 Poster: A snowHead
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https://alltracksacademy.com/blog/the-top-5-iconic-skis/
Not sure how old this blog is (annoys me when they are not clearly dated).
I've owned 2 of the 5 listed (Salomon Force 9s and Rossignol Bandit x 2)
Can't disagree with the write up tbh but maybe confirmation bias on my part.
Interesting to see the charting of development of skis laid out though.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Huh. None of 1 thru 4.
1. 1985 ish era? Volkl P9s. Sans doute.
2. Salomon? The Force9s were rubbish. However, the original Xscream a couple of years later? If Carlsberg made skis for hangovers ...
3. I think he's actually thinking of the Xscreams.
4. Bandits. No, really, no. Rossi 7SK of 1990 however, a splendid ski. The 7G also pretty nice.
5. the whatevers?
Missing; Rossignol Roc, Atomic ARC Bionics, Stöckli Stormrider DP Pro ...
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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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@under a new name, agree with you on the P9s.
3-5 are quite reasonable IMO. I didn’t particularly like the 1080s and the B2s but they were super-popular and epitomised their categories. Same could be said of the DPS in really nailing and popularising the “fun shape”. That said, you could argue they developed the design of the Rossi S7…
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Well I ski my DPS WIllr 112s pretty much every day, on piste (mostly) and off piste.
There is something about them that is magic...on piste they are so easy, the 112 width somehow shrinks and they turn and rail and are stable at speed.
How is that possible for a 112 width??
Off piste...it's simply cheating, they are that good.
Several years old, and I got them second hand from Bobinch....I can't imagine a single reason to change them
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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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Nice thread….
I have been fortunate to own these three legendary skis…
Salomon x-scream original (mid 90’d
S?)
Head Monster (early 2000’s)
Salomon Pocket Rocket (mid 2000’s)
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@Arno, I wonder, was that because (in France at least) they were the rental shops go to rental fleet (with rental construction)? A la, in the late 80s many French rental shops "premium" offering was the Rossi 4S, sold as a "race" ski to rentals but in reality a ski-shaped block of foam with edges and 4S graphocs on top. (I know this as I saw inside not a few pairs post breakage). 
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@under a new name, agree with you on the P9's .. mine were about 1994 in Yellow.
I loved them till I found something lighter. (They were a bit like skiing railway lines)
I can't imagine why I threw them down the dump though.
I remember seeing an article in a Sunday Paper back in the 70's Naming the Rossignol ROC 550 as "the best ski".
I remember that people who had those first Salomon skis raved about them, I've never tried them myself though, I was a bit sniffy about a Boot Company breaking into the realm of real ski manufacturers.
I'd eat my words now, I think Salomon are pretty good at making skis....
Well I did until I tried the Salomon BRM (or something like that).
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@DrLawn, must confess I've never really got on with Salomon skis.
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My Volkl submission was the excellent Renntiger - though was very aware of the P9s.
I had the Salmon Force 9 3s in the longest length (201?). I liked them.
I also had the original X Scream Series - a fun ski, but not as good as the Atomic Beta Ride 11.20 that replaced them when they got trashed.
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Still got my Dad's Volkl Renntiger somewhere in Yellow. I had K2 TRC around the same time, loved them. Then had some Force 9, can''t remember which ones though. Rented some Xscream's and the move to shaped skis began. I have more love for the K2's and Xscreams than possibly anything since....
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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X-Wing Blast was the turning point for me. Feeling that sidecut, feeling on rails, feeling the torque of the cross under - all new. A breakthrough for me at least.
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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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This century
Line Mothership/ Seth Pistol
Icelantic Shaman
Armada JJ
DPS Wailer112RP
Blizzard Cochise ( or sub with Bonfafide if you're a skinny minny)
Commercially probably the 1080/ Pocket Rocket, Soul 7, Black Pearl, Nordica Enforcer, and the Goat/Mantra
Piste skis also available......
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