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02-20-2019, 09:32 AM #1
Looking for lighter Devastator options
Love the Devastors but not for touring.
Looking for a good true 50/50 ski that would have a similar feel to the Devis but in the 9lb neighborhood. New Black Crows Corvus sounds like a contender but I haven’t had an opportunity to demo them.
Opinions?
Other options?Last edited by Roxtar; 02-20-2019 at 10:58 AM.
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02-20-2019, 09:33 AM #2
Tech talk, jong.
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02-20-2019, 09:35 AM #3
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02-20-2019, 09:35 AM #4
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02-20-2019, 09:43 AM #5
Big fingers + little screen = screwup
I appreciate the help in correcting my mistake but “jong”?
Really?
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02-20-2019, 09:51 AM #6
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02-20-2019, 10:04 AM #7
New Raven ?
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02-20-2019, 10:35 AM #8Registered User
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Is the main thing you like about the Devastator the subtle reverse camber, the fact that it’s got a mount point of around -5cm from TC, or the fact that it is almost a full twin tip?
Never skied any of these, but on paper the Faction CT 3.0, the Moment Meridian Tour 107, the Moment Wildcat Tour 108, and the Folsom Primary SRC come to mind. I’m sure something custom from Praxis would get close too.
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02-20-2019, 10:51 AM #9
I read that these are getting lighter for next year. https://www.newschoolers.com/ski-gea...571/Devastator
Also check out Hojis or Ravens. They aren't too dissimilar to Devastators.
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02-20-2019, 11:04 AM #10
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02-21-2019, 06:48 AM #11
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02-21-2019, 08:54 AM #12
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02-21-2019, 09:06 AM #13
Volkl 100eight is worth a look in the 189. Katana also. Both on the lighter end of things but are pretty sweet skis in their own right.
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02-21-2019, 09:25 AM #14
Another rocker/flat/rocker fan chiming in: raven, v werks katana, bmt 109, volkl 108, Corvus, daemon, meridian, old blizzard scouts are kinda it in the 50/50 + less than 120 under foot bucket I think. Only personally skied the scouts.
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02-21-2019, 01:08 PM #15Registered User
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Was just thinking about this the other day. Love my devs for the resort, though I wish they came in a 188. Lightening them next year will just ruin them for the resort while still probably being heavier than what I'd want to tour on.
Does anyone know if the meridian tour rocker profile is more aggressive than the devs? I think anything more than the devs might suck for hardpack skin tracks.
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02-21-2019, 03:07 PM #16
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02-21-2019, 03:42 PM #17
Dynafits Beast 108's
I have no idea if they're any good, but they fit the description.
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02-21-2019, 07:16 PM #18
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02-21-2019, 07:31 PM #19Registered User
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This. Or the chugach. I think the 188 chugach is right around 2100g/ski. Great all around touring ski.
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03-05-2019, 08:42 PM #20Registered User
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Moment Commander 108. They’re incredible light for a charging ski
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03-06-2019, 10:48 PM #21
The chugach intrigues me but I haven't seen any for sale anymore, and I can't find a great shot of the rocker profile.
I read that they had some influence from a 4frnt designer, but if it has as much camber as the hoji/raven, I think that's not really the same thing as the devastator anymore?
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02-25-2020, 03:34 PM #22
Update:
Spent this season on the new Ravens.
Amazing, everything I hoped for. I was concerned with the narrow tips; at 121mm they are the narrowest tipped skis I've been on in years.
My concerns were absolute non-issues. They float surprisingly well and punch way above their weight class in resort mank. No, they're not the crud destroyers of the Devis but way closer than a 1700 gram ski has any right to be. Combine that with the amazing turnability (power steering) of the Devis and you have a BC glade-skiing machine.
Maybe best of all is they make me look like a better skier than I am.
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