The Dynastar Thread

[comish]

Have 4 days on new-to-me- but used 184cm 2012 LP105 and gotta say I love this ski! It knifes wind buff and then rails groomers on the run out. No speed limit that I have found. Gotta be charging. They don't want to lolligag and I have found you do have to drive the tips or they wander just a touch, but for me it's a perfect everyday ski. Just an awesome Mammoth ski.

Those wood sidewalls don't look like they are gonna last unfortunately Didn't manufacturers learn that lesson yet? I think it was the old Sanouk that also had them and didn't hold up either.

[toast2266]

Have 4 days on new-to-me- but used 184cm 2012 LP105 and gotta say I love this ski! It knifes wind buff and then rails groomers on the run out. No speed limit that I have found. Gotta be charging. They don't want to lolligag and I have found you do have to drive the tips or they wander just a touch, but for me it's a perfect everyday ski. Just an awesome Mammoth ski.

Those wood sidewalls don't look like they are gonna last unfortunately Didn't manufacturers learn that lesson yet? I think it was the old Sanouk that also had them and didn't hold up either.

Agreed with all of that (especially the delicate wood sidewalls). The more time I spend on that ski, the more I love it.

I wish someone still made a ski like that in a sub 190 length.

[crashidy]

repeatedly apply lynn seed oil to those sidewalls often and they will last

[toast2266]

repeatedly apply lynn seed oil to those sidewalls often and they will last

So far my problem has been that relatively minor impacts near the edge will completely explode the sidewall. The wood doesn't offer much structural support.

They are pretty though. And that's a good call - I'll start oiling them. Should at least keep them from drying out and cracking.

[comish]

So far my problem has been that relatively minor impacts near the edge will completely explode the sidewall. The wood doesn't offer much structural support.
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Same here: I have a spot that doesn't look like it hit anything, but the sidewall seems to be blowing up

[toast2266]

Same here: I have a spot that doesn't look like it hit anything, but the sidewall seems to be blowing up

A but of surgery and a bunch of epoxy seems to be holding up on mine. It's not as pretty though.

[noslow]

Looks like the MFree 99 would be very similar to the 108 in taper/rocker and construction with similar dimensions to the MPro 99. A hair more sidecut though(17m in the 179cm-maybe around 19m in the 185?) and assuming more forward mount like the MFree 108.
Heard from a couple smaller skis who have been on the 179cm that it’s a fun as you’d assume in bumps and trees. Guess it comes in 171, 179 and 185cm with 128/99/120 dimensions.

I tried the MFree 108 in 182/192cm in late February of 2020 at Alta so if they follow the same trend maybe the MFree 99 out soon?

Video on them from Powder 7.

https://youtu.be/VX0TNcHSKPo

[Hopeless Sinner]

Looks like the MFree 99 would be very similar to the 108 in taper/rocker and construction with similar dimensions to the MPro 99. A hair more sidecut though(17m in the 179cm-maybe around 19m in the 185?) and assuming more forward mount like the MFree 108.
Heard from a couple smaller skis who have been on the 179cm that it’s a fun as you’d assume in bumps and trees. Guess it comes in 171, 179 and 185cm with 128/99/120 dimensions.

I tried the MFree 108 in 182/192cm in late February of 2020 at Alta so if they follow the same trend maybe the MFree 99 out soon?

Video on them from Powder 7.

https://youtu.be/VX0TNcHSKPo

Thank you.

[Hopeless Sinner]

[crashidy]

Mounted a set of mfree108 for the wife to accompany her cham 107hm that she raked through the rocks last week. She's stoked. Something that releases in the tails but still skiis like a dstar should be just the ticket.

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[waxman]

Mounted a set of mfree108 for the wife to accompany her cham 107hm that she raked through the rocks last week. She's stoked. Something that releases in the tails but still skiis like a dstar should be just the ticket.

