 Poster: A snowHead
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'Head's up (wahey) to my fellow Snowheads. If I didn't already have a pair then I'd buy these. They are a seriously, seriously good ski. Way more accessible and usable than any of the reviews would have you believe. During a week in St Anton recently I used mine on morning concrete, soft snow, big soft bumps, porridge-like slush and even some fairly gnarly ski routes with a few centimetres of fresh snow on them. The only slight negative is they are fairly heavy, so after a week of afternoon slushy bumps my legs were very, very tired. At 700 quid I'd venture they are a bargain! And so beautiful to behold in the flesh too.
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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 enquired about a slightly used pair of these yesterday in a rental shop, and was quoted €800 ...I wasn't really that interested in the model anyway, as i couldn't swap my Protectors onto them , but even so , I thought he was taking the proverbial.
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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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@Smokies and Wine, Protector bindings will be available for this ski before next season. That was a deciding factor in me buying mine.
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@greengriff, I have Head WC rebels e-speed, which are an absolute blast on any hard or icy piste and are surprisingly manageable on soft snow as long as there is a firm base somewhere underneath. Definitely not a powder ski!
These look like they are more all-mountain? I can definitely recommend the rebels e-x line if skiing fast is your thing! As for price, mine were listed at €1100, but I got them for €750, with binding which I think was fair!
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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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@Steilhang, These are a more manageable radius than the e-speed, but otherwise the construction is the same I think. Pro models have phenolic sidewalls, more aggressive base edge angle, and a different race plate to the regular models. They certainly can go fast, but are surprisingly not at all bad at going very slowly too, as I found out when guiding a lost German beginner from Zurs to St Christoph.
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| greengriff wrote: |
| @Smokies and Wine, Protector bindings will be available for this ski before next season. That was a deciding factor in me buying mine. |
Yes but thats another pair that cant be shifted from ski to ski, which is a significant benefit of the regular protectors.
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@Smokies and Wine, I'd actually thought about buying the Kastle Triflex (i.e.freeflex) powerrail and installing it on the ski so I could use the regular Protector. I saw on another forum that it's been done by someone else and they claim the results are good. For the small cost of the rails I still might do it to try it out. Looks butt ugly though compared to the lovely standard setup.
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