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Don't know how anything could be sooner than one week from now!. Or less.Or maybe @Philpug @Andy Mink @Sierrajim @Jed Peters @TahoeCharlie @Unpiste @textrovert @Mendieta and myself and others could get together sooner to A/B them . . . We are all big enough and/or skilled enough skiers.
It would be a fun format to put something like that into a conversation that revolves around a day of several people actually skiing these (and perhaps others) together.
Well I didn't really remember the side profile when I tried the z-90 in 174. It does not ski like a design with a lot of rocker I can say that. It loved carving on packed powder and rewards subtle edge angle input. Something a very rockered ski does not. One of the most fun skis in those conditions ever and I wasn't the only one who felt that.Looks like the Z-Series has a fair amount of rocker in the tail. Seems more so than a lot of skis. What does this do for a ski? Do you need to adjust length for this design?
Releasing the tail? Why would one want to do that? - Release not thy tail before it's time.
I don't see that as an issue here but those who have it need to answer. The answer is likely if that's an issue you want a different profile ski- more tail rocker or softer tail, rounder tail. Some or all of those elements.
@markojp could speak to these issues.
One can also go to a so called "radial tune" where there's more base bevel in the tip and tail. Common is 1deg to .7 or even .5 in the middle, 1deg in tail. Most medern robotic machines, all?, will do that. Personally I'm not a huge fan so far. I find the center base bevel really sets the tone for the ski. Having a low one like .5 makes the center feel like it's glued down. If I want that feel I usually want the whole thing to bite.
I do think adding a bit more base bevel in tip or tail is much better than dulling the usable edge- which is still common unfortunately even in 2017. Butchery is everywhere. But adding that little more base bevel is more work and care- time, than dulling.