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you need to try the big ones bud

[crashidy]

you need to try the big ones bud

Did you bring any in ? These guys didn't

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[kid-kapow]

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My bad - forgot to post it in here too - thanks for picking up the slack RB!

As posted in the 2022 thread (for those of you who do not follow that thread): Dynastar 21/22 - as described earlier, sadly no new sizes for 108/118.

[TAFKALVS]

I think the 99 should be a great hangover/ski with the wife ski. Looking forward to getting on a pair.

[Hopeless Sinner]

My bad - forgot to post it in here too - thanks for picking up the slack RB!

As posted in the 2022 thread (for those of you who do not follow that thread): Dynastar 21/22 - as described earlier, sadly no new sizes for 108/118.

No problem. Anxious to get some skis ~100, hoping the MF99 would be just as much fun as the MF108s. There are so many skis to try!

[McDee]

Really enjoy the XXL still, and interested in a comparison to the LP 105 Pro.

Just been out once for a quick couple of laps with the LP pros. Hard to compare the two, my xxls are so knackered they don't really have any camber anymore. Lps feel a lot turnier, with an actual radius, whereas the xxls just used to carry on going straight if I tipped them over onto the edges. But that's down to shape difference and rocker. Lps need to be driven pushed right into the tips, the xxls are just super slarvey when kicking out the heels. But I reckon that's just down to how beat they are. Also I'm a very sloppy lazy skier with no race background, I'm just big and heavy and sometimes like skis that don't fold up on me. once I get a couple more days in, I'll know more.

[crashidy]

Somewhere i did a write up on the og pro vs lp105 vs xxl vs lp115 vs big dump vs cham 117 vs cham 107.

This was on my experience from the lp 105 when it came out in 2012. It is stable, gets on plane faster than a xxl. Likes to turn easier. You can be lazier on it. A xxl likes to dive in over a foot of pow. The 105 gets on planes like a cham minus the super stiff tail. Like above my xxls have seen a ton od use and are still one of my favorite skis for the Rockies

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[Jaxson]

Thanks for the LP105, XXL comparisons.

[toast2266]

Somewhere i did a write up on the og pro vs lp105 vs xxl vs lp115 vs big dump vs cham 117 vs cham 107.

This was on my experience from the lp 105 when it came out in 2012. It is stable, gets on plane faster than a xxl. Likes to turn easier. You can be lazier on it. A xxl likes to dive in over a foot of pow. The 105 gets on planes like a cham minus the super stiff tail. Like above my xxls have seen a ton od use and are still one of my favorite skis for the Rockies

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That's about my take as well. Lp105 has 95% of the xxl's dampness and crud busting abilities, but is easier to ski and is considerably better in deep snow.

[gwat]

That's about my take as well. Lp105 has 95% of the xxl's dampness and crud busting abilities, but is easier to ski and is considerably better in deep snow.

Truth!

[Kopi_Red]

LP 105. Best. Ski. Evar.

[Colorado_Freeskier]

The 105’s radius is 27M and wasn’t the XXL like 34/41 depending on length? The XXL was awesome in deep snow IMO...had both the 186 and 194 and currently have the 105 in a 184 and 192. Two distinct personalities but the one thing they share is no speed limit.

Bottomless day cat skiing on the 186 XXL.


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[carpathian]

My first time on Dynastar since 4x4 Bigs circa 2000ish. I was impressed, could not believe the performance in hard conditions. Must be fun in the pow!

[GoldMember]

They are fun in the pow. They're fun in just about anything.

[altacoup]

I usually ski charger type skis in 186-196 lengths. Renegades for pow (186 and 96 depending on day), Cochise, QST 106 and devestators are my more every day ski, have some msp 99 I almost never ski. Plus some other random shit. Quiver is absurdly huge, but I’ve been thinking about the 182 mfree 108 for an easy skiing ski. There’s just some days when I’m feeling a little beat up that a softer ski with camber might really help out. I can get them pretty cheap. Will I be disappointed in the shorter length?


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