Why you should own a Stockli Stormrider

[gwat]

Thanks, very helpful!
I’ll need to go +1 to give space to the other mounts, should be good.

[jdub1313]

Anyone ever ridden these?




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[Self Jupiter]

Anyone ever ridden these?




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Yes. Awesome find you have there. Unfortunately that model is prone to breaking so check the sidewalls for cracking. Those look barely used.

[utagonian]

If I remember correctly, those are designed to ski differently depending on if those green strips are on the inside or outside. Changes the torsional flex in the tails.

[Mudfoot]

If I remember correctly, those are designed to ski differently depending on if those green strips are on the inside or outside. Changes the torsional flex in the tails.

If I understand the numbers correctly those are 186 cm, 101 waist and a 27.7 m turn radius. Stockli seems to have a real affinity for long radius sidecuts. My 192 cm 110 waisted TTs have a 30 meter radius.

[Self Jupiter]

[Self Jupiter]

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[2FUNKY]

If I understand the numbers correctly those are 186 cm, 101 waist and a 27.7 m turn radius. Stockli seems to have a real affinity for long radius sidecuts. My 192 cm 110 waisted TTs have a 30 meter radius.

A glorious 30.4 to be exact! [emoji41]


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[allmountainsnowskating]

Thinking fondly of my Stockli Stormrider 88's today...

I like them because they open my third eye to skiing rock hard ice because they push the boundary of what's skiable for me for extreme firmpack.

Steep sheer boilerplate? No problem, bombing down like a Lamborghini, fully in control.

Thaw-freeze chop? No problem, axing in my edges like meat cleavers, fully in control.

That being said, I'm running a full quiver, and these have their place for me for ice. But, we get plenty of ice days, so they're sick.

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[allmountainsnowskating]

They're a little thrashed but still holding up fine enough

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[allmountainsnowskating]

They also do great for hot rain and sun baked manky snow because they keep momentum

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[allmountainsnowskating]

Now that I'm rambling on about it -

Ya know, just about any "most extreme conditions" day, I'm reaching for these Stockli Stormriders.

Uhhh, I'm gonna need to replace this pair eventually. It just feels like I have so many skis at the moment, and these ride fine enough.

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[Lvovsky]

If I understand the numbers correctly those are 186 cm, 101 waist and a 27.7 m turn radius. Stockli seems to have a real affinity for long radius sidecuts. My 192 cm 110 waisted TTs have a 30 meter radius.

SR88 in 177cm state 19m radius. But they can make a short turn so darn easy.

[GoldenBC]

If I understand the numbers correctly those are 186 cm, 101 waist and a 27.7 m turn radius. Stockli seems to have a real affinity for long radius sidecuts. My 192 cm 110 waisted TTs have a 30 meter radius.

Old ones did. New ones are all short radius.

How do people find they hold up to impacts?

[Truckee Joe]

I just got some 191- 102’s and the radius on those is 22m. I only have 2 days on them so far this season. It feels like they are on auto-turn, it’s awesome.
No wonder Odermatt skis on Stockli.

[Fred Pabst]

Been grabbing these lately. I remember Climber Joe saying "Stormriders make bad snow good". He was so right. We've had a lot of bad snow this season so why not. They are unique for sure, so damp and quiet. They don't ski like modern skis. I find these you have to be forward at all times. You cannot let the stiff fronts of the skis push you onto the tails. They don't hand flex stiff but they're the same flex all the way through the tips. No soft tip for easy engagement.

^^Those Stormrider DP's have some great dimensions. Would love to find a minty pair of those.

[Lvovsky]

Cant remember if it was in this thread or elsewhere but someone claimed that slightly concave (edge high) at the tips is the Stockli’s secret source. Any opinions on that?

[MagnificentUnicorn]

I doubt it. It’s the layup and their proprietary epoxy. They’re just so smooth


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[Climber Joe]

I doubt it. It’s the layup and their proprietary epoxy. They’re just so smooth


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This, edge high tuning can be done on any ski, that’s not the secret.

They use two full width, full length sheets of rubber, plus the regular rubber at the edge. Their epoxy is super flexible/elastic, which means it doesn’t break down like most, which also necessitates the full rubber sheets to prevent delamination, cuz rubber will bond anything to anything, and has a little bit of shear flexibility too.

[charlesj]

These are 2 decades old, very thin edges. They were used and abused, mounted and mismounted, given away (via TelemarkTips), neglected, written off as ornamental due to excessive Swiss cheesing, one last mount with P15 close to the line, lots of ptex, satisfactory tune and they still rock. Love them

[CascadeLuke]

Just finishing a ski vacation in BC Canada with daily refreshes and patchy sun. To say the stormriderz slayed would be selling them short. My favorite was the ‘15/16 SR95 192s. My changeup ski was ‘22/23 SR95 184s. When it snowed a cold 8” top of mountain the big dogs ate it up. Smooth high speed arcs. Tight diamond trees were danced. Sunny blues were hammered with the fam. I really have no notes. If I had my quiver here I’d surely grab a wider ski after receiving the snow report- as a reflex. Reality is these SRs just go to work. The older 192s carry mass over the new model. The stability was an 11. The newer ones helped me finish late days on my own after 5 consecutive bell to bell.
Bought my wife current SR88s for the trip and she relished in their soft groom glory. Fastest most confident she’s ever been (on manicured terrain) Her alternate was current FX96ti which provided a hoot in the upper mountain pow.
She’s firmly on the stockli train now with her low tide zoomers. Which means I can justify any older jammers that pop up. [emoji1598]

[Self Jupiter]

Stoked you’re that into them man. My buddy has carried Stockli at his shop at Palisades for ages and he seems to like that silver vintage the best. If I recall correctly you guys have similar (damn good) skiing form and he uses the same boots [emoji848].

[comish]

Been grabbing these lately. I remember Climber Joe saying "Stormriders make bad snow good". He was so right. We've had a lot of bad snow this season so why not. They are unique for sure, so damp and quiet. They don't ski like modern skis. I find these you have to be forward at all times. You cannot let the stiff fronts of the skis push you onto the tails. They don't hand flex stiff but they're the same flex all the way through the tips. No soft tip for easy engagement.
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I have 2 or 3 of that same Gen SR95. Love them as long as things aren't too bumpy since ur right, no softness in the tip. But for hauling ass they r great. Most of the pairs I have bought came to me rIled needing a grind. Practically unsiable which is maybe why people sold them?

Anyone w a 180+ SR88 they wanna sell? Ever since I broke my ankle, ruptured my Achilles and relocated ankle tendons last spring my ankle/knee are Appreciating narrower skis.

[Bunion 2020]

Just pulled the trigger on a pair of brand new 2021 105s, 188 cm, $ 573.00. Then saw another pair from the same shop marked as Blems for $ 799.00.
Yee Haw, for next season.

[GoldenBC]

Cant remember if it was in this thread or elsewhere but someone claimed that slightly concave (edge high) at the tips is the Stockli’s secret source. Any opinions on that?

You are correct. The modern Stockli tips are edge high. They are railed. If you have them tuned and flatten them then put on a regular 1 degree base bevel, you will not like how they ski.