Is everyone’s favorite ski 10x underfoot now?

[burrito]

I'm apparently out of touch with the TGR crowd and still loving 12X underfoot. Great for the great days. Force you to earn it on the so-so ones.

[Bobcat Sig]

Faves? No. Those are 116 and 112 underfoot.

Though I do regularly ski 104, 106, and 108mm waisted skis when it's variable.

I think it's more a function of when people can actually ski vs what ski they actually want to ski. A maggot wisely once told me that we buy skis for the snow we want, not the snow we have. Hence the 20-year proliferation of fat skis. That comes crashing into reality when your trip or ski day doesn't line up with the skis you want to ski, so you grab some 10x waisted ski and run that.

Also, think snow. I'd rather ski my 112 or 116 waisted skis.

[54-46]

Ya. The Corvus.

Seconded. Corvus.

But…skinnier for low tide and fatter for big days is more fun if you can swing it…

[Peruvian]

Have you considered the Rax?

[adrenalated]

Have you considered the Rax?

I don't ski steep enough mountains for Raxing

[I've seen black diamonds!]

I love all my children... errr.... skis.

[SumJongGuy]

Correction, "everyone above 6,000' elevation". Everywhere else except Bohemia and far northern Vermont you're just as well of on lunch trays as you are on anything over 90mm underfoot 95% of the time..

[beer30]

Gotta say I think 98 is my sweet spot for day in day out.

[abraham]

Correction, "everyone above 6,000' elevation". Everywhere else except Bohemia and far northern Vermont you're just as well of on lunch trays as you are on anything over 90mm underfoot 95% of the time..

This is wrong.

Gotta say I think 98 is my sweet spot for day in day out.

Just to avoid messing up the average I'll chime in. 116 for 75-90% of my days.

[ASP]

Sounds like we need a thread asking for everyones favorite 116mm ski....oh wait..

[Eluder]

It depends, are talking in Park City?

[tuco]

Totally.
My favourite 10X ski just happens to measure out @ 120 uf!

[TheJimty]

Favourite depends on the conditions, but the first ski in the bag has been 108mm for about 10 years now. Originally it was the 2011/12 Bacon with the white top sheet and since 2017 it’s been a 108 Folsom Completo

[xksrx]

108 mm underfoot is not necessarily the favorite but definitely the most versatile size, narrow enough to bite on hard pack and not too unwieldy in bumps but wide enough to float when you find a pow stash and can push around mank. Perfect daily drivers, mine are Katana K108 and Corvus. Favorites are the 115-125mm skis, probably because they get the powder days…


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[ex-powderbroker]

i was on 108mm for about ten years, i just sized down to 94 which worked out very well for icy night skiing so far.

[TeleBeaver]

105-108 "does it all" better than anything else, but personally I find that category boring. On groomers/chalk/bumps I'd rather be on something under 100mm for the more precise feel, and if there is enough fresh snow to warrant a 108, then its probably worth jumping up to a 112-115. I ski 96mm when it hasn't snowed, and 112mm if it has snowed. My favorite skis remain my 124mm Cease and Desists, but mainly because they see the most epic conditions (three untracked runs in 2+ feet of fresh today and holy shit there is nothing better). All that being said, there is a reason my touring sticks are 106mm wide, and it is because they work well in nearly every condition.

[bfree]

98-99 here. Weight has something to do with it... I'm 160 lb. I used to go more in the 105-110 range but have learned that I appreciate the quicker response of 9x sticks on days without fresh, and really don't mind sinking in a little more on pow days. (I do reach for renegades on big dumps).

[stuckathuntermtn]

Well, we're gonna see how 114 does with my R11. Hope I can use it often once the big rocks get covered up.

[eskido]

Praxis Concept .

[blender]

I got rid of a pair of Pinnacle 105s in favour of a consigner store pair of ex-Wiegele Automatics (117?) as my one ski quiver. Easiest ski to ski anything and always have fun. Good with the kids, the wife, the nephew and his chargey-sendy buddies.

Looking out for a 110 Enforcer though.

[wolfelot]

I just sold an outdated pair of non-rockered 122 mm Liberty Double Helix since I was tired of keeping them around for the two days a year it was barely worth having them in Colorado.

[angler99]

I'm not into 104 - 109mm skis at all. Too skinny for deep days and too fat to lay a nice turn down when it's not a pow day. They skid too much. That being said, 96-101 seems to be a nice sweet spot for an everyday ski out West. I guess if you had to get just one pair of skis for the season, that might make more sense. But if you have more than one pair, I just don't dig that waist width category.

[tharmor]

^this guy nailed my thoughts exactly


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[SoVT Joey]

I'm not into 104 - 109mm skis at all. Too skinny for deep days and too fat to lay a nice turn down when it's not a pow day. They skid too much. That being said, 96-101 seems to be a nice sweet spot for an everyday ski out West. I guess if you had to get just one pair of skis for the season, that might make more sense. But if you have more than one pair, I just don't dig that waist width category.

waist has nothing to do with railing turns. I know there is a 118mm that will lay turns just like a World Cup gs ski. It just has to do with construction. I have a floppy noodle and a stiff as a board rocket and they are 108 and 107.

skidding turns is just technique.

[Conundrum]

I'm not into 104 - 109mm skis at all. Too skinny for deep days and too fat to lay a nice turn down when it's not a pow day. They skid too much. That being said, 96-101 seems to be a nice sweet spot for an everyday ski out West. I guess if you had to get just one pair of skis for the season, that might make more sense. But if you have more than one pair, I just don't dig that waist width category.

waist has nothing to do with railing turns. I know there is a 118mm that will lay turns just like a World Cup gs ski. It just has to do with construction. I have a floppy noodle and a stiff as a board rocket and they are 108 and 107.

skidding turns is just technique.

I’ve seen dudes lay it down on 108-120s.