Can anyone give me the rundown on XCD skis?

[BCMtnHound]

I continue to enjoy my alpinas with switchbacks and comfy leather 75mm boots. The camber-and-a-half makes downhill turns a challenge, but glide and grip really nice over rolling meadows.

I have an old pair of boomtwon peaksticks (176” bamboos from Nelson Boomtown) with a set of skins that I have been meaning to mount with a pair of fritshi ft-88 bindings and use with my koflach boots. We’ll see how those work.

[toastybroski]

No clue on the dps skis. I don't see any in their lineup with fishscales so unless it was a limited production I doubt it.

[toastybroski]

I also noticed with my hoks, the easiest way to get going with a little more speed is a tele turn where I weight the shovels and tails to stay off the skin part. Wonder if that would be even better with the new longer version.

[plugboots]

We sell Hoks at our store. They’re kinda designed to be used with the Tiak or the stick/pole. You need to keep off the skin by leaning back or figuring out your own method. I would get the Kom, which is more like my old Karhu Kodiaks, or my Fisher S-Bounds, but better since they have a more modern side cut. I ski with a guy who uses them exclusively. He doesn’t tele-turn, but uses Scarpa T-2’s. He carries small skins for steep sections, but never uses them, and just takes a less steep skin track. I gotta say, I’m a little jealous of him on transitions. Guess which turns are his and which are mine with Praxis BC’s:

[plugboots]

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[MagnificentUnicorn]

Don laying them down