Time for the yearly inevitable pontification on the best planks for unreasonably specific use cases
The skier: 6'2. Dad bod. No racing experience. Style and technique have been described as "Quad-dominant bull in a china shop". Lots of slashing and throwing things sideways to get me where I want to go. Prefer a directional mount.
Scenario 1) Bulletproof crust with skied-out cold smoke from last week. In some places it's soft, in others you need ice skates. The terrain is somewhat steep, somewhat open, but there is at least some billygoating required to get to the last of the goods.
Scenario 2) It snowed, but then the freezing level shot up and everything froze solid. Coral reef frozen dog shit. But you're a glutton for punishment so you're skiing the same semi-steep terrain out of spite and frustration.
Skis owned/liked/Dislike. And why they're not -quite- right
Moment Countach 110: My favorite, daily. Mount is perfect. Not heavy enough/need metal to perform the above mission. Ride is harsh if not on soft snow
Moment Wildcat 108: Same ride complaints as above with the added annoyance of limited ability to drive/set an edge due to forward mount
Nordica Enforcer 94: I heart them. They do work on smooth icy bumps and groom, but I'm looking for a ski that's looser and has more body to it for punchy spots. Like if I could marry this ski and Countach, add metal give it a sharp edge and make it weigh like 2300g, that's what I'm after.
Volkl Blaze 94: The layup felt kind of dead to me. Very competent, not a ton of energy. Mom/dad ski.
Rosi Sender 99Ti -Same notes as above with the caveat that I skied them in powder as a brief demo at Jackson.
Solly Blank 194- I love, love this ski for big open terrain in soft conditions. Cork is magic.
Black crows Atris: Floppy noodle ski. Disappoint sad face.
So in summary: Looking for a 108 class, metal-laden, loose-ish coral reef destroyer with good edge hold and pleasant Ride quality.
Short list:
Volkl Katana: Is it quite loose enough to keep me out of trouble? I've also heard they're a little boring. Are they boring?
Nordica Unleashed 108: Pretttttty darn close. Maybe a little on the lightweight side.
4Frnt MSP 107 - Very, very, very curious on these. Anybody demo them in the PNW?
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