Actually, I think they call it "triple camber." I don't know from xc skis, though, come to think of it, I did that before I did alpine, il y a longtemps.
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What's your quiver?
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Actually, I think they call it "triple camber." I don't know from xc skis, though, come to think of it, I did that before I did alpine, il y a longtemps.
Yes, I demoed them at Loveland and they are a superb all mountain ski. I generally prefer wider skis since I spend my days exploring the off trail and so I use my skis as SUVs or 4x4's. Even so they are a joy to ski on the groomers. On snow feel is quite reassuring (grippy?) on the steepest groomed slopes but will pivot easily when you want it to. To me it was easy to get on edge. It is easy to ski overall even at slower speeds but it has very high capabilities even at higher speeds. I tend to ski more upright and centered and this ski fit me perfectly (the other was the Nordica Patron which I also love) and adapts to different turning styles and radii.
Here is my 2017 quiver. I actually pre-bought a bunch of Fischer gear this year as I had opportunities to buy new skis at a price I couldn't pass up, so I padded the quiver in anticipation of not needing to buy new skis for a few seasons. Not pictured is my wife's quiver (which we are still working on adding to for this year), my boot quiver, my retired ski quiver and some unmounted or not-yet--mounted duplicates of the skis pictured.
Not buy skis for a few seasons? I don't understand.
Why the feel for race plates on the Monster 98's?
BTW, Do you still have those old Vist plates with the Markers from the Harts?
Not buy skis for a few seasons? I don't understand.
Why the feel for race plates on the Monster 98's?
BTW, Do you still have those old Vist plates with the Markers from the Harts?
I like to have plates on all of my skis as it makes them much more stable and feel more like my race skis, which I am most comfortable on. I tend to gravitate toward wide skis that prefer to be on edge anyway, so the plate rounds out that setup well. I started running race plates on wide skis years ago when I was on Stockli Stormrider DPs and found that I really liked the feel so have done it ever since. I've tried going without, but it doesn't inspire confidence with how I prefer to ski.
My brother has both sets of VIST plate and Marker bindings (still skiing the plates and bindings and the GS skis I think). He snapped the SL ski a few seasons ago so those got retired. I keep trying to buy some more closeout stuff from Hart for Kathleen, but they seem to be generally unresponsive.
Oh... and I'll back off buying race skis for a few seasons... I think I'm set with short carvers. Not sure that will carry to the rest of the quiver. I'd like to get a new Fischer MTN 95 at some point.
I am not sure how many of those Vist/Marker combos were produced. I am thinking high single/low double digits and they were from the pre Tecnica Blizzard days, from when Blizzard was still with Dalbello.
I've never seen another set. My brother loves the Speedlock plates (think he has three sets now). When the SL ski broke, it blew the heel out of one of the Marker bindings, so we had to swap that out (think he went with a full metal 16 din version), but it was easy to make the change as the Marker bindings were simply mounted onto a block of aluminum that had been designed to fit the Speedlock system. In reality, one could have mounted any binding to that interface, and kept the advantages of the Speedlock plate.
Amazing. At first I thought it was a shop wall. This is a serious question...how are you able to get the skis perfectly lined up? Are they simply eaning or is there something else?
They all just lean against the basement wall. I try to keep them lined up and stable so it reduces the chances of a domino-effect disaster.
No SandwichTechs?
Not presently. The couple pairs I had previously were testers. Good skis though. I liked the Root 88 a lot.
First thing I thought of when you mentioned wide skis that like to be on edge anyway.
I smell a name change "HeluvaQuiver"
2008 Quiver:
I guess that was elan, lan time ago.2008 Quiver:
No changes since June.. Decided to make the CoreUPT Lunatics the daily driver..
Main Mid Atlantic quiver
Fatter Elan M series and same as above
Retro
Tele, Blades, Snow skate.
Pole quiver
Main Mid Atlantic quiver
Fatter Elan M series and same as above
Retro
Tele, Blades, Snow skate.
Pole quiver
Gotta respect a pole quiver. 