Favorite Corn Skis

[Tom K.]

Nordica Girish, it absolutely murders chop, no speed limit at all in spring slop.

Well, sure, but does this ski have a speed limit in ANY condition?!

on the old Girish!

 

[Stev]

Dynastar Cham 97 and Cham 107 work great in/on corn snow. The wide shovel with tip rocker and the pintail work great.

 

[givethepigeye]

Kastle FX104 works pretty well. Some metal, and R=24-26 or something.

 

[Long Hair Hippy]

Not a ski that gets a lot of love here but I scored a deal on a set of Elan Amphibio 84xti’s . They are great and handled just about anything I threw at them. Nice and stiff.
They were really good in the corn ,crud and hard-pack. They even did well in about 12” of fresh. I still like to break out my old K2 Axis now and then too . They are a lot of fun in the spring corn!
Ultimately it’s whatever I’m strapped to at the time because I always have fun skiing. Unless I’m not having fun but then I’m not skiing either.

 

[cantunamunch]

Dynastar Cham 97 and Cham 107 work great in/on corn snow. The wide shovel with tip rocker and the pintail work great.

Have you tried the new Mythic 97?

 

[crgildart]

Hmm ... seems to me that almost any ski is going to work nicely in good corn. Nobody has turned up yet to recommend a FIS slalom ski, but it's only a matter of time.

I'll take a GS with DEEP structure for fast groomer cruising. Pretty much anything a little fatter for slush surfing or soft bumps at a more casual pace.

 

[ScottB]

Seems to me that all skis are good on good corn, but I had there best corn run of my life last Thursday and my Motive 95s made me feel like I was Ted Ligety.

As a clyde, I would highly disagree with this statement. Maybe for a 150 lb person its true. I have skied my non-FIS Slalom ski in corn and it is not fun. When I down weight hard on a turn, I can cleave a 6" deep rut in the snow and it feels like I just fell off a step.

I would amend the statement to all "medium to wide" skis are good in corn. And when it softens to mashed potato's, I can subtract the medium skis too. For me, 88mm + works in almost anything.

 

[cantunamunch]

*shrug* my SLs are fine, maybe I'm just not down weighting.

 

[Josh Matta]

works fine....and actually good and fun different ideas.

The issue with most narrowor skis especially stiffer narrow skis is that they will not form enough platform on a high edge angle to let the snow feel alive.

 

[Erik Timmerman]

As a clyde, I would highly disagree with this statement. Maybe for a 150 lb person its true. I have skied my non-FIS Slalom ski in corn and it is not fun. When I down weight hard on a turn, I can cleave a 6" deep rut in the snow and it feels like I just fell off a step.

I would amend the statement to all "medium to wide" skis are good in corn. And when it softens to mashed potato's, I can subtract the medium skis too. For me, 88mm + works in almost anything.

I thought we are talking about corn here. Not just general spring conditions.

 

[Stev]

Have you tried the new Mythic 97?

No, haven't. Is that the carbon fiber model?

 

[chris719]

A friend of mine skis an Elan cheater GS (65mm) in 176 as a spring ski... of course he has a 2 ski quiver and the other ski is a 183 Nordica GS ski with piston plate...

 

[cantunamunch]

No, haven't. Is that the carbon fiber model?

Yep, that's the one.

 

[Danny]

I like my volkl shiros a lot in corn and slush but I like them in pretty much anything soft. Wide (119mm underfoot) full rocker, but not much splay and enough sidecut to carve. A very versatile ski, as Sierra Quitiquit demonstates here

 

[oldschoolskier]

I'm going old school, for spring and corn my old 205 GS skis just rock. The punch, the grip and the carve without the catch and throw when it goes wrong.

What makes modern skis so good is what makes them bad in those conditions.

 

[cantunamunch]

Anyone here (other than me, ofc) doing convex bases on corn?

 

[Josh Matta]

I'm going old school, for spring and corn my old 205 GS skis just rock. The punch, the grip and the carve without the catch and throw when it goes wrong.

What makes modern skis so good is what makes them bad in those conditions.

would love to see video o your carving why don t you post some?

 

[oldschoolskier]

If we had any snow left here it would be good. This year I got out once. I don't thing a smiley with tears expresses properly.

Didn't think through the swim season ski season properly when the kids went competitive. I'm writing this sitting at a swim competition (day 3).

BTW Josh don't get me wrong, I love the new GS and SL cuts as they made everything so much easier, but on spring snow the keep you on your toes especially with a race tune. Instant negative reinforcement if you make an error in those conditions, the straights let me get sloppy a little more.

 

[Josh Matta]

ummm you know what else lets get sloppy.....

a 30 meter 100 under foot ski with tip and tail rocker.

 

[oldschoolskier]

Never tried them and strangely enough have no desire too