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Anyone Daemon curious? Will have some one-eighty-eights avail in March after I return from Cham


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[JSchulman]

What would be the main difference Corvus and newer Atris in one-nine-zero? Looking to add either as my DD here in UT. Used to have one eight eight Corvus and while it was ripping shit snow, in softer conditions it was just a submarine and not so playful. I enjoy Anima one-eight-nine when it's dumping. Potentially interested Sent from my Pixel 7 Pro using Tapatalk

@Robik - trying to buy your one nine zero Nocta but just joined TGR and can't seem to get access to reply. any way you can PM me to chat about buying?

[MagnificentUnicorn]

What’s the mount and what were you thinking price wise?
This is for the daemons

[ski whore]

I have some 183 daemons if interested, mounted once, skied on a groomer and then bailed. Mint condition


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[MagnificentUnicorn]

One eighty eight is my only interest

[alpinevibes]

Has anyone spent time on the newer Captis in the 184? Looking for a narrower replacement for my previous Camox 186

[Shu Shu]

I had fantastic day on the new Corvus, in a huge range of snow conditions. ice, slush, packed pow, consolidate pow (a few sneaky boot deep pow turns). 4k top to bottom runs at kicking horse. It only took a day for me to realize this is a better ski (for me), than the flat camber version I've been on for a couple seasons. It does feel like there there is a lower top end maching in mixed snow, but honestly not much, and its possible had I gone up a size I might not have noticed. In all other situations, its just an easier ski to be on, and you can unlock it with less energy.I feel like they took the soul of the previous skis and wrapped it in the best of modern freeride design. Things that stuck out the most for me. -The flex in the tips and tails is amazingly tuned, you can ride the natural sidecut in big arcs with no chatter, or push hard and shorten the radius and generate a nice amount of energy. For me old corvus, was awesome up on edge, fast as fuck and amazingly stable, but I never felt like it was a dynamic ski. You pushed, it pushed back, you went faster. -The weight is shockingly low for how composed it feels, in mixed conditions, and seriously consolidated chop. Makes the legs last longerThis just jumped to the top of my 110 slot.

[MNazWIcoWA]

I had fantastic day on the new Corvus, in a huge range of snow conditions. ice, slush, packed pow, consolidate pow (a few sneaky boot deep pow turns). 4k top to bottom runs at kicking horse. It only took a day for me to realize this is a better ski (for me), than the flat camber version I've been on for a couple seasons. It does feel like there there is a lower top end maching in mixed snow, but honestly not much, and its possible had I gone up a size I might not have noticed. In all other situations, its just an easier ski to be on, and you can unlock it with less energy.I feel like they took the soul of the previous skis and wrapped it in the best of modern freeride design. Things that stuck out the most for me. -The flex in the tips and tails is amazingly tuned, you can ride the natural sidecut in big arcs with no chatter, or push hard and shorten the radius and generate a nice amount of energy. For me old corvus, was awesome up on edge, fast as fuck and amazingly stable, but I never felt like it was a dynamic ski. You pushed, it pushed back, you went faster. -The weight is shockingly low for how composed it feels, in mixed conditions, and seriously consolidated chop. Makes the legs last longerThis just jumped to the top of my 110 slot.

Been eyeing this ski for a bit, but waiting for more feedback on it. I think the changes to this ski bring it squarely into the modern freeride relm. What other skis have you been on in the 110ish slot that this has jumped above?

[Shu Shu]

Not much actually. Not a lot of demos in my home area of these types of skis. Been on the last gen corvus for 2 seasons. Hope to give the Mfree 108, and Sender 110 a shot today for some comparisions. Other short list skis are pretty much un-demoable. HL AM110, and Praxis MVP, and would be purely reputation, internet praise buys. Although Praxis I own 5 pairs of praxis skis, so I pretty much can guess what they'd generally feel like.

[MNazWIcoWA]

Not much actually. Not a lot of demos in my home area of these types of skis. Been on the last gen corvus for 2 seasons. Hope to give the Mfree 108, and Sender 110 a shot today for some comparisions. Other short list skis are pretty much un-demoable. HL AM110, and Praxis MVP, and would be purely reputation, internet praise buys. Although Praxis I own 5 pairs of praxis skis, so I pretty much can guess what they'd generally feel like.

Report back on the SF110. That is also on the short list for me, as I have really been enjoying the SF100 I've been on lately. I was on the Praxis MVP 108 for a good portion of last season. That in addition to the Moment DW 104 and DW 112. I really, really get along with the triple camber profile of the DW, but the MVP 108 was just a solid all around ski. I skied in early season low tide and hard pack to mid season dumps turned to heavy, chop. The MVP 108 is poppier, livelier, and a more confidence inspiring railing through chop than both DWs IMO. It felt more big mountain freeride and worked well for my billy goat-style of skiing. The WC 108 and SF 108 are probably more similar to the MVP 108, but the DW 112 isnt far behind. Its just more planted. I broke a tip on one of my MVP 108s and am considering getting a customer pair of last seasons top sheet bc I like them so much. However, I enjoy trying different skis too much and also want to get on the SF110 and new BC Corvus (partial to the topsheet). I also am close to putting a preorder in on the AM110.

