Rossi Squad Review

[SquawMan]

The "little Person" here (talk about personal comments)

I dont think i ever mentioned core or that you had to have these skis to be so. If you dont enjoy skiing fast through crappy snow that on softer skis require carefull planning to avoid death cookies and other obstacles than you can stick to your spatulas and soft snow. The squads arent just for big lines and straightlines, once you spend some time on them they actually turn quite well just not quick turns, no need to turn quick though when you can just blow through anything but a tree that you might run into.

my comment was not directed at you personally, it was at the direction of the ski industry (stiffer and stiffer skis)

I agree with the above comments

[Duker]

this thread= Squawmans "pad"

[gonzo]

Rune, that's a midget standing next to it

I still don't see the top snowboarders riding gigantic boards, at least not yet

That is because, compared to skis, snowboards are already gigantic.

[marshalolson]

my comment was not directed at you personally, it was at the direction of the ski industry (stiffer and stiffer skis)

to me it seems as though the industry is (in general) moving AWAY from stiff skis... and concentrating more on shape and softer flex. take a look at the popularity of SP's/Maiden's, PR's, B3's, mojo's. and compare to how few pairs of 103's, SS/DP's, LP's you see...

even the monster 85 and explosive are being dumbed down.

[Xover]

FYI however, the Lemon does tear the mountain a new one and he does know what he's talking about.

I'll second and second that

[Dexter Rutecki]

Oh, and people were gawking at them on the chair, one guy with some shitty Nordica carving skis was asking me about them, and then proceeded to tell me how great his 68mm waisted "world cup" skis were doing in the powder. I asked him why they made a cap constructed "world cup" ski,

Minor point, but many manufacturers do use cap construction for their WC stock SL and GS skis. All speed skis are sandwich construction, which is why the reps swap them in the finish for the retail cap models.

[marshalolson]

correct me if i am wrong, but i think salomon wc dh/sgs skis are cap, though it is effectively a sandwhich w/ the topsheet bent around the sidewalls.