Originally Posted by
gaijin
If I'm not mistaken, the AM100 is the same build as the R110. I think I read that somewhere, but I don't want to speak for MO.
Regardless, this will likely, and finally, dethrone my OG Gotama. Even the M102 failed to do that. Sure, the M102 carved soft groomers better than my Gotama, but it didn't ski general soft snow better. That was kind of insane to me. 20 years of tech just failed to deliver.
I've always said-- "I wish my Gotama was ~5mm narrower underfoot with a few less meters of radius." And now, these numbers are that, and with a touch of rocker in front and rear. And, let's not forget to mention a legit core.
The AM100, on paper, looks like the ski the Gotama always wanted to be.
I don't know why Volkl was so scared to make it. No metal. 130-100-122, r21ish, Just a simple, burly wood core, a sheet of fiberglass, and a touch of rocker on both ends. It's such a simple ski.
Some compared it to Wizard Explosive. I compare it to Gotama. I also called the M102 a Gotama 2. I think this AM100 is the name it deserves-- AM100.
Finally. Thank you, HL.