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10-21-2020, 03:20 PM #26
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10-21-2020, 03:24 PM #27Registered User
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None of the skis look super appealing to me, though I wouldn't mind at least trying the Forma. Considering playing around on a snowboard a bit this season when some bad skier friends are in town and might try the Nexus board just to see what the experience (+ service) is like.
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10-21-2020, 03:34 PM #28
I agree, it doesn't make me think "simple/luxury", it makes me think "prototype waiting for a topsheet to be designed."
The swallowtail looks interesting. The other 2 skis kinda look like meh shapes that every single ski mfg (Line included) have been making for years. Too bad there's not more info on the construction or more than artsyfartsy photos of the ski. How about a 15 minute video per ski with Eric talking about the construction, shape, factory, etc etc etc? Tell us why we should care, beyond a bunch of hipster art photos.
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10-21-2020, 03:41 PM #29
Seems like a lifestyle brand to me at this point. Which is fine.
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10-21-2020, 03:52 PM #30
Maybe its just a first year company trying to get some skis built in a year where production of skis was already strained globally (before a factory suffered a massive fire) and then sell some skis by making them unique but also fit in the center mass of the bell curve for their perspective models and next season will include some longer and shorter and more in-between lengths but also nothing over 190 as of now because all 65 people in the world who buy 190+ skis these days post in this kook infested forum?
/run on sentence
but it's a small company and has a shorter flash to bang cycle than most companies. While most others have already locked in 21/22 product at this point and they might be willing to entertain some feedback...
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10-21-2020, 06:51 PM #31
We tour on a lot of sunny days around Tahoe and it's 100% true, at least around here (snow moisture could be a factor as well). I tour on a lot of different setups and the the lighter ones definitely have less snow sticking to them. I've also had some top sheets that had both black and white and the snow would be sticking to all of the black parts of the design and not at all on the white.
Yellow / light orange is a good color because it has the same effect but you can also find it buried in some snow much easier than white.
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10-21-2020, 07:18 PM #32
I’m seeing the (lack of) graphics as a cool blank slate for EP or other guest artists to draw some one of a kind wonders. Maybe the supercharged version of the J ski model?
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10-21-2020, 07:39 PM #33
many of Pollard's Line ski's had only one size because he designs them for himself (height/weight/build/style wise) and tests them himself.
fortunately im about the same height and build as he, so its as if the skis are designed specifically for me.
seems probably like the type of guy to refuse to play into the whole compensating for small penis by getting big skis game. however i have to admit that some of you freaks are so tall and big and muscly, especially those viking nords, that you need big skis, and thus you probably miss out as a result.
scaling up or down a ski is probably a lot more complicated than just stretching something in photoshop. it would be better to just not have the option, than to produce a shit ski and hurt your companies reputation.
we're completely off topic,
but yeah ive seen it too. tho its not consistent, some black artwork is ok. i think it depends on the core material beneath and how thick the top sheet is.
i spray my black ski's top sheet with wd40 and use a paper towel to spread it around real thin so that you cant feel it anymore (otherwise it feels yucky oily). lasts about 20-30 days of touring.
agree on the yellow too. my white skis with white bases are sometimes impossible to find after a hidden log surprise eject. hint, resqski.com / thepisteoffice.com/index.php/the-piste-office-store/resqski-ski-finder.html, i swear by it.
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10-21-2020, 08:32 PM #34
New Pollard Ski Company - Season Eqpt.
This^
I’ve stood in the Whistler Creekside gondie line on a Sat morning for 45 min...my stocky 5’7” (170cm) frame holding my 183cm skis and some days I have the tallest skis around? Yea a few dudes with bigger skis....but most people seem to have skis at their head height or lower. Pretty big sample size as it’s a frickin’ long line...hoping shorter this year.
Back on topic. I’ve skied/owned Pollard's EP Pros, Bacons, regular Opuses, Magnum Opuses, Pescados...really liked em all.
Looking forward to Season. The Forma looks nice. Rec mount is -7.8cm.....but looks like a few mount options noted on the ski?
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10-21-2020, 08:46 PM #35retired ed
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Now skiers and boarders can debate on who has the better forma.
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10-21-2020, 08:54 PM #36
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10-22-2020, 07:22 AM #37Registered User
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10-22-2020, 07:47 AM #38
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10-22-2020, 07:50 AM #39
From an interview on Newschoolers:
https://www.newschoolers.com/news/re...nal%20products.
Where are the skis being made?
ANDY: Skis are made in Austria, at Amer. Snowboards are in Dubai at SWS. Both are world-class manufacturing partners that let us achieve the best final products. Eric and Austin have full product control and then we lean on the expertise of the factory to execute all the details. It’s a great combination.swing your fucking sword.
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10-22-2020, 08:05 AM #40
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10-22-2020, 08:18 AM #41
Those are both good choices. Amer and Elan make really good skis for tons of smaller brands. SWS too.
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10-24-2020, 08:15 AM #42
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10-24-2020, 10:06 AM #43Registered User
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The SWS factory also makes Jones Snowboards' snowboards (snicker). I have been much more impressed with the build quality of my last two Jones splits than my last five Mervin boards (two splits, three regular).
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10-30-2020, 10:14 PM #44
First samples of the Aero and Nexus (no Forma yet) are upstairs at the evo Seattle store now . . .
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10-31-2020, 04:18 PM #45
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10-31-2020, 05:01 PM #46
Forma has me intrigued. Interesting that they are quite a bit heavier than the Pescados at a narrower width. 2200 g per ski in the 183, pretty sure the Pescado was somewhere around 1900. Looking forward to hearing how they ski.
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10-31-2020, 09:14 PM #47
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11-01-2020, 07:08 PM #48
Skis look good. Atomic quality is top-rate, full sandwich construction looks kinda "indie" - sidewall material is the color of wood, but pretty sure it's plastic. Topsheets are all matte black with a tiny stripe of faded blue-white-red at the tail and sidewall. Hard to see the details, but they are embossed into the topsheet at the tail, and the model name is engraved in the sidewall of one ski. 180 Aero = 1864 grams (metal is only underfoot), 183 Nexus = 2056 grams.
Personally I like the esthetic, along with the stated emphasis on sustainability and multi-season validity. We've been telling people Eric draws secret doodles under the topsheet of each ski . . .
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11-18-2020, 10:46 PM #49
Spent the latter half of opening day at Crystal on the Forma 183. Outside of the swallowtail and wide tip, it's nothing like the Pescado - suprisingly, the ski I felt it resembled most in my collection was the 186 Blizzard OG Bodacious. At 2200 grams per (Pescado is 1800) and a narrower waist (118mm), the Forma is for the hard charger powder maniac, who likes to point it and hold on. I didn't really get the ski for the first few turns - it felt tip-heavy and ponderous - then I opened it up and pointed them and the skis came to life (I wasn't really skiing slowly in the AM on my 188 Rustler 11's, either). Edge hold for those pesky hard frozen base layers 2 inches under is very good, and the overall mass of the ski helps keep deflection from hitting frozen chunks to a minimum. I've added the Forma to the quiver for at least this season, and hoping for the snow to keep falling to see how they do in more than 4-5 inches of fresh.
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11-21-2020, 08:26 PM #50
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