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 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

After several years of skiing my own rotten old planks I got bored and hired some "black category" rental skis in La Tania last week - quite a revelation! Stiff and fairly heavy, felt like they would blast through anything. Quick-set hire bindings probably made them feel heavier than they really were, but they were very stable at speed once I got the confidence to just point them downhill and carve. Got better & better the faster I went.

Skied at 170cm long, fairly wide at tip & tail, so not bad at all off-piste, despite being narrow underfoot (121-66-107). Radius of 12.1m made speedy carving attainable even for a plonker like me.

The moral of this story is: if you are an advanced-intermediate upgrade your gear, coz your old equipment may be holding you back. I struggled to get to grips with these skis for the first day or two, as my usual planks are a lot softer/more forgiving. Once I sharpened up my technique I was off at warp-speed, oo-la-la! Very Happy
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

Amongst hire bindings I actually like the Head/Tyrolia ones. Had them on a pair of iXRC 1400chips (163cm/13.1m for 90kg)* on Saturday. With the bindings set 15mm forward I could change the arc shape very late in the turn and stay smooth on the backside of some pretty icy bumps, without giving up any flat-out speed to the guys on 170cm+ Allstars.






*07 allblack
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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?

Yeah I've got Tyrolia Cyber bindings on my own skis. The bindings are very good, better than the skis in fact!
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