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SKin recommendations
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

The climbing variety not lotions and potions.

I'm lucky enough to be going on a long trip to Japan in January. Recently nipped over to the Alps to pick up my and my sons ski gear as we won't be over before we leave on Boxing Day. Think I remembered everything apart from my skins....

I'll be there a month and plan on doing a little light skinning for turns among the lift served days so looks like I need to buy some sklns. I've always been a bit of a cheapskate with skins - buying whatever I can find on offer. These are for my side country set up (Nordica Enforcers and shifts) so won't be using them for hut to hut or 1000m days. DO I need to care what I buy? Any recommendations for skins that are genuinely better (probably in this context more about light weight / low bulk and grip rather than sliding efficiency I guess)?
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

@jedster, I don't think it matters, I've used both generations of Black Crows skins on the trips I've done and they were fine. The later ones are traditional sticky as they seem to have moved away from the low tack hybrid jobs.

Edit - I just had a look to see who might have made them but I can't see anything. Looks like I used some Dynastar Pomoca Hybrids too. The only issue I found with the Pmoca was that the clips broke in very cold conditions but that was Europe.
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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?

We've used Pomoca in Japan for the last 8 years (K2 before that) with no problems.

Japan conditions are ge generally quite forgiving for skins as there is enough snow and space to get the gradient and grip you want so basically, any will do.

Careful if you go glueless though as you might put skins on a few times a day and the glue less must be kept very dry.
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