 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi All,
Departing tomorrow to Meribel .... packing today.
I have nice new Blizzard Cochise ..... or 6 year old Volkl Gotama ....
Which shall I take ..... desperate to try the new Blizzards but don't want to wreck them !
Heart says Cochise but Head says Gotama .....
How bad is it out there and what is the average weekly damage like at the moment ?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Cochise. Tools not jewels!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Do what I am going to do next week, take my good ones and if conditions are pants hire a set and trash the hire pair
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Thanks for the speedy replies ..... If you hire .... Make sure you get the hire ski damage insurance ..... a mate before Xmas got charged £112 for excess damage ....
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@clarky999, Tools and Jewels .... new model looks awesome !
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What makes you say the snow is rubbish??
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I'm with clarky - no point buying skis and not using them, most damage can be repaired and speaking as someone who has managed to inflict a core shot on brand new (first day) skis when there was 50cm of fresh, it can happen any time
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@PBJ, why are you worrying? Daily Fail reader?
Snow not rubbish everywhere.
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@PBJ, Blizzards............ they are no good to you at home, I assume you bought them to use them. If you damage them, repair them. Snow isn't that bad surely!
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I have some Cochise's too - you have to take them - awesome skis.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I've got the cochise. Love that ski apart from the fact they have got the softest bases ever. I absolutely destroyed them in chamonix before new year but all filled now.
Everything I hit is a core shot on them.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@kesone1, I can't believe that the base is any softer than anything elses? These things are fairly standard materials I think?
Surely, would need to be otherwise the shops would have to stock varieties of repair materials, which they don't.
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I must say I haven't noticed them being soft but I haven't skied anything particularly rocky so can't comment too much. It is possible the base is a bit thinner than some?
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You know it makes sense.
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@under a new name, there definitely are some differences, though I can't tell you what the materials are. The bases on my Moments are noticeably stronger than my 4FRNTS, Nordicas, Dynastars, Downs, etc. I think they make them with Kryptonite.
Saying that, they're also slower.
Don't bases come in sintered, extruded and somehting else varieties?
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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OK, so it is possible that they are the same materials but a "softer" density. Wouldn't have imagined so though and wouldn't think they'd be made thinner either.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Fri 13-02-15 21:58; edited 1 time in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Thanks all - blizzards packed !
Rubbish snow ..... Maybe a bit strong, but worst for 24 years per Davidof .... And significantly limits the accessible and safe off piste terrain.
I've just got the G3 twin tip tail fixing thing for my skins - anyone used it on the Cochise? It does not look overly secure .... I had debated filing a notch in the black tail cap to secure the skins ... But not brave enough!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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My practically new hire ones were returned with several scratches last week due to the odd hazard sticking through lower slopes. Thought they may say something but they did not bat an eyelid.
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@PBJ, Took my brand new Mantras to Tignes before Christmas. By far the worst damage was done by someone skiing over then at the to of Toviere  .... on the first day I used them.... all skis are rock skis (IMV)
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@clarky999, apparently it's in the density of the chemical, but all the same chemical.
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wouldn't think they'd be made thinner either.
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I'm sure I've read marketing bumf from some of the nichier freeridier brands claiming thicker bases
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@jedster, thicker I could believe. I realise that means there are thinner bases out there, and I know racing bases are sometimes thinner, but still 
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