EVO 2019: Carving skis are a trend.

[raisingarizona13]

So the Line Sakana is a slushy snow, quarter pipe specific ski, ... for use on sunny Wednesday's in the spring.

Interesting demographic to focus a ski on.

Haha!

I think the key market is the east coast skier that thinks the swallow tail looks "core" and will be super rad on their one or two seasonal visit/s to Mad River or Magic but the dimensions won't hurt their human slalom gate days at Hunter.

[BC.]

You ski to piss people off? Sounds fun.

I like skiing. Carve, smear, straightline. Its all good

Never said that I intentionally try piss people off......that is stupid......

I said I like skiing my fatties and hearing the douchebag comments from the skinny ski crew in the parking lot/lift line. You know it pisses them off when you get comments like the classics:

-What are those, water skis?
-Expecting a powder day today?
-How wide are those things?
-Why are your skis so wide?
-What are those?....

This was on Gotamas, Shiros, Confessions....

I just laugh and say yep, I’m too poor to have a quiver. I put a good tune on a >100 underfoot ski, and I enjoy it.....in any conditions...whenever/wherever.

Good for you Jetski......you’re the best.

[jetski]

Good for you Jetski......your the best.

Thank you! Thats what I have been saying for years!!!

[Island Bay]

That Pollard video was great. How could you not love skiing like that?

Will not be buying a pair of Sakana for Craigieburn, though.

[Eastern Sierra Skier]

I keep waiting for the first person to post a video of themselves carving, and then watch as a mag feeding frenzy tears them to pieces.

[Conundrum]

I'd post a video but this isn't Epic and we're not Epic posters. Maybe there were a closet few...

[pman]

My daily quiver consists of wren 108's and line pescados so far from the carving ski category. When it really sucks out I bring out the old school K2 public enemy's (75mm waste) and I forget how fun it is laying huge trenches on the groomers at mach speed. For at least a few runs that I get board of the groomers and venture back into the solid ice trees!

[GoldMember]

My daily quiver consists of wren 108's and line pescados so far from the carving ski category. When it really sucks out I bring out the old school K2 public enemy's (75mm waste) and I forget how fun it is laying huge trenches on the groomers at mach speed. For at least a few runs that I get board of the groomers and venture back into the solid ice trees!

Yeah, that sounds about right. Even the groomers turn to shit after a couple of hours. I'd prefer going out the gates to ski untracked, untrackable ice at that point.

[FLS]

I want to get those split tails and experiment with micro tuning the insides of the split. The possibilities!

[Jonny Snow]

Better for who?


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Everyone? The venturi 95 is a moderate flex midfat with a deep sidecut, quality Head sidewall construction. Great mixed snow carver and available in 191cm if you want a giant carving ski. Very similar idea to that Line thing and probably way better.

[liv2ski]

I'm going to buy carving skis so it snows a shit ton this year. Always works in the opposite direction when I buy pow skis.

Sounds like a good plan. I would if I didn't still love still my Elan Amphibio 88 XTi skis. With it often feeling like a month at a time between dumps at Mammoth, a solid front side ski is a great investment. YRMV.

[Buke]

Has this been posted yet? Seems relevant.

Return of the Turn Episode 2 w/ Marcus Caston



The Marcus Caston interview last winter on the Low Pressure Podcast was a good listen.

[Jonny Snow]

Has this been posted yet? Seems relevant.

Return of the Turn Episode 2 w/ Marcus Caston



The Marcus Caston interview last winter on the Low Pressure Podcast was a good listen.

Always a great vid, but the problem is that 99.99% of the skiing public can't ski like that, and 99% of TGR forums can't ski like that.

[TAFKALVS]

99% of TGR forums can't ski like that.

From my observation of real live maggots, you're wrong. Try more like 50 - 60% can ski like that depending on the group. But maybe that's a west coast thing? BBI Montana had quite a stacked deck of shredders, I'd say I saw skiing at that level in 70% of the group.

So basically Maggots are in the .01% I guess.

[Core Shot]

My natural style is upright patroller turns

But I make gorilla turns just for fun every now and then.

[Jonny Snow]

From my observation of real live maggots, you're wrong. Try more like 50 - 60% can ski like that depending on the group. But maybe that's a west coast thing? BBI Montana had quite a stacked deck of shredders, I'd say I saw skiing at that level in 70% of the group.

So basically Maggots are in the .01% I guess.

Nope. Not by a long shot. Everyone in that vid is an Elite level (ex)racer.

[jonesy]

Not your average Jerry.

[I've seen black diamonds!]

Always a great vid, but the problem is that 99.99% of the skiing public can't ski like that, and 99% of TGR forums can't ski like that.

Why is this a problem?

[2FUNKY]

Nope. Not by a long shot. Everyone in that vid is an Elite level (ex)racer.

They were carving groomers with a couple small airs over rollers. Whoaaaa...

[2FUNKY]

Why is this a problem?

Johnny jealous...
Must put down others to make himself feel superior.

[TAFKALVS]

They were carving groomers with a couple small airs over rollers. Whoaaaa...

Yeah, didn't look like elite skiing that only a racer could do. Looked more like expert level skiers goofing around on a soft groomer.

[Mofro261]

I have been beer league racing against/with the guy designing all the Line skis including the Sakana, for the last 5+ seasons. I know that I don't have a need for a 15M 105cm swallow tail, but dude was a sub 50 point FIS skier and absolutely rips it up in gates and on the regular hill.

[Jonny Snow]

Why is this a problem?

Most people (the overwhelmingly vast majority) can't make carving look cool.

I'm sure some people who post here can make some pretty nice carves, but not like in the vid.

[2FUNKY]

Jonny mad cause he can’t carve.

[Conundrum]

I'm sure a lot of folks here can dice up shallow cord and make it look decent. I'm betting 99.9% of us can't objectively look at ex world cup racers and definitively say why their skiing is technically better than ours. I can't tell you why either but technically proficient skiing, especially groomdogging, has never given me a boner.

Edit: It is fun ripping groomers, just not boner inducing fun.