It makes a wide ski a bunch easier to roll up onto a high edge.
If I hadn't been guilty of the same sin, I doubt I would have posted about it
<- *well aware of his own inner HighwayStar*
It makes a wide ski a bunch easier to roll up onto a high edge.
If your not a clyde, you don't need to go this wide, obviously
QFT, but in the opposite direction. If you *are* a clydesdale, you need more width for the same float. People seem to forget that sometimes when talking about optimal powder skis.
@jmeb, there is nothing I'd like more than to buy a ski built just down I-84 in Portland.
But that Billy Goat has a pretty straight back end, and I've proven to myself many times that I like me some sidecut!
And, @jmeb , the Billy Goat is better than the Bibby Pro in untracked? Wow.
I own the 184 Bibby Pro. (I'm a lighterweight guy, so they charge stabily, for me.) Are you heavier, and on the longer Bibby (190 or 191)? I've toyed with trying the longer Bibbys too.
At resorts (mostly Luv and Copper) I've yet to get the Bibbys out in untracked for more than the initial few runs. What I notice about them is that they really prefer a fall line attack, not big gs turns so much. But I love them.
And the Billy Goats were better than the Bibbys in untracked?
I've demoed the 186 Billy Goats twice at Luv, but it was only on chop/crud/groomer days. The Billy Goats were wonderful - but slightly odd/good on groomers, and great in soft bumps, for me. I'd have liked to try them on a powder day, and in untracked.
K2 Pinnacle 118 update: Slid bindings forward +1. Noticeable improvement in quickness. No downside noted. These now feel more like a big version of a "regular" ski, which is my preference in a pow ski. More testing is called for.
@ski otter 2, you clearly have no great love for the Double Helix. Would you care to provide details?
Yesterday, at Mt. Hood Meadows, we had about a foot of new, but it was a bit on the "thick" side. More width than 118 would have been more fun, but may have also sucked rocks once things got skied out. I'd kill to take ONE run on Liberty's Genome (140). This is a ski that didn't sell well, so was cancelled, then brought back specifically at the request of the Mt. Baker Ski Patrol. I'm not sure how much weight to put on that, but it's worth something, that's for sure.
Seeing as this thread is in full blown Billygoat discussion. I will say that yesterday is one of those days that had me wishing I had some Billygoats still. The snow quality went to shit quite fast. But my first run(first chair) down 3 bowl was quite magical.