191 PM Gear Lhasa Fat

[cliffhucker]

I would very much like to snag a pair of these said beasts, at $1099 their a little bit more pricey than the next competitor, any maggot deals?

[whyturn]

^^^pm sent

[Chugachjed]

I'm going to sell my pair when my kusalas arrive.

[BaNosser]

Glad you got a pair of Kusalas on the way Jed.. let us know how they rip it

[Chugachjed]

I'm only half sure that I'll sell my Lhasa fats. I love them, maybe more than I don't want to hear my wife complain about too many skis.

[pfluffenmeister]

Splat, you are a mother-fucking genius.
The 191 Fats kick sooooo much ass it's not even funny.

Slay the pow.
Kill the crud.
Rip the groomers.

... and Crush the fall-line.

They have replaced two skis in my quiver, both of which I thought were keepers:

Movement Goliath @ 108mm waist, and the
Lotus 120 Pure Flex 3 @ 120 (duh)

When people ask me about them I say they're made by "some mad scientist in Utah".

[tuco]

I thought the gearswap ninja had hoarded multiple pairs of each.
Dudes in Reno.

[pfluffenmeister]

^^^ oops, Reno it is.

unfortunately i haven't had the pleasure of meeting him in person.
however. i did chat with a random dude on the bus today at breck who agreed with the mad scientist (sans utah) description and had apparently crashed on his couch.

recently i've been trying to simplify (a bit); down to 4 pairs with strict seperation of purpose, no overlap!

but i have been thinking about buying jed's pair as a back-up.

[splat]

Ski of choice of the GSA...
He sent me some footie of him rippin them at JH last year.

[tuco]

Was it in 8D?

[pfluffenmeister]

Ski of choice of the GSA...
He sent me some footie of him rippin them at JH last year.

makes perfect sense.






fight like hell !!!

[kokomas]

just read this whole thread instead of working today but can't focus because chugachjed's fats are on the way to my house and i can't wait to see them. we will see how they like the terrain at Magic over presidents day hopefully

[pfluffenmeister]

^^^ thank god you bought them (too tempting).


you will be a happy man.

[Chugachjed]

Wax them before you ski on them, I gave them a mild base grind etc, I think I forgot the wax though. Just FYI

[kokomas]

thanks, will feed the beast with lots of wax.

[kokomas]

First day on my goliaths in a while i have the biggest grin in my face in the jh tramline right now. If the lhasas are better than these, look out

[pfluffenmeister]

i loved the Goliath, great crud ski / quiver of one.

but i was very surprised that the much wider lhasa fat was more fun on the groomers / crud than the venerable Goliath.
(more energy and pop inbetween turns, but still somewhat damp; and it was faster edge to edge with a super reliable "drive-me tip").

and the fat is clearly better in the pow, probably just by virtue of the greater surface area.


RE: Lhasa Fat vs 120, i would say that the fat has ~95% of the pow performance, so close enough considering the fat does everything else better.

[splat]

I will pressing a pure carbon pair for myself so my hybrids could be considered up for sale.
About 25 days, one repaired core shot, super awesome aeronautic carbon on top.

[Micol]

I will pressing a pure carbon pair for myself so my hybrids could be considered up for sale.
About 25 days, one repaired core shot, super awesome aeronautic carbon on top.

How much $ are these?
how many mounts? bsl?...

[splat]

$450 plus shipping. One sth 916 mount. 28, 316mm bsl.

[jmedslc]

$450 plus shipping. One sth 916 mount. 28, 316mm bsl.

Splat, how much camber underfoot do these have?

[splat]

3 mm.....

[MickeysEars]

Came back from lunch today in Tignes, France, to a crowd of people looking at my skis and wanting to know all about them :-) love my 191 Fats... they have been great in all this snow we've had lately in Europe ! Will post pics after tomorrow as its meant to clear and most of the upper mountain closed or not being visited the last 3 days snow.

[MickeysEars]

Mellow day from yesterday in Tignes shows off how great the 191 Fats are ! Mine are what Pat described as i-beam stiff, full trippy carbon jobbies. Bit of meadow skipping early before more opened and then a couple of good runs down the Grande Balm face. Still amazed how I have ended up using this ski every day this season so far !!!

http://vimeo.com/86541545

[pfluffenmeister]

My 191 lhasa fat hybrid is my new favorite ski.

Tomorrow I plan to ski them back to back with the new pair of full carbons that I picked up from ottoparts
The hybrids are stiff and weigh about 4# 12oz.
The pures are mediumsoft and weigh roughly 4# 3oz.

In the end I might mount the hybrids dedicated alpine and the pures dedicated tech.

They are currently both mounted with sth14s.


Pretty stoked.