I'm thinking the Harlaut pivots would look very nice on these too.
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I'm thinking the Harlaut pivots would look very nice on these too.
Laying my 115 braked FKS on the skis it seems like the brakes would never touch the snow. Too narrow.Quote:
Originally Posted by kc_7777
Oftentimes with pivots once you mount the "skinny" brakes on the skis and cycle them a few times, the ski edges trim the inside of the plastic tips a little bit and they start to work great. Just takes a little fiddling.
Caveat that I don't have my HBs in hand yet, so I'm not sure the exact fit. I know folks (including me) fit 95mm brakes on 108 skis quite often, so not sure why 115 wouldn't work on a 122.
I have 115s on my HB122s
I just mounted 115mm Pivots and the ski edges did trim a bit of the plastic on the brake. It was still hanging up so I bent them out just a tad and now they retract smoothly.Quote:
Originally Posted by waxloaf
Fuck it. Having the shop put on brand new raw P15s. Haven't bought brand new bindings in ages.
Stoked how the raw p15s look.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...7474d2e13a.jpg
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Yes sir. Those are beautiful
Strive 14 MNC with 115 brakes just barely squeak on there. Mine are the 189, straight pull at 193, mounted -6.5 / 90cm from the tail. Pretty stoked to get these on snow, and with 2-3' on the way this week it might be more sooner than later.
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If anyone is feeling left out and looking for a pair of 189s, PM me. I have a pair that are still in plastic that I’m on the fence about but leaning towards letting go.
You've got to ski it... It's got some real black magic going for it.Quote:
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Please feel free to shoot me an email. I’ve got a couple folks on the reservation list :)Quote:
Originally Posted by TexasGortex
Will do!
I ended up mounted at -4.5 and was pretty happy. I took mine out opening day at Big Sky. Was not the plan at all, but had them in the truck. My bindings were fucked up on my "everything" ski (183 all metal Katanas) so the HBs were put into play. Luckily it was 6" of new and we have pretty good base (for SWMT lol). These are fun as fuck. I need more time to really give a good review. In untouched they were a blast obviously. In chop they were also super fun. After a few laps I was learning their pop and starting to gap some smaller bumps and start to push them more. I felt plenty of support in the shovels and tails. I'm 175-180ish pounds with my gear on.
I have a feeling my beloved full rocker Revolt 124s will be sitting on the bench this season. These are dramatically lighter skis, but not so light that they feel like they will get tossed around.
Skiing my 179 HB122's for the first time. Mounted 87cm from tail (straight pull is 182.6cm = `-4.3cm),
Quick lunchtime first thoughts report....conditions are slushy and rainy, cementy shit snow at Whistler. I'm 5'7", 170 lbs, like centerish mounts and rockered skis.
Took me about 2 seconds to get comfortable.
Holy shit! Surprised how stupidly fast you can ski ....they love motoring over slushy, uneven terrain. They do like you to ski centered and are pretty surfy like Marshal promised. Yet they are not floppy noodles. I found the HB122 decently stable on soft groomers. Though you need to roll them way over on edge to get them to grab.
People skiing behind me said the slush spray off of these was overhead at times.
Pretty pumped that the these are such a blast for f’ing around when conditions soft but not perfect. Can't wait to get them in pow. I see many skis days spent on these this season. They are really fun and I'm super glad they are in my quiver. Happy with the feel of the Salomon Strive 16 bindings too.
You know I like a ski when it gets a Mt. Baker “Go East" sticker on it.
KC
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Skied mine today
Me
Five Eight
Two Hundred Husky plus pounds
Age way to close to fifty
Occupation Jr High teacher so I mostly ski nights and weekends.
I have four angry small people I get to ski with.
I skied the original Hellbents when they came out they just felt meh to me.
Fast forward the next season I fell in love with the OG 08-09 Bibby.
Marshal and I had plenty of ski conversations this year. He told me “These are the Skis your Looking for”
Skied today some heavier for Utah pow and crud soft groomers and bumps.
First run today was on Milly. First turn ok 2nd turn on groomers better 3rd turn I got this. Then Holy crap this ski just skied like a champ you lay it over it carved soft groomers, pivoted with ease and had me grinning from ear to ear.
So after a few runs I walk across the parking lot to Great Western. By this time navigating the cat track I was completely skiing like I’d been on it for years. Took the traverse out and found some fresh untracked sections. It was so good it lived being skied at a neutral stance, no sinking easy to pivot and floated through the heavier pow and crud.
I was blown away when Marshal told me he had skied this last season more than he expected now I know why.
I called him on my way home and told him how great this skis are he said yea they make a 45 year old plus guy who doesn’t charge as hard as they use to feel like a hero.
Love this ski and can’t wait to update this through out the season. I think Marshal has truly worked some incredible ski magic.
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Yeah, Homie is a genius. People need to wake up. Non HL skiers are seriously missing out.
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I'm a believer - its a quiver ski for sure but for pow days with low viz, fresh snow, and playful terrain these deliver the most smiles per vertical foot of skiing I've seen in a long time. Absurd levels of playfulness yet still somehow absolutely mob through cut up pow. If you're even a bit curious about these I'd encourage you to take a leap of faith and get a pair, I was super hesitant given these are the opposite (both mount point and flex) of my usual skis yet I've never been so happy to be wrong about my existing biases.
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more fun txt msgs :)Quote:
Dude the HBs are fire. I've skied some bottomless on them (photo from a few days ago) and today on some denser stuff and deep chop and OMG so perfect.
Yep! I've skied em in the real blowery stuff as you can see and of course they do really well. Hell when it's cold and dry enough really doesn't matter what ski you have. Where these really shine is the supportive pow and chop as others have already stated. Today was that day and I had more fun today on skis than I have in a long time. Skied plenty of untracked recycled pow from this windy storm and they were awesome. Slashing piles and taking some risky pops in buried chopped moguls at speed on the way to and from the stashes. So fugging good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marshal Olson
I like to say it’s like the originals are a Bob Dylan song sung by Bob Dylan.
The HB is a Bob Dylan song sung by your favorite artist and it’s so much better.
Marshal just took something good and made it so damn good. It’s also fun to ski with my kids.
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huge shout-out to SFB for the harlaut p15s, these look totally customhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...eef09a828a.jpg
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Castified HB’s! Baller dude!
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These skis put a smile on my face every time I ski them. Forgiving, fun, supportive. They really do tick all the boxes.
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Were you up at basin today?Quote:
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