 Poster: A snowHead
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Picked up a set of the Q105, never skied on rocker skis before!
I'm an experienced skier, currently on Black Diamond Verdicts from 2011, traditional camber, the 105's are the same length (181), but 2mm wider in the waist and almost 10mm wider in the shovel.
I'm thinking this, combined with the rocker will be great off-piste, just wondering how they will compare on piste????
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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KenX, You won’t really notice the rocker to be honest, I have the 98 version and I skit he 122 Rockers for powder, they are a really good ski, solid and perform well in most conditions, you may notice a bit of flapping at really high speed on the tips on piste but because they are not in contact with the snow it will make no real difference to the feel or performance.
The honeycomb tip on them is a really sweet bit of technology that adds an awful lot to the ski, Enjoy them
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Thanks!
I'll put up a review after I've been to Tignes with them in December.........
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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OK, done 2 weeks on these now, imo a perfect one-ski quiver!
For me, they are great on-piste giving a smooth ride with the honeycomb tips meaning no tip flap, the sidecut gives me the ability to carve without too much effort and the rocker makes the 181cm ski like a 160, so while not perfect in bumps due to the width, still quite manageable 
Off-piste it's the best ski I've owned to date, good width underfoot, nose rocker gives great float and in long turns they love to blast!
So, all in all, for me a great all-rounder 
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KenX - Been looking for reviews for these skis as i'm thinking of buying a pair for january. What do you think of them now? as i notice it was a couple of years ago you posted this review? any advice on length? im 5' 7"? Thanks Danny
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I have the 90's so can't comment fully on this thread as that a fairly large differential in terms of side cut.
What I will say about these is that even the 90 which is supposed to be more piste oriented than the 105 requires very good ice technique, these things only have a partial side wall about 2 ft in the centre of the ski, so if you think your going to arrest with your edges and side slide your way to control, forget it. You have to keep initiating new turns and keep your edge and control speed that way.
The up side of these ski's is just how light they are and they are super flexible so if you like a turny ski you don't have to fight all the time you will enjoy them.
IF you like a powerhouse like the Mantra etc something with metal laminate, you might find it a bit girly, the Qlab version has metal
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@dank8223, Hi Danny, still got the Q105s, been very happy with them for the last couple of seasons and haven't changed my opinion of them since I wrote about them, great ski, highly recommended and probably around at a good price now too!
Just mounted my tele bindings on them for this year, see how that goes.......
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