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10-27-2021, 08:16 PM #301
The days of >110 underfoot pow skis are gone...
I picture a bell-like curve simply measuring underfoot dimensions over time. We were all stoked on Explosivs @ 95mm and up the curve we crawled. Just making our way back down to again realizing sub 100mm skis have a place on TGR. Getting older or wiser or both?
Uno mas
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10-27-2021, 08:16 PM #302
^^^ what he said.
(Edit: damnit. What pluffenmeister said).
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10-27-2021, 08:59 PM #303
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11-09-2021, 05:22 PM #304Registered User
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Wtf? Perhaps the days of shopping at that shop should be over?
That is probably why all the fuckin skin tracks up to pow pow zones are so skinny.
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11-09-2021, 05:56 PM #305
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11-09-2021, 06:26 PM #306
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11-12-2021, 09:47 AM #307Registered User
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Sub 100 for groomers and low tide. 110-118 for daily soft snow conditions. 120+ for deep days. The 105mm category is really the worst imo. Sluggish and lazy on groomers, with not quite enough surface area to slash/surf in fresh. There are some sweet 108mm underfoot skis out there right now, but personally I would like to see them up around 110-112 to be perfect daily driver width. 95-115-125 should cover anyone's bases at a relatively snowy resort.
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11-12-2021, 09:58 AM #308
2mm is a game changer
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11-12-2021, 10:23 AM #309
I usually have a dozen skis in my rotation with some overlap so I grouped them. I ski Utah and get around 100 days/season. Going back three years I used:
112-128 waist (powder skis): 40%
Mid 60s (race skis): 20%
83s: 15%
98s: 15%
105-108: 10%
If I had to go with a three ski quiver, I’d probably do with 65-98-125 ish
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11-12-2021, 10:28 AM #310
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11-12-2021, 10:43 AM #311Registered User
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I would think it’d be worth it to at least have a couple pow skis on the wall for shop credibility reasons, even if you’re selling them at 30-40% off at the end of the season.
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11-12-2021, 10:46 AM #312
My LP 105’s take serious umbrage at that lazy comment
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11-12-2021, 10:53 AM #313
I think that depends on your snowpack. If I skied a dryer, continental snowpack, I'd be more into the ~95mm skis for a daily driver. But in a more maritime snowpack where normal conditions might be an inch or two of soft, heavy snow on top dense but not bulletproof, I like the ~105mm category way more for day to day use.
Personally, I don't have much use for ~95mm category. I have skinny carvers for truly bad conditions, and then I skip to the ~105mm category.
(Also, yeah. What detrusor said. Lp105's lay trenches.)
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11-12-2021, 11:00 AM #314User
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11-12-2021, 11:06 AM #315
Right?!
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11-12-2021, 11:09 AM #316
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11-12-2021, 11:30 AM #317
I finally broke down and purchased a 102 mm waisted ski after 5 years of skiing my Praxis GPO 116mm as a daily driver (vacationer to Jackson then mainly Aspen zone).
I purchased Praxis Sluggers (102 mm) and see them being used quite a bit.
So far, just used two days in Snowmass/Aspen Highlands and it impressed with its versatility.
I was able to snag another pair of GPO's so these will be my softer snow skis.
But I have added some 120+ skis, just to spite this thread (and as a retirement investment - so I tell myself)...Aggressive in my own mind
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11-12-2021, 08:52 PM #318Registered User
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11-12-2021, 09:08 PM #319
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11-12-2021, 11:48 PM #320Registered User
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11-13-2021, 04:25 PM #321Registered User
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