West Coast Daily: MFree 108, QST Blank, Sender Free 110

[FloridaSnow]

Always going to rec a Deathwish here. It's my cold dead hands ski. Carves great and has edgehold for days for a 112. Can smear and cruise if you want. Floats great.

A ton of MFree 108's out here in the freeride realm.

A couple of my buddies are on the WC108 and swear by it, but I haven't ridden it.

If you want a heavier ski, the Blade Optic 114 is pretty dang good, too. Less snappy than the Deathwish. Very down to charge hard.

love both of my deathwishs 104/112 but I can’t recommend them to someone who’s never been on triple camber. Too many people either love them or hate them. I use to tell everyone get them but after letting a decent amount of people try mine and having the complete opposite reaction to my love I stopped blanket recommendations of them. Always say demo triple camber before buying.

id have no problems recommending the wc108. Absolutely love mine. It’s a great ski. I’d even go as far to recommend the 116 if you ski a 184. It’s super usable in more than just powder but if you ski the 190 like I do the 118 is just a bit much for a daily

[Hood26]

The pinnacle of ski design.


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We now have a Soul Sender! Ski Mag is ranking it the bestest, but funny they didn’t include any Dynastars. Looks like Rossignol didn’t want to be outshone by their sister for that test.

I haven’t been on the other skis in the title, but I do like my MFrees. I am ok giving up the top end for more maneuverability and have 182. I want to try the 185.

[altacoup]

Sounds like you were on the 182. Very different ski than the 192 in terms of performance.


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Yeah I was. Absolutely hated it.

[XtrPickels]

Me too, the 182 is way too soft for my weight. Hated it in chopped pow or anything other than a very smooth surface. Going slow in tight trees was fine.


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Agreed. Loved the 192. Found it manageable but didn't excel in tighter spacers. Figured the 182 would do great, but it didn't have the backbone that I was used to with the 192.

Ultimately I think that if you're a stature where 182 is right for you, then it's a great ski. (I'm 5'11" 175). But if you belong on a 192 m-Free 108, then sizing down leaves you wanting for more. With that said, I am intrigued on the new 185 M-free. Maybes that the compromise we needed?

Ultimately I just sold my 182s and have HL FR110's on order to fill the maneuverable tree-ski slot in the quiver.

[rightcoast]

Mantra and Blank as a 2 ski quiver?

[tenB]

For one ski travel to the west coast, I’d hands down go with the sender free 110 of the options you listed. The mf 108 is twitchy at best at high speed in maritime conditions, and the SF110 is really damn good in everything. The Countach 110 should be on your list too.

[fencejack]

For one ski travel to the west coast, I’d hands down go with the sender free 110 of the options you listed. The mf 108 is twitchy at best at high speed in maritime conditions, and the SF110 is really damn good in everything. The Countach 110 should be on your list too.

I wonder if the new 185 cm mfree 108 would fix that twitchy feeling.

How would you compare the looseness of the sf110 to the mfree? I found it so easy to ski the mfree so hoping the sf110 isn't far off.