unknownMon Dec 12, 2005 1:36 am
Saturday was the great day and to say it briefly they worked fantastic!
The condition were quite variable with 10-20cm cold Powder getting more dense with the sun warming it. Handling of the skis is extremely easy. They feel much shorter than they are and turn very well. In spite of the realy soft flex they run very stable at higher speeds and remain stable when crossing grooves from other skiers. Floatation is exceptional preventing rock contact very well :-)
The biggest sensation of the reverse sidecut is the sliding making you really surf! I got pretty addicted to that...
Talking about using them on the slopes: Ok not really funny but managable. It's a bit like skiing your old "toothpicks" from 20 years ago. Don't even think of trying to carve them - the ski will turn into the wrong direction!
Fascinating how people react when they see the ski's: amazement up to somebody who wanted to buy them instantly!
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unknownMon Dec 12, 2005 6:02 pm
nice pics!
unknownMon Dec 12, 2005 9:22 pm
Dude, that powder looks really nice and those mountains look huge! Not to mention that the skis look totally awesome. It's good to hear another person agreeing about reverse sidecut in the soft snow. It is a whole world of difference.
unknownWed Dec 14, 2005 3:55 pm
Alex: very, very nice!!! it's good to hear that you're skiing on them.
i'm going to be in Munich on Dec. 28th. heading to Cham from there with some friends....
unknownThu Dec 15, 2005 12:55 am
@bigKam: great - if you like we can meat in Munich and talk a little about skibuilding while having a nice beer
unknownSun Nov 27, 2005 11:16 am
i skied the Kaffeines against the Stiff Upper Lips at Whistler. read more about it here:
http://www.skibuilders.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=188&start=15
unknownSun Dec 11, 2005 7:58 pm
I took the new unnamed pair of boards up to Alpental two days in a row and they performed awesome, except for the delaminations I mentioned in the other forum. I also skiied the Bremallows for a few runs, and they were extremely difficult to manage down the icy and mogulled International run. I took some pretty long traverses, and they really wore out my legs. Then I managed to find a few pockets of powder, and all the struggling was worth it
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One thing to note is that when I was cutting the Bremallows out I hadn't yet built a router table, and so I hit the edge with the router. As luck would have it, I hit a rock right where the edge was partially routed away, and the edge cracked and started pulling out of the ski. It should be partially fixable, so long as I only ski the Bremallows in soft snow.
unknownSun Dec 11, 2005 10:53 pm
Another pair already? Somebody's working hard. What's the dimensions of the skis?
