If you’re looking for new turn shapes w that quiver, the protest should fill in nicely. It’s designed to have the reverse side cut feel without the downsides. It’s a different feel than a full rockered ski w/o a ton of taper.
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Soooo a Dentist.......
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Me too!! Good choices Gates, very well done indeed
Fear, Doubt, Disbelief, you have to let it all go. Free your mind!
Does anyone else prefer the powderboards over the protest?
I’ve skied on protests a few seasons and had powderboards for a couple.
IMO the protest is 95% as good in waist deep (100% as good in a foot of fresh) and considerably better on groomers, run outs, and harder variable patches
Main reason to get powderboard is as a cat ski, or maybe only for deep deep days.
That’s not to say the powder birds are bad in the mentioned conditions, but compared to the protests I’d pick protest. Haven’t tried the current gen spooned base powderboard though, could elevate it over protests a bit more for deep
Sorry, what’s the implication here?
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Got it, I suppose I read more into that emoji than was necessary. Thanks for the clarification. We hope everyone in TGR land is getting stoked for winter to arrive. It’s gonna be a good one!
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I would agree. I've spent a LOT of time on true R/R skis (spats, 138, powderboards) and I do love them as long as the turns are deep and fresh. As I get older Im finding that the R/R design is unecessarily tiring to manage inbounds. The protest is the best ski that I have found that will give you the playfulness and float of an R/R design but you can still ski normally when needed. If I still skied as much as i did in my 20s and 30s I probably wouldnt give a shit, but my legs love the protest. I skied a full week in Japan and I wasnt in the best shape. The protests were amazing and kept me charging the whole time. Sick ski. Very happy legs.
I ended up mounting them at -1. I have ZERO racing background and ski from a neutral stance so i didnt want a ton of ski infront of me when trying to pivot and whip then around in the tight steep tech of Alpental. Stoked to try them out. I took a file to the edges from the unweighted contact points out, and then tried to smooth the transition from sharp AF to dull AF over a 2 inch section. im used to dull edges so im more worried about hookiness than i am about edge hold... especially for a pow ski.
Ill be skiing with a file in my pocket the first couple days to refine the rough garage detune as needed. Stoked for winter. hope i don't detonate too much ptex on the first couple days out.
192 rules the day again. Ridge line blower with open GS and trees with some low angle and groomers
Slash and repeat
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I need to go to Utah.
Utah?
Yeah, Utah. It's wedged in between Wyoming and Nevada. You've seen pictures of it, right?
So after 15 years we finally made it to Utah.....
Thanks BCSAR and POWMOW Ski Patrol for rescues
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2021/2022 (13/15)
I currently own two pair of Protests (187 tele & 192 alpine) and formerly skied the 195 Powderboards (Pre-spoon). If you ski 3D snow exclusively the pows rock. Just like above, think cat skiing or Silverton type days. For anything else that requires a runout on hardpack I’ll take the ease of the Protest and is the reason I sold the powder boards. Jackson tram laps with high speed groomers for 1/3 of the vert finally had me selling the pows. Just crushes your legs if you’re already spent and can’t just stand on an edge confidently at 30mph.
Anyone else’s knees hurt after a big day on protests? Seems specific to protests as I’ve skied similar conditions with my other skis without a problem. Imma be heartbroken if these are now “too big/wide”...
It’s the width. The torque of getting them up on edge when it’s not powder kills my knees and hips. I have to spend serious time on my IT bands after time on them. Great skis, just very powder specific.
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I had an issue day 1 on them but it was driver error, like skibrd my IT bands were lit!!.....it’s all fall line skiing IMO until you get it in the soft/deep then the ski lights up in slarve, pivot and quickness. If you’re laying them over to get the small amount of side cut to really engage then an expectation on what the ski should do is warranted.
I draw a parallel to Mtn biking or dirtbiking when you hit the sand....just ease up on grip(in this case leg drive) and let it find its way through.
The protest loves to have the throttle smashed on it......Braaaaaaaaap!
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