Mounting Legend Pros

[SafteySquad]

I am buying a pair of 186 Dynastar Legend Pros and I was wondering where I should mount them. I know people like to mount their skis on the line, in front of the line and behind the line, but I don't really know what that does to the way the ski rides. This is going to be my everyday ski for Colorado skiing all over the mountain. Does anybody have any insight as to where I should mount these boards. I want to get it right since they have already been mounted once. Thanks for the help

[BakerBoy]

Try right here...

[gwat]

I am buying a pair of 186 Dynastar Legend Pros and I was wondering where I should mount them. I know people like to mount their skis on the line, in front of the line and behind the line, but I don't really know what that does to the way the ski rides. This is going to be my everyday ski for Colorado skiing all over the mountain. Does anybody have any insight as to where I should mount these boards. I want to get it right since they have already been mounted once. Thanks for the help

SEARCH JONG!

I'd go with the recommended mounting point. 845mm from the tail. These are not pow boards so there is no sense mounting them behind the line.

[seldon]

Actually 795mm from the tail would be recommended for 186s. 845 is for the 194s. I mounted mine at 805mm (old recommendation) and they work fine.

[gwat]

hah, good point.

[phUnk]

I mounted mine (see above photo) 80.5cm from the tail (with the tape measure pushed down into the tail kick) and they don't float for shit. I'd mount at least 1cm further back if you ski a lot of pow.

[SafteySquad]

what does mounting the ski further back do when you are skiing hardpack or other non-powder surfaces?

[descender]

I mounted mine somewhere between 80.5 and 79.5 cm with the tape against the ski surface, since there wasn't a clear answer at that time.

This was a bad idea. It felt like too much tail, even on hardpack. Go 79.5 or even less. Hardpack performance will be fine.

[H-wood]

2-2.5 cm back from recommended

[phUnk]

what does mounting the ski further back do when you are skiing hardpack or other non-powder surfaces?

Makes the ski feel less turny, to use a technical term.

[SafteySquad]

Thanks for the help everybody. I think I'll stick with the 795mm from the tail like most people said. Seems to be the consensus.

[KANUTTEN]

Thanks for the help everybody. I think I'll stick with the 795mm from the tail like most people said. Seems to be the consensus.

Think a bit more about this.

I skied this ski with the bindings mounted 80.5 cm from tail (with tape following ski). In powder it meant big trouble. Tips diving all the time. Not fun in powder, AT ALL! 1 cm further back will improve this a bit, but not that much. I would seriously consider 2-3cm back mounting. You will see that even with this mounting, the bindings will be further to the front than for other similar skis (volkl's in particular). Of course, it depends on use. If you have other dedicated powder boards, then maybe disregard this. If these are gonna be your everyday offpiste workhorse, 77.5cm-79.5 cm from tail would be my recommendation.

[ill-advised strategy]

This is going to be my everyday ski for Colorado skiing all over the mountain.

Noodlers usually like their skis right on cord center.

[SafteySquad]

Thanks Kanutten, I'll take what you said into consideration.

As for YetiMan, why you gotta be a dick? You don't know how I ski. And I don't know how you ski which is why I'll refrain from the ever-popular comeback of "I probably ski better than you." But from what I can infer about your 1,000 posts, is you spend way too much time on this site and probably not enought time actually skiing. Maybe you should take a break from the computer and childish insults and actually go ski.

[ill-advised strategy]

As for YetiMan, why you gotta be a dick?

because giving coloradans shit is funny. I should have put a there.

I bet 1) you're not a noodler and 2) you're like every other maggot in that you're a way better skier than me.

I was equating the phase "colorado skiing" with noodling...it was a joke.

take 'er easy.

[Darkside]

I have a pair of this years, and the line is right about 80cm from the tail, and I really like how they ski. So, I sez mount them on ze line.

[SafteySquad]

sorry yetiman, i'm relativley new here and don't quite understand the raw humor of the people around here.

[pointedem]

hey- these skis are bottom feeders in pow, so mounting them back (2.5 or more) is just going to make for a funny skiing pro rider.. you cant really make this ski a pow machine.

With that being said, i love the way they ski in pow.

[BakerBoy]

hey- these skis are bottom feeders in pow, so mounting them back (2.5 or more) is just going to make for a funny skiing pro rider.. you cant really make this ski a pow machine.

With that being said, i love the way they ski in pow.

Exactly -- they aren't really made for floatation, they're made for charging really fast. The more you mount them back, the more likely you are to get backseat on them and that really hurts on a ski like the LP. They are designed to be mounted a little more forward, and they really ski better forward as opposed to mounting them back. If you want something floaty, get a Gotama or something.

[ulty_guy]

besides moving the mounting point back 1 cm and getting the little tip/tail protectors, are there any differences to the construction of the LP's this year?

[MTT]

I mounted mine ON THE MARKED LINE.
Both 186 and 194

They are a kick ass ski that way. I found them to ski very nutral in powder (Predictable) and they slay crud and hard pack. See bakerboy comment.

Very good ski don't mess with success.

Me 5'10" 190#

[ulty_guy]

mtt, is that this year's marked line or last year's marked line?

[grapedrink]

mtt, is that this year's marked line or last year's marked line?

as far as i know:

2007: new topsheet
2006: orange w/ tip protectors, dynastar logo in black
2005: orange w/ tip protectors, dynastar logo in silver
2004: orange, no tip protectors, 194 has 90mm waist

2004, 2005 have the old line, 2006, 2007 have the new line which is 1cm back. i mounted mine on the new line, no complaints.

[Sockerfarsan]

as far as i know:

2007: new topsheet
2006: orange w/ tip protectors, dynastar logo in black
2005: orange w/ tip protectors, dynastar logo in silver
2004: orange, no tip protectors, 194 has 90mm waist

2004, 2005 have the old line, 2006, 2007 have the new line which is 1cm back. i mounted mine on the new line, no complaints.

A reliable swedish mag claimed that the LP was scaled down (flex wise, softer tips) this year. Some reviewers said the stability at speed wasn't what it used to be. Any truth to this?

[grapedrink]

A reliable swedish mag claimed that the LP was scaled down (flex wise, softer tips) this year. Some reviewers said the stability at speed wasn't what it used to be. Any truth to this?

you sure you weren't just reading about the lp xxl? fatter but softer.