Hey guys, I'm looking into a 100mm do-everything touring ski to use with a pair of Kingpins, Tectons, Rotation 12's, Ion 12's. I'm happy to be on the heavier end of the spectrum, but want to avoid stupid-heavy. In my experience, it's ideal to stay below 1900g's if you want to cover a good amount of ground and still have decent gas in the tank for the way down. I'm 6'4" 185lbs and generally ski heavier, stiffer skis inbounds (mantra 102, bmx105hp, bodacious, billy goat).
I'm mainly targeting the 1600-1900g, 188cm-ish range touring skis. Happy to take some extra weight if I get some extra stiffness/suspension. Would really appreciate peoples' recommendations/experience here.
I thought it would be useful to have a page where people post touring ski specs and their impressions of the ski. I've consolidated some info below to start.
Black Crows Navis 185cm (1800g): lots of love for these. I do hear they ski short.
Elan Ripstick 96 Black 188cm (1750g): similar weight class and generally stiffer throughout. Measures closer to 185cm. Could be a winner.
Head Kore 99 (1950g): probably overkill in terms of weight/stiffness for a touring ski. Curious if anyone's put a touring binding on these and how that's worked out.
Scott Scrapper 95 184cm (1750g): don't know anything about the Scrapper series other than that they're very stiff.
Line Sick Day 94 186cm (1750g): cheap. Soft snow biased. Fairly damp, though also fairly soft flexing.
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