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Thread: ON3P SKIS Discussion
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02-12-2019, 09:20 PM #6076
Ripped up Timberline on PowTron’s OG Caylors today to start with... They STOMP landings with more authority than the C&D’s. They’re really fun skis, gonna ride ‘em again tomorrow. Will be w/ the wife and just cruising more than I was today.
Then I switched to the C&D’s after several laps, so I could break-in my new boots (K2 Spyne 130 MV). Spent the rest of the day really getting after it hard, and the boots performed well. The C&D’s are simply magical. Seems the faster you go, the less the bumps matter; they just truck thru everything like it’s freshies. Cut-off at the bottom of Molly’s was a pillow-hopping paradise too and both the Caylors and C&D’s ate it up like it was no big thang.
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02-12-2019, 09:37 PM #6077
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02-12-2019, 10:46 PM #6078
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02-12-2019, 10:48 PM #6079
are you guys passing by SW Idaho between Pebble, Red Lodge and Schweitzer?
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02-12-2019, 11:21 PM #6080Registered User
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02-12-2019, 11:41 PM #6081
We were just at Pebble for two days. Red Lodge 2/23-24, Schweitzer 3/2.
https://shop.on3pskis.com/pages/demo-tourSeriously, this can’t turn into yet another ON3P thread....
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02-12-2019, 11:50 PM #6082
someone bought the last super geauxt. good, that would have caused marital strife
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02-12-2019, 11:54 PM #6083King potato
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02-12-2019, 11:56 PM #6084
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02-13-2019, 12:29 AM #6085King potato
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02-13-2019, 07:34 AM #6086
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02-13-2019, 09:28 AM #6087
BillyGoat with edges
I was at Stevens yesterday will billy goats and the pow was amazing. I still consider the billy goats as "cheat codes" for tree pow. What I want improvement in is edge hold on solid ice. So like some of the faces in Wildkatz, or Pro Chute entrance, or the chutes above tye bowl are sheer ice if you're not the first person in. I have vintage 12-13 Billy Goats so maybe things have changed. I need my BG's to have a solid edge hold on pure ice. Is that a possibility, or what ski should i turn to that can handle that. I had two total wash outs to ice yesterday and lost my confidence on the ice entrances.
To sum up the questions, is the new BG able to hold edge on ice, or is that even possible with RES? If not what other skis should i be looking at?
Thanks!
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02-13-2019, 09:29 AM #6088
Get a newer vintage, ive skied nasty gash a few times on mine in white ice and been fine
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02-13-2019, 09:35 AM #6089
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02-13-2019, 09:58 AM #6090Registered User
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16/17 189’s aren’t scary on ice. Not great but the 140 cm of effective edge does a decent enough job. I Try not to bring out the goats on low tide firm days but they are hard to not throw in the bag when going on a trip and that’s when I have found myself learning how to ski em on firm.
Go Sox!
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02-13-2019, 10:01 AM #6091Registered User
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FWIW, Stevens can have pretty wind scoured, reasonably steep entrances to bowls/lines, even on days with plenty of wind-loaded deepness after the entrance. I skied the 12.13 Goat there for quite a while and that was the one thing I wished they did better, as well. I imagine that phenomenon is even worse with the crowds now than it was 5 years ago when I skied there.
"Alpine rock and steep, deep powder are what I seek, and I will always find solace there." - Bean Bowers
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02-13-2019, 11:19 AM #6092
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02-13-2019, 11:33 AM #6093
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02-13-2019, 11:44 AM #6094Registered User
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I have found some pretty raw terrain on snowbird tram face in the entrance of chutes that sounds similar. Basically once you drop below the ridge it is all good and you are stoked to be on a RES ski but the entrance is hairy. My skis have been manageable in those zones and it sounds as though the newer versions are an improvement to the vintage. Like I said earlier, I have such a hard time not grabbing this ski every time I go out. I was hoping that the hybrid/baby/love child ski was going to be a wren/BG but Scott mentioned in a chat on his site that it’s hard to get much more versatile than they have already gotten with the RES design without undermining the intent of the design/ski. I have bought and sold a shit ton of boards but these are ones that I won’t ever sell.
Go Sox!
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02-13-2019, 11:51 AM #6095
I went and checked and I think my skis are 13/14 edition not sure if that matters
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02-13-2019, 11:53 AM #6096Registered User
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Nah, I dealt with the 191 BG until I moved away to grad school. Still the best PNW ski I've used, and I'm fine with a little sketchiness on entrances. I also picked up a 186 Jeffrey 110, which bites pretty well on ice when it's not deep enough for the BG.
Wren 114 would probably be better. New asym BG would probably be better. Bandit Man or suprechicken could give more info on new vs old BG on icy entrances at Stevens. Sounds like they've both been skiing them a bit there."Alpine rock and steep, deep powder are what I seek, and I will always find solace there." - Bean Bowers
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02-13-2019, 06:31 PM #6097
Hit this last PNW storm cycle perfect and had 3 amazing days of pow on my 17/18 BGs. They are officially in "favorite ski ever" status for me. SO SO SO fun in pow and especially in the trees. Handle any kind of density and variable stuff with ease and shut down instantly. But what really set them over the edge was some late day heavy crud charging. These things are just beasts. The playful/poppy yet damp line I heard about ON3P so often has been spot on for me. Such a perfect balance. I will be watching for some K108 or possibly the Woodsman next year for sure.
Last edited by mtskibum16; 02-13-2019 at 08:55 PM.
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02-13-2019, 06:56 PM #6098
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02-13-2019, 07:03 PM #6099
Praise Billy, Prophet of RES
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02-13-2019, 10:35 PM #6100
This storm in the PNW has dropped a ton of snow on a extremely hard crust. At Crystal recently, if the snow shed down to this layer, it was fucking bulletproof. Asking a wide platform pow ski to handle that would be difficult for any ski - I switched out from my C&D’s to Wrens after lunch. If I didn’t have a backup in the car I would have wished I was on BG’s all day.
Absolutely bottomless in the PNW front range right now.
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