Stiff Bro Review

Stiff Bro Review,

I spent the week between Christmas and New Years at my folks new place in Summit County. Thanks to Splat the Bros were sitting at the house when I got there on Christmas Eve. What a xmas gift to give myself. I took them in that afternoon to get them mounted with Naxos. The guys at the shop in Breck, Avalanche Sports??, felt them up pretty good and we talked a little about the skis, Pmgear etc. They were immediately impressed with how burly the skis are. They told me they reminded them of Iggies. I gave them Splat's mounting directions slipped them a bromodel card and took off.

I put 4 days on them while I was out there skiing Boilerplate to crud to silky smooth pow. My first few runs I had some trouble getting them on edge on the boilerplate but by my third run I was getting the hang of it and at the end of the day I was killing it. I have a tendency to get lazy and fall into the backseat but these skis forced me to stay on top the entire run. The Bros handle everything I threw at them extremely well. When I got into the crud and soft stuff the skis killed it. I was amazed how much easier they were to turn than my DP's. but were still able to hold an edge on almost anything.

I got a number of comments on them and passed on a lot of info about Pmgear and the coming together of the bro-model skis. I rode up the lift at Vail and had a pretty good conversation with Martin Bell, a former Professional and Olympic skier out of the U.K. He seemed very impressed with the the story behind the skis and the craftsmanship of the final product. However he did decline an offer to take a run on them.

Overall I couldn't ask for anything else out of a ski. I would certainly be interested in giving the softs and the superstiffs a shot. I'll be around the EC and back out to CO and MT this winter and would be more than happy to let some of the maggots have a shot at them. The guys at PMgear put something special together here and I am more than happy to spread the word.

What is the stiffness like vs. the DP's now that you've skied both?

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Originally Posted by thommy21

What is the stiffness like vs. the DP's now that you've skied both?

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I'm wondering the exact same thing. I'm selling my DP's when my Bro's arrive. I have the orange DP's and those things are just way too stiff for me. After talking with Str8line we came to the conclusion that this years Pistol's would be best. After speaking with Splat I concluded that the stiff Bro's would be best (plus the graphics are better :)). I'm just hoping that the stiff Bro's are not near as stiff as the DP's (splat said they weren't close and I believe him ;))

i flexed splat's blem pair last weekend and they felt a good bit stiffer than my ss pros under foot and just a little bit in the tip/tail. after flexing those, i got very excited about mine coming in.

edit: i think the orange top sheet dp's are stiffer than my ss pros

cubuck,

thanks for spreading the love...

Glad you like 'em!

-the girl at PM gear:)

Martin Bell's a good guy to get the skis in front of. He and his brother Graham (also an ex World Cup racer) are on the ski testing panels of most of the mainstream UK ski mags and newspapers.

While riding I thought the DP's were a good bit stiffer than the bros especially in the tips. I would like to flex them side by side to really see though. The Bro's also felt like they had a lot more pop than the DP's and I can't emphasis enough how much easier they were to turn in deep snow as well.

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Originally Posted by CUBUCK

While riding I thought the DP's were a good bit stiffer than the bros especially in the tips. I would like to flex them side by side to really see though. The Bro's also felt like they had a lot more pop than the DP's and I can't emphasis enough how much easier they were to turn in deep snow as well.

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Thats exactly what I wanted to hear. Thanks CUBUCK! :D

Did ride my stiff brototypes last weekend... and they rock!!! :D

Impressions:
Superdamp and stable at speed, and easy to turn when its steep!!!!

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Originally Posted by CUBUCK

Stiff Bro Review,

I spent the week between Christmas and New Years at my folks new place in Summit County. Thanks to Splat the Bros were sitting at the house when I got there on Christmas Eve. What a xmas gift to give myself. I took them in that afternoon to get them mounted with Naxos. The guys at the shop in Breck, Avalanche Sports??, felt them up pretty good and we talked a little about the skis, Pmgear etc. They were immediately impressed with how burly the skis are. They told me they reminded them of Iggies. I gave them Splat's mounting directions slipped them a bromodel card and took off.

I put 4 days on them while I was out there skiing Boilerplate to crud to silky smooth pow. My first few runs I had some trouble getting them on edge on the boilerplate but by my third run I was getting the hang of it and at the end of the day I was killing it. I have a tendency to get lazy and fall into the backseat but these skis forced me to stay on top the entire run. The Bros handle everything I threw at them extremely well. When I got into the crud and soft stuff the skis killed it. I was amazed how much easier they were to turn than my DP's. but were still able to hold an edge on almost anything.

I got a number of comments on them and passed on a lot of info about Pmgear and the coming together of the bro-model skis. I rode up the lift at Vail and had a pretty good conversation with Martin Bell, a former Professional and Olympic skier out of the U.K. He seemed very impressed with the the story behind the skis and the craftsmanship of the final product. However he did decline an offer to take a run on them.

Overall I couldn't ask for anything else out of a ski. I would certainly be interested in giving the softs and the superstiffs a shot. I'll be around the EC and back out to CO and MT this winter and would be more than happy to let some of the maggots have a shot at them. The guys at PMgear put something special together here and I am more than happy to spread the word.

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Just wondering, do you ski with a wide or narrow stance?

Its pretty narrow but I have been working on widening up

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Originally Posted by CUBUCK

Its pretty narrow but I have been working on widening up

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Interesting, I find that a wide stance works better with fatter skis (when on hardpack/boilerplate). Was curious if others find this true. Seems like a wide stance makes it easy to tilt fatties on their edges. I could be imagining things though.

Cannot wait for my Soft Bros - hopefully in time to get mounted for summit.

wow. Thanks, CUBUCK.

The reviews are starting to have a familiar ring to them that sounds a lot like what everyone was saying when we were testing them. A little hesitation gettting them up on edge on ice and firm -surprise- go to crud -surprise- hit the pow -surprise. And then, after they've been taken around the block a few times, a rubic's cube of little personality traits start unfolding and the surprises just keep coming because, just when you think you can't hang on or you are pushing too hard, the Bros ask for more.