 Poster: A snowHead
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Looking for suggestions. Want to get some skis for piste skiing when the touring and offpiste aren’t in, and to practice technique. Need a flat ski that I can quiver killer Shifts on.
Black Crows Divus an option but interested to know of any fully cambered options (without rocker).
For background info: My other skis are BC Atris (with Shift) and BC Camox Freebird (with Radical 2.0). Boots are Tecnica Zero G Pro with upgraded intuition liners.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I’ve started an almost identical thread on the Equipment Reviews/ Questions Forum
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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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@On the rocks, yes and I didn’t want to hijack it! Didn’t think it was quite the same question given different bindings/ boots.
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@Inboard, cool, hopefully we can both get some useful info. Ficus look interesting but would also be interested in something stiffer and shorter. My R.98s have Radical 2s so QK not best option for me.
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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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Line Blade.....just built to get on edge and carve, flat ski....
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Brahma 82 comes to mind here  Not a pure carver, but the closest thing to a Latigo.
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If you are a Black Crows fan then hunt down some Artos. Otherwise pick up some second hand race skis and take the race plate off.
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| Line Blade.....just built to get on edge and carve, flat ski.... |
Seconded. Absolutely love them. Only problem from your perspective is that they have a faur amount of rocker on top of the camber and radical sidecut
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I have Volkl Mantra's for everything. I do have piste skis but don't use them since I bought these. I also hate wearing ski boots. I bought them after seeing guy in a kilt using a pair and straightlining down the Ben Lawers corries. I think his name was Blair, he went up hill almost as fast as he came down.
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If you flat mount a binding to a narrow (at the waist) piste ski you could find your ski boot touches the snow when you lean the ski over. You will also lose carving performance since the higher bindings on piste skis give a better mechanical leverage to get up on the edges. The binding set up for freeride and high performance carving is different for a reason!
To get around that you could fit some kind of after market plate. Or buy skis with a plate which you can drill yourself (for example the old Xplate which Nordica used on their race skis was just solid plastic with no predrilled holes, so there should be plenty of room to drill new mounts.) You might pick up a pair of races skis secondhand which fit the bill.
Or compromise on either need to use your existing bindings or go for a wider ski. I personally would just grab a secondhand race ski complete with bindings.....but since I have at least a dozen pairs of skis in my quiver I am not a good person to advise buying more stuff!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Thanks all, some interesting suggestions. I suspect the Brahma 82 will make the most sense.
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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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If you're going to a dedicated piste ski, why not look at something which is fully piste oriented? Rossi hero/master, Head Speed, Atomic X9/G9, Dynastar Masters etc. etc.
The Brahma is a kind of slimmed down all mountain ski rather than a ski which is developed solely for the piste. Also, 82mm is pretty wide for the piste. I wouldn't be looking wider than 72.
A lot of piste skis come with bindings on a rail system as standard. Swapping bindings from wider skis to piste skis would probably create problems with height and also brake width. For transport, the bindings slide off the rail so you can pack them flat with other skis.
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You know it makes sense.
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Thanks, but as I said in the OP I need something flat so I can quiver killer my Shifts on - I am definitely not buying another pair of boots so need to keep things compatible with existing Zero G Tours, so that rules out (IFAIK) rail bindings.
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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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Poster: A snowHead
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@Inboard, Kastle MX83 (or MX75 or RX12). All? Kastles are still sold flat and the RX and MX models still have full camber (possibly with a tiny bit of early rise tip on the MXs but I think they removed that when they revamped the widths two seasons ago).
Not strictly a piste ski due to the width but the MX83 is their most lauded and versatile ski.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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82mm should work without a plate, although it will be something of a compromise in terms of carving performance.
For me the harder the snow gets and the sharper my edges are, the happier I am. I would consider myself a serious skier but tastes can vary.....
P.S. I own three pairs of boots, stop making excuses
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