EVO 2019: Carving skis are a trend.

**Conundrum** · 09-13-2018, 02:44 PM

I don't care who you are, carving can be a shit load of fun. I wouldn't trade a pow day for it though.

**GoldMember** · 09-13-2018, 03:02 PM

Originally Posted by Conundrum

I don't care who you are, carving can be a shit load of fun. I wouldn't trade a pow day for it though.

Exactly. But, as we all know, pow days don't always happen. On non-pow mornings when the bulk of the crowd are either sleeping it off or just finishing off their all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet, or what have you, I love getting on the untracked corduroy and ripping top to bottom without any people on the runs. It's a blast but, as you noted, not the same as a pow day. Regardless, there are a whole bunch of skiers who don't really like skiing pow all that much for whom carving is just as much fun, if not more, than we have with powder.

**GoldMember** · 09-13-2018, 03:03 PM

Originally Posted by SirHeady

I see a subset of core skiers taking to the Carving trend as what we have seen in snowboarding. Most tourists are too clueless to even know about the different subcultures within "skiing"

Yup. See the old EpicSki board (RIP) for some of that.

**Soups** · 09-13-2018, 03:05 PM

All this carving talk has me wanting to pick up a pair of cheap cord slayers for shitty days with the girlfriend. Anyone holding?

**mntlion** · 09-13-2018, 03:32 PM

Originally Posted by Soups

All this carving talk has me wanting to pick up a pair of cheap cord slayers for shitty days with the girlfriend. Anyone holding?

http://blizzardskioutlet.com/browse....at=30&season=2

$170 CND, skis and bindings, NEW (I can ship to the states if needed)

**iamTRuTH** · 09-13-2018, 04:51 PM

Originally Posted by Soups

All this carving talk has me wanting to pick up a pair of cheap cord slayers for shitty days with the girlfriend. Anyone holding?

I have a pair of blizzard magnumTi in a 181. Let them go cheap. I’m in Denver

**el hefe** · 09-13-2018, 04:55 PM

Originally Posted by GoldMember

Considering who the interested audience would be, this is probably about right for the target. Think skiers who don't really get to ski a lot, travel far on a vacation or what not, and who don't, in any circumstance, want to ski powder. Something like this validates their choices and attracts more purchases from them. Not for this crowd, most likely but not everyone is as core as those who post on TGR...

Don't get me wrong, I love carving ( X racer) but if you want to show how fun carving is then at least get some angulation going!

**GoldMember** · 09-13-2018, 05:07 PM

Originally Posted by el hefe

Don't get me wrong, I love carving ( X racer) but if you want to show how fun carving is then at least get some angulation going!

True.

**2FUNKY** · 09-13-2018, 05:18 PM

Originally Posted by Core Shot

Yesssssss!

All the best carving skis are swallowtail

Saw that as well, wtf?

**FLS** · 09-13-2018, 05:21 PM

Hunter Mtn. skier here. Watched the video. I don't get it. Why would you use carving skis on all that powder?

**TontoWilliams** · 09-13-2018, 05:36 PM

I like to pretend that carving is fun so that I don't cry about the early season conditions here in Tahoe every year.

edit: not enough to make a cheesy video about it though.

**muted** · 09-13-2018, 06:00 PM

Originally Posted by TontoWilliams

I like to pretend that carving is fun so that I don't cry about the early season conditions here in Tahoe every year.

edit: not enough to make a cheesy video about it though.

ha.

**rob stokes** · 09-13-2018, 08:40 PM

Originally Posted by el hefe

Don't get me wrong, I love carving ( X racer) but if you want to show how fun carving is then at least get some angulation going!

Aye, maybe they should have bothered to find a few people who could actually ski well.

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**raisingarizona13** · 09-13-2018, 08:45 PM

Originally Posted by el hefe

Don't get me wrong, I love carving ( X racer) but if you want to show how fun carving is then at least get some angulation going!

Maybe the marketing strategy here is to make it more relatable to the average consumer?

Isn't carving just skiing anyways? Even in pow.

**raisingarizona13** · 09-13-2018, 08:46 PM

Originally Posted by rob stokes

Aye, maybe they should have bothered to find a few people who could actually ski well.

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Come on now, it wasn't that bad!

I bet they ski as good as 95% of people on this board. Hehe.

**raisingarizona13** · 09-13-2018, 08:50 PM

Originally Posted by 2FUNKY

Saw that as well, wtf?

It seems like that ski is being marketed as a one ski quiver, wonder ski. I've never really liked having an exaggerated side cut for skiing deep, untracked snow. It kind of sucks. The guys in that skis promo vid looked like they were having fun though.

**2FUNKY** · 09-13-2018, 09:09 PM

Originally Posted by raisingarizona13

It seems like that ski is being marketed as a one ski quiver, wonder ski. I've never really liked having an exaggerated side cut for skiing deep, untracked snow. It kind of sucks. The guys in that skis promo vid looked like they were having fun though.

What ski is it? Agreed on the pow ski thing.
It sure did. Nice shifty air over that roller.

**raisingarizona13** · 09-13-2018, 09:15 PM

Originally Posted by 2FUNKY

What ski is it? Agreed on the pow ski thing.
It sure did. Nice shifty air over that roller.

Line Sakana? This is the actual promo vid. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBpbZ1aeWtQ

**Banh Mi** · 09-13-2018, 09:16 PM

Line Sakana. Looks fun, but as a specific carving ski?

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**mntlion** · 09-13-2018, 09:34 PM

105mm, and 15m turn shape = not that fun in my world. But I'm sure someone likes it

**doebedoe** · 09-13-2018, 09:37 PM

Originally Posted by raisingarizona13

Line Sakana? This is the actual promo vid. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBpbZ1aeWtQ

Turn radius that short is dumb in 3d snow.

But for the spring snow they're skiing in that vid -- well it all felt pretty groovy and spot on to me.

Never thought to have a "spring" ski in my quiver. But I could imagine something that's stupid fun on corn, slush bumps and jibbing around that is a bit softer than most my other skis.

**stuckathuntermtn** · 09-13-2018, 09:44 PM

I'm with Schindler, my carving skis are usually my old, beat, 98mm underfoot enforcers. Also my rock skis, etc.

**2FUNKY** · 09-13-2018, 09:56 PM

Originally Posted by Betelgeuse

Line Sakana. Looks fun, but as a specific carving ski?

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Originally Posted by doebedoe

Turn radius that short is dumb in 3d snow.

But for the spring snow they're skiing in that vid -- well it all felt pretty groovy and spot on to me.

Never thought to have a "spring" ski in my quiver. But I could imagine something that's stupid fun on corn, slush bumps and jibbing around that is a bit softer than most my other skis.

That ski looked like a lot of fun for what they were doing.