PNW no new snow ski

[kootenayskier]

Took a lesson today (3rd lesson ever, first in 12 years) on my classic ugly lightning bolt topsheet 2012 Nordica Enforcer 98s (flat tail, double full length/width titanal layers), and they still get the job done as a PNW no new snow ski! They just aren’t a very modern shape and aren’t too happy with poking into areas with more 3D snow.

If anyone needs to unload 177 Kendo 88s that are too small for you, ping me first!!!

This year’s Kendos, in 177cm for CAN$415, with free shipping, but only within Canada. If they had 184s I’d snap them up in a heartbeat.

https://www.lacordee.com/en/volkl-ke...-122408?page=1

They also have Mantra 102s and M6 for 50% off.

[carlh]

Got my new bonafides out last night. These are a good match for my style, smooth across a nice range of snow conditions, pretty good edge grip and easy to carve or slide the tails around. They will return energy from a hard carve but have much less rebound than the r99am I tried. You can feel the shorter turn radius as well but they seem pretty happy making big turns. All the review on these make them sound hard to ski and they like some input for sure but with the smoothness and predictability I felt they were actually very easy to manage. 6’3” 205ish on 189s mounted on the line and this is for sure the right size for me.
Would be happy to do a run swap with r99 comps when those are in the wild for a comparison.

[PNW Lifer]

What is your BSL Carl? I have some 188 R99 comps to be mounted with Pivots at ~317 BSL coming and am Seattle based as well. I'll be up at Alpental Saturday's once the second set of lessons start.

[Bronco]

Awesome, thanks for reporting back.

[carlh]

I’m in 320mm gripwalk boots and happy to make an alpental Saturday’s when I’m not at west with my son.

What is your BSL Carl? I have some 188 R99 comps to be mounted with Pivots at ~317 BSL coming and am Seattle based as well. I'll be up at Alpental Saturday's once the second set of lessons start.

[Bandit Man]

I recently got our on my 183 B97's too. Carlh - I started a thread so we could get impressions and reviews in one easy to find location: https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...fide-97-Thread

Would be cool to have you and other owners add there thoughts.