Candide skis

[twat]

https://www.candideskis.co/

Check yourself.
Handmade in the eu?

Could be any plant.

[ASmileyFace]

Someone here has to be a little more in the know on these. Which plant these are made in? Doesn't look like anything special or unique in the construction.

The CT series was pretty well regarded here, I know a lot of folks like the CT 4.0 especially. Seems like the AK is a lighter and slightly fatter version of that ski.

The BC111 is the most intriguing to me. 1900g at 186cm is a bit portly but not crazy, would probably make a great slack country rig.

After all this time I was expecting a little more hype. I am guessing the 101 will sell out fast to the fan boys.

[HukuTa_KydecHuk]

I'm pretty sure that's Atomic plant

[JimmyCarter]

Will these make me flail my arms too?

[dmcd]

I am guessing the 101 will sell out fast to the fan boys.

Looks like the longest length (184!?) is already sold out

[dmcd]

Also the "Resort 100" weighs 1900g at 184 and all of them are really on the light end of the spectrum.

[pfluffenmeister]

Will these make me flail my arms too?

Just like the GOAT.

[GoldenBC]

Someone here has to be a little more in the know on these. Which plant these are made in? Doesn't look like anything special or unique in the construction.

The CT series was pretty well regarded here, I know a lot of folks like the CT 4.0 especially. Seems like the AK is a lighter and slightly fatter version of that ski.

The BC111 is the most intriguing to me. 1900g at 186cm is a bit portly but not crazy, would probably make a great slack country rig.

After all this time I was expecting a little more hype. I am guessing the 101 will sell out fast to the fan boys.

Since when is 1900g for a 186cm 110 ski portly? That’s 300g lighter than the old Hojis. Any lighter and it would ski like absolute garbage.

[ASmileyFace]

Since when is 1900g for a 186cm 110 ski portly? That’s 300g lighter than the old Hojis. Any lighter and it would ski like absolute garbage.

You're right, 1900g is light in comparison to a lot of skis that folks are walking around with. I originally had written "1900g at 186cm is a bit portly for a "backcountry ski" but edited it and can see how that was confusing.

I'm mainly comparing to skis like the 107 Backland, HL BC110, MTour 108, ect... that are ~1700g.

[GoldenBC]

Fair enough

[byates1]

He should partner w marshall and HL.

[HukuTa_KydecHuk]

looked over the current models. To me they look like Faction CT 2.0, 3.0 and 5.0. Just a touch different in shape. Curious to see their stiffness ratings. Texture of topsheet looks exactly as Faction CT 3.0 that I have. Same for semicap. My bet is it is atomic factory. Hopefully not Sporten.

[twat]

Wasn’t the faction ct build in the Fischer plant in Ukraine?

[HukuTa_KydecHuk]

Wasn’t the faction ct build in the Fischer plant in Ukraine?

They were but from 2021 they moved to atomic austria

[SnowMachine]

They lost me at all white powder skis.

[ASmileyFace]

They were but from 2021 they moved to atomic austria

Wasn't the season they moved when they had a ton of warranty issues? Faction was great in dealing with those warranties in my experience, but a lot of people blew up skis.

[gregL]

Wasn’t the faction ct build in the Fischer plant in Ukraine?

At various times they've been built at Fischer Ukraine, Fischer Austria, Loxy in Poland, NBL in Poland, and Amer in Austria. Current crop is Amer in Altenmarkt and NBL for the La Machines.

[big kook]

Yeah these skis ain't for y'all. Stick to Heritage Labs.

[byates1]

Candide should stick to HL, yo.

[NotSoBright]

They lost me at all white powder skis.

Does seem like a really dumb colour decision.

[Qilimanjaro]

They lost me at all white powder skis.

second that

also laughed at “Each model has varying amounts of tip/tail rocker and camber underfoot to suit its terrain profile”

0 mm, 1 mm, 2 mm. yeah right

[JimmyCarter]

First run sold out already apparently

[byates1]

second that

also laughed at “Each model has varying amounts of tip/tail rocker and camber underfoot to suit its terrain profile”

0 mm, 1 mm, 2 mm. yeah right

I love Candide but the entire site etc does have kind of a busted feel. And yeah all white skis. Whatever.

[byates1]

[gaijin]

/shrug. First gen marketing is going to flop. He knows what he wants out of his widths. These skis aren't for the average person, they're for Candide.

I'm a big mountain renegade freak but I'd be lying if I didn't admit that his AK121 doesn't look playful as hell and would be ideal for early season JP forests when there's only 1-2 meters of base and all the shrubs make the forest floor feel like Mario Land.