FIS Plates & 916, Rossi 15c (Look Rockerace)— plates needed?

[iriponsnow]

I know what those skis are.

[gaijin]

Before you buy, try to see if the heel is plastic or metal, just so you know what you're getting.

I prefer the metal + metal version. Plenty of people here prefer the versions with plastic toe with metal heel, but most people here don't like the plastic heel version..

Thanks for that. I think the heels are plastic... they have that seem that appears to be from the mould. Unfortunately, they're virtually scratch-free, kind of hard to tell. My fingernail/knuckle punch doesn't do a very good job at discriminating. But I'm pretty sure metal would't have a mould seem. "Obvious plastic" of the toe is not so obvious in the "potentially injected plastic composite" of the heel.

I know what those skis are.

So... bindings aside... should I ski them in the Inferno? Or-- should I reserve my 190 35m Rossi Hero GS skis for that? It's a very casual dream at this point, but I do turn 50 in 2026 and would like to do something cool.

[ZomblibulaX]

Dude, that ^^^^^ would be awesome! But you want big skis for that, there's a ton of gliding on that course. That's a bucket list item for sure.

You mean when Salomons actually started wining some races? I was at an event when the first of the Atomic made civilian Salomon skis were on snow. All the shop staff raving about how well they skied. "No shit says the Atomic rep, they're finally being built by a ski company"

Yeah, it was pretty hard to imagine how they could have gotten much worse; the old 10 2Vs with the tail wider than the tip were noodles, I went over the bars on my brother's pair coming out of the gate on nastar. Atomic got real bindings and Salomon got real skis, hallelujah.

[waxman]

re: the salomon heel, as long as the spring housing is metal which it should be on a 16 DIN version you should be good to go...