The Official Great Pacific Octopus Thread

[Skaramanga]

Keith answered me really quickly. Looks like good service at Praxis.

I told him I like the Atomic Automatic, but with less tail rocker and a little bit stiffer, so he recommended me going for the 187 GPO, since the 186 atomics don't feel big to me.

Now I have to decide if I go carbon or full fiberglass.

Oh, and what a shame I missed the 20% discount for October . Hopefully some promotion will come up soon!

[Tutuko]

^ its peak sales time...if you left it this late, you'll end up paying top dollar, which in Praxis' case of product and service quality, is a bargain anyway. After a season them you will want another pair anyway and can take advantage of the mid season deals. No point saving $80 to not ride a ski for half season.
Plenty of carbon vs glass discussion or you in this thread.

[abraham]

I found at snowbird I was skiing chopped up snow the majority of the time and I'd rather ski a stiff ski in pow than a soft ski in chop.

Auvgeek- I should be around during that time and would be interested in a comparison. Let me know as that approaches.

Steveski- I saw your pm, I'm still out of the country but I'm working on figuring things out. And I probably can let you take a few runs on my skis as well, I have a pass at Stevens but may get a few days in elsewhere

[spindrift]

Keith answered me really quickly. Looks like good service at Praxis.

I told him I like the Atomic Automatic, but with less tail rocker and a little bit stiffer, so he recommended me going for the 187 GPO, since the 186 atomics don't feel big to me.

Now I have to decide if I go carbon or full fiberglass.

Oh, and what a shame I missed the 20% discount for October . Hopefully some promotion will come up soon!

I believe using either code TGR or PRAXIS will still get you 10% off.

I dont think you can really go wrong on the layup.

[auvgeek]

I dont think you can really go wrong on the layup.

Plenty of info on layups in various threads, but I definitely prefer the stock layup for resort skiing.

[Skiwurrel]

Has anybody bought a stiff yet? I would have thought 188 fiberglass would be choice. Short and stiff or long and softer, both good picks

[greasyslope]

I received Whyturn's "old" pair in the mail yesterday. Props to WT for the deal, they are in amazing shape!

Also, another beautiful pair of skis from Keith and the crew!

[andybrnr]

So I now have three days on mine. Have to say I'm pretty thrilled with them (disclaimer: haven't skied a wide variety of gear, so "best you know is best you've skied" applies). Day one was corn harvest on the Muir snowfield, railed GS turns quite well with nice edge to edge performance for a 115mm under foot. Day two, laps on Green Valley at Crystal Mountain, 6-8" of good pow over old base. Great float, very stable when laying elevens. Felt a little hooky at times, but that was likely a combo of funky crust + knocking some rust off my legs. Suffered a core shot following my buddies out to the car over 3" of "base," temporarily PTEXed but will need a proper base weld. Day three at Stevens skiing 10" of mashed potatoes, had an absolute blast. Just killed it through cut up sections where my lighter stuff would've gotten thrown around. Even felt great on rain crust at lower elevation. Looking forward to more amazing days on them.

[JJChit]

^ where did you mount Andy?

[andybrnr]

Mounted my 187s at -1.5 cm. Dynafit Vert STs with the toe shimmed 9mm. 5'10" 165lbs.

[steveski]

Mounted my 187s at -1.5 cm. Dynafit Vert STs with the toe shimmed 9mm. 5'10" 165lbs.

I will be mounting my 187s with the toe shimmed for radicals as well. I'm a little unsure as to where to mount. Initially I was planning to mount -1 with inserts for radicals and +1 for STH.

After weighing options of plates, inserts, etc. I am planning to use a custom toe plate as a shim for radicals that mounts to the ski with an STH pattern. This allows me to insert the STH pattern and the radical heel only. I will need to offset the radical heel slightly from the STH heel. My thoughts are to offset the radical slightly behind the STH. Not sure where I should mount the inserts. On the line? +1? As a reference I have Viciks mounted at +2 and like the centered stance for inbounds but have not toured on them much.

Thoughts anyone?

[auvgeek]

^^Why not use FKS to avoid any hole interference in the heel?

[steveski]

^^Why not use FKS to avoid any hole interference in the heel?

Two reasons probably: 1) picked up the pair of 14 drivers off SAC for a steal. 2) an engineering friend of mine has offered the toe plate and he's an STH guy so his custom plate designs are for that pattern.

Also with the wide variety and availability of the solly binding family it seems like a good idea.

[Vt-Freeheel]

Special edition GPO, get them while they last.

[shafty85]

Those are cool basis.

[Swirlwich]

Would love to read a direct comparison between the gpo and the renegade if anyone has any insight

[stuckathuntermtn]

The wood is much better than white. Really, no ski should be white.

[Aussie Alchemist]

And the 187 cm special edition is already sold out...

[coldandwet]

Carbon 187 still seems to be in stock.

[undertow2]

Could no longer resist - 192 GPOs ordered...! These and my new 193 MVPs should make a killer 2 ski quiver...

[whyturn]

Swirlwich
Renegade vs GPO
GPO is not as quick but more stable in fall line and much larger sweet spot
Renegade is stupid quick and will make pow into a playground. You will go so fast and will think crap I can't make that turn, yet flick heel and you make turn

Ren is stiffer and rocker is lower
But on groomers Ren is still a lot of fun

Basically very different and get both

[N1CK.]

Basically very different and get both

words to live by!

[ego7man]

Would love to read a direct comparison between the gpo and the renegade if anyone has any insight

I think the best thing to do in comparing the skis, is to compare the ski designers. Each ski is a pro model for a similar but very different skier. Do you ski like hoji or tabke? Which skier's usual terrain is closer to what you ski? Comp runs or touring accessed stuff? This will answer your dilemma in the best possible way, but you may end up wanting both.

[Swirlwich]

Thanks whyturn, I am going to try and hold out for this super and hope they have a clear out sale at praxis. I need to replace my pow skis and am now full time on my deathwish and a few other demos it Take out of the shop here and there

[frorider]

Haven't read every page here, but what weights are you getting for the GPO glass vs carbon? I assume the praxis site numbers are for glass.