[Shu Shu]

So sadly neither the SF or Mfree were available. Pretty sure I'm just going to go ahead and pick up. the Corvus it felt very good, end of season discounts make it more reasonable Its pretty much exactly what I was looking for. I'm waffling on the length, I demoed the 181, I'm sure I could get a little more top end out of the 186. But I'll primarily be dorking around in tighter eastern terrain and honestly at 177cm I didn't feel like I needed to size up. The 186 would feel closer to the old 183 I'm on now, and would be a better pure pow big accumulation ski but I have Quixotes and Protests for that.

[whambat]

Shu Shu it sounds like your experience has been similar to mine. Now, that I got a month or so on them, I can say I only like them more and more. I’d very much agree that the new 186 is closer to the old 183. If my main priority was to replace my older 188s, I should move up to the 191. However, I am keeping my older Corvus’s and I have 194 Animas for when I want bigger skis. I continue to be amazed by the edge hold on the new ones, especially with the low weight and more taper. They are quickly becoming my daily driver of choice. If I sized up, they could probably even be my go to powder skis, but why would I do that when I have other options. I could easily recommend them as a freeride comp ski, even for blown out courses. They are a lighter ski and don’t quite have the dampness and suspension of the heavier Anima or say a Stockli. But, that makes for a better freestyle ski as the tips and tails feel very light and won’t hinder a spin. I wanted to get my kid’s opinion on them, as he skis harder than me these days, but he’s waiting on his new skis from his new sponsor and has no interest in trying anything else. They do feel way more nimble than the 25m radius suggests, yet they can point it and feel comfortable.

[Shu Shu]

Right on whambat. Love the update, and thanks for the thoughts on length. I re-read some of your initial thoughts on the ski, and checked out some of the FWT footage of Virgil. The 181 measures just a little above head height for me as well, but more to the point, there is no universe in which I ski lines that fast, with that much air. Totally concur the ski had an incredibly mix of stability and agility, and ferocious edge hold. KH was a great testing ground, every lap was 4k of steep alpine chalk and chop, to moguls, to scraped of grooomers with ice, slush and a bit of cord, and like you I felt the ski in the slightly shorter length was way easier on my legs over the course of a big day, and really excelled. Long story short, I'd probably enjoy this ski in everything from a 181 to a 191 in some cases. But the 181 will be an optimal DD in smaller and tighter EC terrain, and a great travel ski for most any condition. If it's gonna seriously nuke, I got other tools.

[Bartleby09]

Anyone here ski have the mirus cor mounted behind reccomended? I want to move back but thought I would see if others had down the same first.


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[Bartleby09]

Anyone here mount the mirus cor behind reccomended? I want to move back but thought I would see if others had done the same. Concerned about limiting the playfulness of the ski which is kind of its whole point

Edit: sorry for double post, can’t figure out how to delete on mobile

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[kid-kapow]

Bought these one whim due to 50% off - and.... I am frankly surprised at how much I like them, they are freaking great.

181s mounted at rec with ATK FR15evos with the toe spacer installed, used with Quattro 130s (kinda hate how I seem like a schirmer fan boy - I am not copying his setup). I've had four days on them on everything from smashing slush/corn laps in the resort, to typical spring touring - think either great soft snow to glop, to other walks yielding refrozen hard snow to glop - they worked well in either scenario. In short they are a tremendous one ski touring quiver for people living in mid to snow rich environments. I ski them kinda from the center and back, which they do great - they are super predicatable and pretty stable given their weight. They feel like a lighter SF110 (their secs was the reason I bought them). Build quality seems pretty good ,they were within a few grams, the tune was ok (even if i re-set it) and their Pomoca produced skins are great as well- Highly recommended. I like them enough to consider picking up a pair to Castify for resort laps (when my feet needs rest from usual daily drivers - Dynastar MF112).

[kid-kapow]

I did the mistake of skiing the Dracos back to back with said MF112 (castified, boots hawx ultra 130 xtd boas) today - and man, the Dracos felt like twigs in comparison. No surprise as the MF setup is what 1.5kg heavier, yet skiing them in this order did no wonders for my faith in the Dracos. I instantly started considering replacing them with Corvus or a SF112 with the same bindings

[mr_pretzel]

I really want to try out some Dracos, but the pricing is absurd and they never seem to go on sale. They are also 150g to heavy for me to really consider touring on them for a full week back to back.

How heavy is your set of 181s kid?

[CMartin348]

I really want to try out some Dracos, but the pricing is absurd and they never seem to go on sale. They are also 150g to heavy for me to really consider touring on them for a full week back to back. How heavy is your set of 181s kid?

Just demoed these in Chamonix for a week in spring conditions and they were a freaking blast. Hoping I can find some one sale this spring!