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10-13-2020, 01:20 PM #51glocal
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I'll touch base with Keith this week. It's almost time for a couple first pair protos to check out and weigh.
Nick. - Keith did black bases with the Praxis die cut on the 191s. I imagine he'll do that again.
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10-13-2020, 04:25 PM #52
Would like to a rocket pic as well.
I already have both stiff and soft pairs of 186 Kusalas, but ....
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10-14-2020, 06:58 AM #53
I have been skiing the original carbon fiber kusalas for 6-7 years. These are great skis for the backcountry and powder days, and they edge on iced up terrain. I have skied them extensively on high angle terrain in chamonix and here in New Hampshire.
It’s hard to find a ski like this from the mainstream manufacturers because they dumb down the turn radius or the stiffness for the intermediate masses. Serious skiers need to buy a pair so that we keep them in production.
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10-15-2020, 07:56 AM #54glocal
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Keith has been two guys down at the shop, so the 26th is still the date pressing starts, including checkouts on the first pair. As for weight - since he's using the same materials I did, (14 oz glass and carbon fiber top and bottom) the only weight difference is the core, for which I used aspen. So with the UL layup, minus the metal tips and tails, it should be damn close to the original 186.
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10-16-2020, 05:00 PM #55
Splat--we have through till the end of tomorrow to order correct?
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10-17-2020, 01:33 AM #56
Well, order placed. Enduro/carbon/veneer. Was a little tempted to go UL for touring, but I’m not sure I’d jive well with that layup. Still a little tempted to throw a pair of shifts on these for the occasional side country lap
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10-17-2020, 09:52 AM #57glocal
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10-17-2020, 10:04 AM #58
Gotcha.
Gonna try to get my brother interested.
My order is coming.....
Can't wait for these....
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10-18-2020, 12:14 AM #59
Couldn't resist.
Trigger pulled.
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10-19-2020, 12:36 PM #60
Kusala Pow By Praxis - Orders Close 10/17
Who all is doing UL vs Enduro core?
Rethinking carbon/enduro/veneer vs carbon/UL/veneer before it’s too late. I have 192 enduro/veneer protests, as well as 189 ON3P Cease and Desists. Billy goat 108 Tour this season as dedicated touring rig.
Cease and Desists will stay for resort, if I get these in enduro/carbon/veneer I may sell the protests if I like these better in resort.
Thinking about the UL core for Pow touring. I’m in CO this season, but just got a job offer out in CA so will be moving back next year (= Tahoe touring after this). Only worry with UL core is if I’ll have wished I went Enduro so I can ski them in resort. And if UL at 2100g/ski is worth it as a more or less dedicated Pow touring ski (vs something like a BG tour or Wildcat tour closer to 1850g.)
Options are:
Enduro/carbon/veneer+attacks: resort
Enduro/carbon/veneer+shifts: resort and some side country or short pow tours (leaning this way, since my BG108T will cover most conditions especially in Tahoe)
Enduro/carbon/veneer+tectons: pow touring plus a little resort
UL/carbon/veneer + tectons: touring
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10-19-2020, 12:53 PM #61
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10-19-2020, 07:14 PM #62
Kusala Pow By Praxis - Orders Close 10/17
I would have no reservations about buying this ski in Keith’s UL core if I was planning ~70% touring duty. I think on big resort days it would be a 100% non issue. I’ve held onto some concerns about using that core on a resort when it’s beat up but I still think Keith’s UL cores are as good or better than the best of em and for a touring POW ski, well like I said, zero concerns. I’ve skied my UL GPO’s on a really beat up Silverton day and was pretty damn blown away how well they did, but it was certainly noticeable. On the couple resort pow days I’ve had on em I never once noticed the core difference. As long as your resort days are pow days and the majority of the usage is soft BC I say go for it, anything less than 70% touring I’d stick with enduro.
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10-19-2020, 11:35 PM #63
Trigger pulled...can’t wait! Already heard from Keith
"...but I come from no country, from no city, no tribe. I am the son of the road, my country is the caravan, my life the most unexpected of voyages".-Leo Africanus
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10-20-2020, 02:10 PM #64
Kusala Pow By Praxis - Orders Close 10/17
For anyone still on the fence about cores, here’s the reply From Keith re: UL/Carbon/Veneer vs Enduro Carbon Veneer:
I think we should come back to the conversation once I get some weights on the proto pairs we are making now. The idea you have with either shift on enduro veneer or a lighter binding on a ul makes sense. I don't really have any issues with UL cores on fat powder skis even at the resort, figure they are fat and stiff enough that they hit a weight heavy enough to be just fine at the resort, and being they are powder skis the conditions probably dictate that dampness or deflection is not a problem.
I'll follow up with weights once we get some skis made, I'll also post up info on the product page once I have it.
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10-20-2020, 09:11 PM #65glocal
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Was with Keith today. The veneers are lighter tops based on the added strength they give the cores, allowing the cores to be a little thinner by like, I think he said .258 mm. I'm getting maple tops on a UL core. I'll have some pics next week when the pressing happens. If anyone decided they want in, you can mail Keith and beg for a spot before all the cores are done.
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10-20-2020, 10:14 PM #66Registered User
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How much did it end up being with the UL/Veneer layup?
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10-20-2020, 10:49 PM #67glocal
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$1000
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10-21-2020, 09:15 AM #68Registered User
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10-29-2020, 05:16 PM #69glocal
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First pair getting pressed right now. Keith opened up ordering on the Praxis page for a couple people who were late . Only for today if anyone wants in. He'll close ordering tonite. Pressing starts Monday.
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10-29-2020, 05:39 PM #70
Post weights once you get them!
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10-29-2020, 05:41 PM #71Captain - Team Asshole
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FKNA!
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10-30-2020, 10:20 AM #72
Stoke level is high for these!
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10-30-2020, 01:08 PM #73glocal
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10-30-2020, 02:12 PM #74
Kusala Pow By Praxis - Orders Close 10/17
Thanks Pat. So should be:
Nylon/Carbon/Enduro: 10.5lb pair = 2380g/ski
Veneer/Carbon/Enduro: 10.06lb/pair = 2280g/ski
Veneer/Carbon/UL: 9.5lb/pair = 2155g/ski
Hmmm. Enduro core might be worth the extra 125g for me. Maybe with lighter binding for touring. Could be a good application for Lindahls’s frankentour bindings
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10-30-2020, 09:31 PM #75
Fucking Rad.
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