BEST POWDER BOARDS ?!

[basom]

Originally posted by powderhound
How stiff are these? The dimmensions are very appealing.

[powderhound]

went sifting through that mess last night...just looking for a straight up answer to how they flex

edit: just found somebody saying they are soft. how soft is soft? pocket rocket soft?

edit:edit:found the Rev's review to be very insightful.

[seldon]

I can't believe no one has done this yet.

Use the search function, JONG.

[powderhound]

i know, i know, basom was kind enough to hold my hand and do it for me. i also found arty talking bout how some rep told him they are stiffining them a bit

[fez]

my vote:



they are pretty soft and get kicked around some once its tracked up, but when its untracked they rock.

[freshie247]

Anything that's stiff,99 or larger under foot,lots to choose from.

[skieast]

Originally posted by powderhound

How stiff are these? The dimmensions are very appealing.

well i ski on last year's - not stiff at all, but not a PR either. (my epicski reviewing skill are lacking) I think they've added some metal to the 04/05, but that might just be something I dreamt.

Here's a link for those who hable russian (duboix? translation?)

my attempt at machine translation ended up with this tidbit.

Prinoravlivayus' to The chegetskomu relief, with each descent to otpuskayu of ski is more and more, to nabirayu of speed. The higher the speed, the better the controllability in skis by major arcs it went into the pleasure.
On raskolbase begin it vibrated the noses. It was dismantled with this nonsense, zadavlivaya ski on the maximum in each turning. Reason is intelligible - ski long with the lateral cut small on the contemporary concepts. So that mounted on them must somewhat more aggressive. Barely it did not reap on raskolbase - was occurred the disruption of nose. But so tyuey idut as knife through oil.

[L8APX]

Originally posted by CS
I concur.

me too. Stockli's are the way to go.

[powderhound]

Originally posted by L8APX
me too. Stockli's are the way to go.

But doesn't 100+ under foot turn you on? The only thing I notice is that when you get into triple digits, the manufacturers tend to soften them up. Is there a stiff one out there? Maybe you don't want a board that big very stiff??

Edit: back to the stocklis...what do you guys think about a 201 in the trees/tight spots? Just too long?

[L8APX]

Originally posted by powderhound
But doesn't 100+ under foot turn you on?
Edit: back to the stocklis...what do you guys think about a 201 in the trees/tight spots? Just too long?

Bro Models turn me on. But for everything/where I ski, 186 SS pro's do the trick. On the 201 thing prob. not too long for some but I think 194 black stormrider DP's would be long enough and most could still manage them in the tight spots. The cool thing about the stormriders is that from ice to pow and slow to mach speeds they are a fun stable strong board. I think if I lived in the west I would have the bro's for unreal days 24" + and the stormriders for everything else.

[AltaPowderDaze]

Originally posted by powderhound

Edit: back to the stocklis...what do you guys think about a 201 in the trees/tight spots? Just too long?

I like my 194 SS DP's. I ski them in the trees, but not as my first choice. 201's are a good big mnt ski, but again, not my first choice in the trees. the 194 is much more versatile than the 201. if you search, you'll find a lot of posts on these.

[Vets]

Originally posted by fez
my vote:



they are pretty soft and get kicked around some once its tracked up, but when its untracked they rock.

I second that vote. The 106s feel fantastic in deep snow. Surprisingly stable at speed for such a soft ski. Also great for blasting through thick slush and floating over suncupped snow. Definitely not an ice skate though.
P.S.The old woodgrain graphics! Yes!

[basom]

Originally posted by powderhound
But doesn't 100+ under foot turn you on? The only thing I notice is that when you get into triple digits, the manufacturers tend to soften them up. Is there a stiff one out there? Maybe you don't want a board that big very stiff??

big daddies are 107 underfoot and stiff.

Nordica FF9.1 or the next generation named w105 are *surprise* 105 underfoot and stiff

Igneous FFF are fucking huge oll over and as stiff as you want them, same with DB tabla rosa.