2018-19 Praxis Skis Info and Resource Thread
Didn’t Tabke podium in Hakuba with a UL +10mm Flex 3 MVP with custom rocker, that ended up becoming the FRS?
Considering that Keith basically invented the ProTest for him, and he chose to go with a +10 MVP over a -10 Protest or a Q for that comp … it seems like a UL veneer custom FRS would be at least as high on the list as a -10 Protest for a Japan mixed resort and touring ski.
I don’t have any time on the RX but it always struck me as more of a classic “traditional big mountain charging” shape compared to the GPO or FRS. Seeing that your DD is a DW104 with -6 mount and tons of rocker, I’d start by looking at that FRS or Jedi Mind Sticks. But that’s based on “on paper” specs and not any real world experience with those specific models.
2018-19 Praxis Skis Info and Resource Thread
This was from David Golay off the Blister site…
Ski #4: Praxis Protest Custom, 187 cm + Moment Voyager XVI
4-Ski Quivers: Reviewers’ Selections (22/23)
Praxis Protest
I’ve been a fan of the stock Praxis Protest as a dedicated pow ski for a long time now, but I spent a lot of last season on a pair of 187 cm Protests built with their UL touring core and in a -1 cm width (so 118 mm underfoot) as my soft-snow touring ski, and they were a winner. The Protest shape works very, very well for me when it comes to making just about any turn shape in untracked snow, from long slarves to quick slashes, and making the ski a bit narrower hasn’t changed that.
I’ve also toured a bunch on a 192 cm version of the full-width Protest (128 mm underfoot) and while the smaller version (predictably) doesn’t float quite as well, it’s still very good, while feeling a lot more versatile when conditions aren’t as super deep. The narrower width is easier on my knees when sidehilling on a firmer skin track, the lighter weight is of course welcome on the uphill, and despite the loss of weight and size, they’re still extremely good in weird breakable crust, too.
2018-19 Praxis Skis Info and Resource Thread
Anyone here ever tried stock 172 glass layup Yetis? Dschane?
I’ve got an option to pick some up but I’m worried they are too short for me. I’m on (13 year old) 180 Flex 2 BCs that are absolutely perfect in soft snow for my 140 lbs. The stock Yeti flex is 3, and these are the glass layup, I assume (edit) that these are MAP/C+ (extra carbon), original layup of the Yeti before it went to UL/C. 172 Yeti has 8cm less effective edge but 2cm more camber contact than 180 BC …
I feel between sizes on this model at stock flex, as the Flex 3 at 182 would be a bit more than ideal … 2.5 at that length would be a lot better for me. It all depends on the suspension and progression as well, since I’m also on 182 ON3P Woodsmans …