season and find out how they handle in powder and crud...

[bestskieratsnowbird]

klint's done are they not?