Rossi Mutix, any experiences?

[dogwonder]

It may be a little early, but haven't seen any thoughts, opinions, experiences on the Rossi Mutix. Has anyone tried these out?

They seem like they may be a good ski for east coasters and the shape (118-70-102) seems pretty versatile.

Pretty pricey, but is an interesting new technology.

[crashnburn'd]

They seem like they may be a good ski for east coasters and the shape (118-70-102) seems pretty versatile.

Holy hell thats a lot of sidecut. I have no input other than I'd expect them to be hooky as hell when you got into real snow.

[dirtybryan]

I think its a noble idea to try to make a ski that can have two different sidecut radii, but I can't see this design being something I'd ever spend money on.

1. The two trun radii this ski offers are like 12 and 16 IIRC, both rediculous small. I'd be more interested if it was some like 14 and 21.

2. The all it is really doing is changing the skis resistance to you flexing it, opposed to actually making it "stiffer" with those arms. Also you are working with the same sidecut trying to make two different turn radii which I think is foolish.

[TrailRider]

There's a couple of pages of comments about the Rossi Mutix over at Barking Bear. A few people there have used it and have liked it. Others have critisized it for being a fad. Here's the link http://forums.epicski.com/showthread.php?t=41862

[dogwonder]

Cool guys, thanks for the info. I thought it would be more of a quiver ski (but more because of my style; I prefer to ski trees, bumps, and off the trails) since I don't really have anything that is great on groomers or hardpack.

Bryan, good point on the fact you get shorter radii through flex rather than sidecut. It's like the concept old school slalom (straight and skinny) used to use.

[iriponsnow]

from what have heard not all that special.... the sidecut is a pretty srandard sl ski w/ a few (~3-4) mm in the waist added.

when there is not a ton of snow or any natural in the east.. sl skis are a blast. I would grap a pair of last seasons sl skis cheap before spending $$$ on a watered - down - version w/ plastic arms

[SkiN00d]

The local ski tuning guru gave it the following review: "Super stable with no speed limit I could find - fun on hard snow. I could definitely tell which arms were in place and their effect on the turn shape." He liked them, but he did mention that you could buy 2-3 pairs of skis for the same money and he's already ordering a supply of extra arms for those that come back lost and broken.

[Frisbetarian]

I skied them last season in the northeast at a local ski shop's test of next year's skis, and hated them. They were fine on easy groomers, and may be a nice, albeit expensive, ski for an aspiring carver, but when you attempted to ski them hard and carve steep trails they chattered and did not hold the firm snow at speed. This was the consensus of pretty much everyone from our group, as well. I was also surprised at the cheap design of the "arms." Plastic that looked like it wouldn't last through December. stay away......