Poster: A snowHead
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New to Snowheads and looking to buy some new Skis. Been skiing for best part of 30 years still trying to improve. Doing a little bit of racing but mainly on piste but reasonably fast. By no means an expert. Height 5'11 weight 14 st. Have had two pairs of Atomic in the past.
Any thoughts would be great can't find that much about them.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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murf, Welcome to snowHeads.
I've only demo'd the RX9's at Xscape but I loved them & they've received great reviews as a mid/long 17m radius carver. The RX8's are also superb if you want a shorter 12m radius carver. I think that there are a number of RX owners on the forum so they should be along soon.
Me, I'm an Atomic man & would choose the SX10-B5's over the RX9.
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Welcome to snowHeads murf!
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I've just spent the best part of an hour on them at Castleford tonight, I quite like them. Not sure what they'd go like in the softer stuff but they ran well on the choppy bits at the egde of the slope.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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murf
I ski on a pair of 165cm RX8's (last season’s model) which I got over the internet from Ski Bilek. I'm 5'10" 12st. I skied them for the best part of 3 weeks on snow last year and on my local plastic over the summer and I absolutely love them for piste skiing - super fast edge change and huge grip, they're great for both short and medium carved turns, yet easy to handle at low speeds or on steeps. No width underfoot so not great in the soft stuff... also the pilot needs a little work in this area too!
I have friend who has skied last seasons RX9's and his general impression was that the 9 was a little stiffer so traded the versatility for even more grip in longer truns at high speeds.
I will be taking my 8's to Tignes for a pre-season GS course with snoworks this Nov, so I'm looking forward to seeing how they perform in the gates
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The sidecut on the RX9 is 110/69/96, at first blush this seems almost archaic in these Metron-inspired days (but I like it, in the Ogasaka version).
Does anyone here have an opinion on the Dynastar skicross line (SC09, SC10)? Has the versatility of these consumercross skis been entirely surpassed?
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I also tried th RX 9's at Castleford lastnight and they were pretty easy to get on with. I would still prefer theRX8s though.
The RX8s are very easy to turn and feel very smooth and stable under foot.
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Are there any poor skis around these days?
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Frosty the Snowman wrote: |
Are there any poor skis around these days? |
Only if they're poorly tuned
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murf, the RX series are great skis. RX8 for quicker turns, RX9 for longer. Both lively. Both fun. Lots of energy. Lots of edgehold. You can't go wrong with either.
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RX8s are great. I have them in 175 and find them fine in long or short turns. I agree about them in soft snow (albeit that's me not the ski). It was a real eye opener going back on my Legend 4800s and doing long carve turns- had to slow down
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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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I found the RX8s super in snow up to a couple of feet deep here in Colorado. Of course, you ski more "in" the snow than "on" the snow, but I like that!
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Some great replies thanks I will be going to the Brum Ski Show next week so no doubt change my mind again, I also went to the Snoworks Tignes GS training last year. Had a fantastic time both on and off the slopes. Made me realise how unfit I was, probably won't change this year either!
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