Much more reasonable training opportunities at Mount Rose in May. Including early load at 073.0 to get the best training conditions
http://skirose.com/may-race-training-camps/
http://skirose.com/may-race-training-camps/
Much more reasonable training opportunities at Mount Rose in May. Including early load at 073.0 to get the best training conditions
http://skirose.com/may-race-training-camps/
Do ski manufacturers still build proto skis with blank topsheets? I know that used to be a common practice but don't know anymore. That could be an explanation for solid red graphics.
Much more reasonable training opportunities at Mount Rose in May. Including early load at 073.0 to get the best training conditions
http://skirose.com/may-race-training-camps/
yes, but we are very democratic, she would need to fit in....
So the guys are ok with getting their a$$e$ handed to them on a platter?
The 50 is likely a code for the actual ski design. The sidecut, the layup, etc. The 12 might be a pair number. My hunch. Sometimes both numbers refer to design.
She will likely be testing a number of different skis. Though the women simplify it. A lot of data is being compiled, including things as hard to measure as her impression, what a ski feels like, etc.
We once had three top seed men with their GS skis on our tuning room for a week. Not during a testing period. Probably had a half dozen different skis, and 2-3 of each, with each of them! Now, these guys were serious fiddlers, and it was in the early days of 35M skis. Nobody was super confident in their skis. Other than Ligety.
Remember she is not the only one testing. She might have been one of the few last week, but others at the top of the Atomic stable are doing the same. And if they are good enough to have factory support, the info will be shared among the techs. Even if Eileen thinks not.
So if 50 is a design code, she probably has a few. They are messing with structure, as well plates and mounting points, delta. Complicated stuff. Made more so by a general lack of confidence that her GS set up has been optimal. Good, but not perfect.
As long as they have it right by Soelden.
Then of course, we have boots......
Atomic writes their flex numbers in black like that on/around the tails. They are usually in the 20's through the 40's though. The lower the number set the softer the flex. An example would be a GS ski at 47/37. I've never seen the numbers at the tips like that. It's definitely a coding and it's definitely setup for her given the MS on the ski. Now I'm curious..........
Pretty sure it is not the flex numbers, they are hand written, probably the test no . Also of note, since Atomic went to the full sidewall sandwich, the numbers have dropped (i.e nominally stiffer). Where you would previously expect 45/35 as the Medium flex on a GS ski they are now more commonly found at 35/25. and no, I am not sure why !
Its not working.....trying to find the image from another source. It's from a new photo shoot promo with Mikaela for the 2018 Olympics.......Jeff, can you try to repost that image. Not coming through, at least for me, and my phone.
Thanks!