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Thread: No tip dive touring skis
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04-14-2019, 01:54 PM #101
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04-14-2019, 05:19 PM #102Rod9301
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04-14-2019, 05:19 PM #103Rod9301
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Just got a pair
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04-14-2019, 07:01 PM #104Registered User
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04-14-2019, 07:10 PM #105Rod9301
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04-14-2019, 08:48 PM #107Rod9301
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04-14-2019, 10:21 PM #108Registered User
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04-16-2019, 04:18 AM #109
V werks Katana is a very capable ski. I love mine. never feels out of place.
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04-19-2019, 07:39 PM #110Registered User
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Joined the V-Werks club. Found a new pair on eBay.
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04-20-2019, 12:03 AM #111
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04-25-2019, 07:35 PM #112Registered User
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For reference. 184cm V-Werks Katana, 1913 and 1930g for each ski. So more than as advertised but there’s a few manufacturers gaming this.
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04-26-2019, 01:43 AM #113
I also got 2 pair of VW Katana 184, 2016 and 2017, and their weight is approx 1950g per ski for both pairs.
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04-26-2019, 04:20 AM #114
What’s advertised weight? That’s not light at all
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04-26-2019, 04:50 AM #115
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04-26-2019, 07:24 AM #116Registered User
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04-26-2019, 08:55 PM #117
My first gen (black) 191s are 1963g/1969g, fun soft snow ski.
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03-11-2020, 04:59 PM #118Registered User
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So it's been a year. I was back at Roger's Pass, and the conditions were similar to those I had last year when I said fuck it, I'm going fat. This was after the end of January rain then freeze that covered everything with a crust. High winds during the rain also triggered a lot of big avalanches. The next few days every night got about a foot of snow. As soon as there was a foot of snow down the spoons were skiing like it bottomless powder. Others were complaining about the crust, I never felt it. They just surfed over big avy boulders and old tracks. Super confidence inspiring, never had had a hint of getting stuck. They also go good in shitty conditions. I had them everywhere from low tide to spring. I can put a lot more energy on turns and control without having to worry about forward/back balance.
These skis instantly taught me to ski on my heels. They spanked me if I went backseat, and ball of feet was unrewarding. Sinking my heels in and pushing my shins made these skis handle very easily. This also got rid of heel lift in my super small volume foot. Dunno if shifting the weight to the heels while keeping forward pressure on the shins is right, but it works damn well. It also works on the voile's to keep them from tip diving. Is this legit or it's till considered backseat?
Overall I love them but sometimes they too much of a plank. For example the hard packed ski out trails are not that much fun. With the voiles I used to jib all over. I been thinking to maybe dial it back to some BMT 109s for even more versatility.
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03-11-2020, 09:48 PM #119Registered User
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03-12-2020, 07:23 AM #121Rod9301
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03-12-2020, 08:10 PM #123Meadowskipping old fart
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Nobody “needs” super-fats, but they are fun on occasion. When I worked as a cat-skiing guide, skiing at least boot-deep powder 100% of time, I preferred my Wailer 112s on most days, but in the deepest and steepest conditions (perhaps only a handful of days per year) my Lotus 138s were mind blowing. It’s not about tip dive (Wailers don’t dive), just that in super deep conditions the Lotus maintained speed and manoeuvrability, rather than trenching. I currently keep a pair of Volkl Kuros (132mm waist) in my quiver, but haven’t had an inbounds day deep enough to take them out this year. Touring on anything wider than 110ish isn’t worth the extra effort to me.
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