21/22 Gear Rumors

[optics]

Some of us remember teamdirt posting some very serious stoke back in the day...hot tubs - maybe at the bottom of big drops but I remember more clean stomps, personally.

[volklpowdermaniac]

Agreed. The only thing narrow about this boot is the toes. We stopped selling them because everyone needs their heels tightened and their toes expanded.

Ugh. Maybe pass then.

[waxman]

Agreed. The only thing narrow about this boot is the toes. We stopped selling them because everyone needs their heels tightened and their toes expanded.

We never sold them but Salomon must have had a frikkin pro deal for everyone with a pulse in BC because we worked on lots of them for the same reasons you mention. Miserable boot and its skis like crap too.

[DigSki]

Salomon Blank
Lengths: 178, 186, 194cm
Shape:
137/112/126 @ 178cm
138/112/127 @ 186cm
139/112/128 @ 192cm
Radius:
15.3m @ 178cm
17m @ 186cm
18m @ 192cm
Core: solid poplar wood

Freeskier Chris Rubens, who spent countless hours with Salomon's ski engineers developing the QST Blank, reports that the design team has combined the best features of two great ski models - the tip of the QST 106 and the tail of the QST 118 - to create an all-rounder -Creating skis that simply initiate turns and floats through the deepest powder, but at the same time reacts precisely when you have to reduce the speed with a quick slide turn.

Slalom turns on groomers with a pow ski? Sign me up! The one weakness with the 118 for me was the fact that it skied groomers like a freight train (turn radius close to infinity), so I'm pumped for this. I might actually buy brand new for the first time in...forever

On the negative side - am I the only one who thinks the base looks cooler than the topsheet?

[phatty]

On the negative side - am I the only one who thinks the base looks cooler than the topsheet?

You're not alone. Their QST topsheets have been blah for awhile. The bottoms look sick, though.

[axebiker]

Elan released info on the Black Edition for next season: https://elanskis.com/us_en/mens-skis...-black-edition

[iriponsnow]

2022 ON•YO•NE pro kit

[iriponsnow]

[ZomblibulaX]

That makes my feet cold just looking at it.

[Sessiøn]

2022 ON•YO•NE pro kit

Some demo team will be excited.

[wasatchback]

The Lange that all the WC athletes have been using for two years finally comes to retail..,

[mr_pretzel]

The Lange that all the WC athletes have been using for two years finally comes to retail..,

lol what

[NWFlow]

Ouch

[kid-kapow]

it is that time of year:

Liberty 2022
Scarpa 2022
SkiTrab 2022

Zuzupopo has also published a bunch of snowboard brands' lineups for 2022, including LibTech, Gnu, Rome, Roxy and Allian.

[trogdortheburninator]

please this , something, anything narrow for the touring world. I’m pretty much making the backland carbon work, but still may need a new liner to take up space, and while I’m less than a single finger length wise (which I like) it’s so roomy in the forefoot. Heel hold has been solid/ok, but not great. But the 98mm last it claims, it is not.

Having said that, might try to find a leftover pair of S Labs, most people seem to feel those are closest to narrow.

Anyway, to your point. Make a truly narrow touring boot.

I decided to go out on a limb and downsize my backlands/hawx to 26 to try and further reduce the forefoot volume. This is coming from a 27 backland carbon most recently, 28 alien RS before that (i measure a true 27.5). I had the 26 shells memory fit, and a big toe punch added on the hawx. On the first day in the backland, it still loosened a bit in the forefoot, so I decided to swap back in a protour liner with a supportive footbed. Feels like a good fit so far. I was using the same liner in the 27 backland, with the size reducer shim. Fit on the 26 w/o shim feels a lot like the 27 w/ shim. Overall, I'd say the downsize could be a good option for the low-volume crowd, but I still only have a few days on each boot.

[cocoapuff]

Raptor RS 140?

[gregL]

lol what

Insider joke - lots of Head athletes are on white Rossignol boots made by Lange with stickers on the side.

[turnfarmer]

Insider joke - lots of Head athletes are on white Rossignol boots made by Lange with stickers on the side.

Knew about the white boots. So Head made their own version of a Lange now?

[gregL]

From the same MDV video - looks like there's a new boot somewhere between the Quantum and the Lupo Air. Lightweight/tongueless but with a proper ladder buckle over the instep in lieu of the Quantum's ratchet dial.
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Left to right: Quantum Free 130, Quantum Free 110, Quantum Free 105 W, Quantum Asolo Lite

[gregL]

Some Dalbello 2022 product, Men's boots are 27.5, Women's 25.5:

[jacob_dbu]

How's the walk mode on the Quantum Free compared to the Asolo Factory and compared to the ZGTP?

[gregL]

How's the walk mode on the Quantum Free compared to the Asolo Factory and compared to the ZGTP?

Seems good walking around the showroom for a minute; I won't be able to ski it until next month at the earliest.

[noslow]

Phil from SkiTalk.com Facebook streamed a video at a demo day today and was showing the new Dynastar MFree99. Looks just like a narrower MFree 108 with a blue base instead of yellow. Similar tip/tail taper, rocker and top sheet graphics as well. Intrigued!

[wasatchback]

Insider joke - lots of Head athletes are on white Rossignol boots made by Lange with stickers on the side.

They were at first. They essentially made their own version of it after all the athletes were having so much more success on the white Rossi boots.

[wilcox510]

Seems good walking around the showroom for a minute; I won't be able to ski it until next month at the earliest.

Obviously carpet testing isn’t very accurate , but do they seem anywhere close to a 130 flex as advertised?