mid-season Bandit Launch

Head skis new dimension monsters
http://www.picvault.info/images/31029_skitest.2 003.jpg

06 Rossi's
http://www.picvault.info/images/31011_skitest.2 002.jpg

Ok TJ. Can make sure I'm straight? this thread has so much info it's hard to keep it together.

B2 - Same dimensions as current B2. Same construction? Just a different topsheet / graphic.

B3 - (2.5) All new.

B4 - (old b3) Same dimensions as current B3. Same construction? Just a different topsheet / graphic.



correct?

What Monster's are those? Pretty narrow at the waist.

also, looks like the "monster" is the monster.com logo.

They increased each monster ski in the tip tail and waist by 3mm. In other words Monster 88

I guess what I meant when I voiced my opposition at the beginning of this thread, is that I can't say I thought Rossi needed ANOTHER ski between the b1 and (former) b3. I mean, don't the Scratch BC and b2 cover that spot? Specifically what I'd meant, was that the B4 should have been BIGGER than the existant b3, giving Rossi a superfat like K2, Line, Head, Fischer, Atomic, Iggy, and every other ski manufacturer. Maybe not necessarily the XXXX super-fucking-stiff board, but a larger ski all around. And maybe this would push their binding divisions to make a decent-size wide brake too. I'd have loved to have put Rossi/Looks on my Kahunas, but the jig wouldn't even fit, let alone find brakes wide enough without a whole lot of bending.

So Rossi, once again, walks the cautious, conservative, non-creative side of things.

..are really some ugly looking sticks!

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Originally Posted by Jumper Bones

I'd have loved to have put Rossi/Looks on my Kahunas, but the jig wouldn't even fit, let alone find brakes wide enough without a whole lot of bending. So Rossi, once again, walks the cautious, conservative, non-creative side of things.

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Does 3mm make that big a difference? No problems to bend the brakes to Gotamas.Didnt even need to heat.

note - jig would NOT fit. Kahuna has 108mm waist. Solly jig fit only after removing rubber boots from the gripper arms on each side.

after seeing a slightly-off mount happen to my Iggy FFLs, I have decided precision is kind of important on mounts.

And I've got a set of bent brakes on my Pistols....they're digging into the corners of the topsheet. No thanks, think I'll get brakes that actually fit...in that case, the wide brakes will fit the 95mm waists no problem. But no luck on the Kahunas.