Chasing My Dream Daily Driver - The Heritage Lab FL105

[2FUNKY]

Hah, rad!


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[shroom]

my smart ass was gonna say FL one oh five

need more wind buff

[Full Trucker]

Another couple days out on the R105s, and they continue to baffle and delight me everytime I ski them. We've had a couple decent storms come in lately, and Saturday was just a small refresh of 2-3" and low vis storm skiing. Lots of chopped up powder, tree skiing, some aspects having a refrozen garbage crust underneath the new snow and others being softer. R105 handled all of that eloqently—smoothing out the choppy stuff, not getting hung up in the crust layer, pivots easily enough to ski tighter trees, yet locked on edge at high speeds on piste. Sunday went high pressure and bluebird, and I was skiing with my SIL for her first day out this year post surgery so we stuck to groomers and keeping speeds lower. Laid flat at speed on a really firm groomed/smooth run, the R105s want to wander which is not unexpected. Just keeping 'em on edge and being more exact with your turns is the answer here, but their lack of chill mode does make it challenging to ski at lower speeds (at least for me). But take them into anything even remotely edgable and they come back alive. Steep chalky bumps, cut up powder, creamy wind affect, it's all good. They're possibly the best ski for wind buff I've ever skied, maybe my favorite thing to ski them on. Seriously, I just don't understand the black magic in these things.

just out of curiosity, what 105 waisted ski would you say is the closest?

They are a pretty unique ski, it seems. Was just talking with my SIL's partner who's worked in shops and for a couple ski brands over the last several decades about this yesterday, a few things came to his mind.

Full rockered Black Crows Corvus
Volkl 100Eight
OG 4FRNT Devastator or Hoji

The Legend Pro comparison looks spot on from a shape perspective. Just +5mm it and give is a similar rocker profile to the Corvus or 100Eight?

[Full Trucker]

my smart ass was gonna say FL one oh five need more wind buff

Nah they're WAY more similar to the BC105, except in the ways that they aren't.

[sf]

Perhaps pretty similar to full rocker Gotamas?