2018-19 Praxis Skis Info and Resource Thread

[Quandary]

Nice! Commander 108?

[K1mJ0ngTr1ll]

Nice! Commander 108?

Yes sir! This could be my favorite graphic of all time.

[s-domini]

Sounds like the same role as my K2 108TIs

Haven’t skied any of the MB series so can’t compare, but if you’re looking for something to slot in between a 108 charger and a BG, a Quixote would be a great option.

Throw a shift on it and you’d have a dialed travel ski too.

I absolutely love my Q’s for their playful and powerful versatility and I’ll be building up a second pair this spring with a heavy core + veneer + 4 flex

[Quandary]

Haven’t skied any of the MB series so can’t compare, but if you’re looking for something to slot in between a 108 charger and a BG, a Quixote would be a great option.

Throw a shift on it and you’d have a dialed travel ski too.

I absolutely love my Q’s for their playful and powerful versatility and I’ll be building up a second pair this spring with a heavy core + veneer + 4 flex

After consulting with Kieth I have decided that the RX will fill the needs I am looking for.

The latest is after having the screwed up factory bases on my BGs restructured I now have skiable BGs. I have discovered that you can indeed ski BGs just fine anywhere on the hill, including groomers. Consequently I don't really "need" another pair. However I do have a basically new pair of bindings with 115 brakes sitting in a closet and a nice new pair of RXs would be really fun..........

[galibier_numero_un]

After consulting with Kieth I have decided that the RX will fill the needs I am looking for...

Somewhere, alpy is smiling.

... Thom

[powder_to_the_people]

After consulting with Kieth I have decided that the RX will fill the needs I am looking for.

The latest is after having the screwed up factory bases on my BGs restructured I now have skiable BGs. I have discovered that you can indeed ski BGs just fine anywhere on the hill, including groomers. Consequently I don't really "need" another pair. However I do have a basically new pair of bindings with 115 brakes sitting in a closet and a nice new pair of RXs would be really fun..........

Asking for a friend, what year are your BGs, and how did you find out that your bases were not right on them?

[Quandary]

Asking for a friend, what year are your BGs, and how did you find out that your bases were not right on them?

When I skied them on hard snow they were grabby now matter how much I detuned the edges. They were essentially unskiable in anything other than a foot or more. Friend said the bases were probably not good. Put them on my bench and found them to be edge high both edges both skis. Once I had the bases restructured and the edge bevels set correctly they skied great.

[hoarhey]

Yeah, even in Colorado I can get by with a GPO as a daily driver. Admittedly, I avoid groomers like the plague. I need to baby my knees and stay away from hard snow. Speaking of the plague, maybe I'll ski again sometime.

@grinch has me looking at a UL Ullr or BPS (along with a few other skis ) for meadow skipping in the BC, given our dreadful Colorado snowpack in the Winter (even in a safe year). More float = less temptation to increase the slope angle into the danger zone ;-)

The FRS has my attention as well, but it's more forward mounted. As @grinch pointed out to me, the ULLR and BPS resemble a +10 GPO with a slightly more rearward mount point (which I like). The key difference (as far as I can tell) between the two is the turn radius. 24-25m has worked for me, but there's no telling with modern ski design that this is any type of universal number as we all know.

Here's hoping there's a Spring custom sale.

... Thom

For the lower angle speedy skis in pow, I love my 177 Protests with dynafit ft12's

I'm in season 7? of 182 GPO's as my daily driver, and we are in Snowmass each year.

GPO's are Flex 3+ with carbon.

Snow conditions are great, soft and cold.

I still can rail the 116 mm GPO's on groomers, and in the past, thought to go 182 skinny gpo with heavy hitter core.

The Slugger in a 175 has my interest as a lower tide colorado ski to complement my GPO.

Anyone here ever go skinny GPO? or tried the Slugger?

[mr_pretzel]

Stupid question: anyone ever make a -1 powboard to recreate the spatula?

I just had the best time today on spats, but I can't justify abusing them

[eskido]

Does anyone DD the FRS? I like my DD’s to sit in the low teens, wondering if the extra 5 or so mm will have me wanting to bench it when things aren’t so soft. I have more soft snow skis than I need so if it’s not strong in most conditions than I’ll probably have to cross it off the list for this yrs presale.

[Quandary]

Skied the 9D8s in Wonderland at Breck today. The gate has been closed for a few days so it was essentially untracked maybe 8" to 2ft. The skis were fantastic in the much snow. I am continually amazed at the versatility of these skis. Particularly after changing the side edge bevel to 2*.

[stealurface831]

Skied the 9D8s in Wonderland at Breck today. The gate has been closed for a few days so it was essentially untracked maybe 8" to 2ft. The skis were fantastic in the much snow. I am continually amazed at the versatility of these skis. Particularly after changing the side edge bevel to 2*.

interested to hear if and how you detuned yours.

[Quandary]

interested to hear if and how you detuned yours.

I changed the side bevel from 1* to 2* and did normal detune with a gummy from contact point out at the tip rocker and the little bit of tail. Much better edge bite on hard snow. Other than that I have been sharpening every so often with moonstone files and a side edge tool.