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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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Bet I can guess.
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.....Punisher (are there any cheering face things?)
There'll be a full write up on the website shortly explaining just how we came to that conclusion.
And yes, it was a very close call...
The Fall Line Women's Ski of the Year is the K2 Tough Luv.
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Mosha Marc, well?
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It'll be a noodle made by your biggest advertiser? Just a guess based on previous "skis of the year" of other magazines 
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fallliner, how come Scott (let's face it... a pole & goggle maker) have risen from obscurity to this? Are they still popping out of the Blizzard factory?
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fallliner, close - I guessed the Scott Mission again.
So that's as close as you can get without being right 
They still 99% the same ski?
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Its a Scott Mission but with a proper twin tip so park monkeys can use it so same as last year with an extended target market (& a cheaper price tag IIRC)..do I win- wouldn't mind a pair for teleing on? 
Shame I'd have liked to see something a bit silly like a Hellbent doing the honours.
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Fischer's factory, I believe. On the test there was just one Scott model that wasn't voted an utter belter. Yes, it's fast work but no faster than K2's outstanding turnaround about three years ago. Scott seem to be making good stuff in all areas right now - pushbikes, goggles - even the clothing has come on leaps and bounds. They are, as the Pussycat Dolls say, "hot like me". As in the Pussycat Dolls. Not me.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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fatbob, you need to keep an eye on the mag, you do...
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fallliner, if they pop out of Fischer's factory you can bet yer back bottom Fischer make a better ski in their own name. I mean, you would wouldn't you, if you owned the factory?
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You know it makes sense.
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As far as we know, almost every factory makes skis for everyone else. We aren't privvy to the full sp, mainly because it would seem quite a lot of manufacturers make skis for other brands which have their own factories and this isn't info that is widely distributed. Scott supply their own moulds and materials, as do several other brands to other factories, and simply rent time on the expensive infrastructure.
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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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Scott are pretty much at the bleeding edge when it comes to mountain bikes as well.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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fallliner, is the new seasons mag out?
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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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^^^ indeed - there's a huge difference between making a ski in someone else's factory and just rebadging someone else's skis
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RachelQ, this year's Missions are brown. What boots have you got?
rpft, the first mag is out, the next issue will be on sale in two weeks or less.
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fallliner, will the next one be the one with the gear guide in? We may well be in the UK before we're very much older, would be nice to pick up a copy (and thanks again for posting last year's to me  )
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fallliner, She has a pair of Scarlets with beautiful metalic brown buckles. Eventually. 
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And to think that I bought a pair last Friday! 
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fallliner, Was the Neo the only ski that wasn't voted a belter? (I'm guessing from the tester reports!) Earlier in the year it seemed to have some extremely positive reviews and there are still some sites predicting that it will win awards. I was interested as, thanks to my young kids, I spend 70% of my time on-piste. However, I get 70% of my fun off-piste so it seemed to fit the bill (at least until the kids are venturing into the back country!) Now, I'm not so sure - the Mission sounds the safer bet!?
Thanks
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edpyke, Neo gets my vote in this catagory. Punisher is a Mission Twin tip, shorter running length and no dual sidecut, can't see how that betters a Mission. 
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can't see how that betters a Mission
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It probably doesn't, but the Punisher is a fair bit cheaper than the Mission, at least over here, so if VFM comes into it I guess that has a bearing.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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the ice perv, Why would it be cheaper?
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edpyke, yup, the Neo was loved by some and not by others, where all the others were generally very well reviewed. Doesn't make it a duffer, mind.RachelQ, yes, only a bit. I quite like brown too but can't get my feet into the fancy leather-look Head Jon Olssons.
SMALLZOOKEEPER, it is cheaper because it has a shorter running length and therefore uses less snow....
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| edpyke, yup, the Neo was loved by some and not by others, where all the others were generally very well reviewed. |
As they put it at the ski tests "it's a marmite ski" - people either love it or hate it.
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Poster: A snowHead
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FenlandSkier, That seem's to be the phrase of the season.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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SMALLZOOKEEPER, fallliner, FenlandSkier, Thanks for the replies. One more question - is it possible to summarise what types of skier liked it/hated it? (BTW, I like Marmite if that helps..  )
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Well, I'm an overweight intermediate who is most at home mucking around on red runs and the edges of the piste. I like the Neo & Marmite.
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FenlandSkier, If weight IS an issue, go Mission, bit more beef and resitance. 
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SMALLZOOKEEPER, at £80 cheaper than the Mission it seems like too good a deal to turn down. Mine arrived today @ 182, but if it skis equiv 175/6 ish that suits me fine as i already have 183 Gotamas for very deep days but for an everyday ski Punisher at £360 incl bindings is fantastic value, isn't it?
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Steve Sparks, Oh yeah, i'd buy Tesco's Brown Sauce over HP any day.
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edpyke, sorry, bit late back on this one: yes, pistey types preferred it and our bunch of huck-monsters thought it lacked pop for something that's trying to be a twin tip. We can refer to the slight rounded flip-up tail on skis like this and the current K2 Apache series as a 'semi'.
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fallliner, have been trying to PM you but no joy probably me being useless if you could let me know your e mail address through my website cheers
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FAQ
) so now I'm not quite so sure.
All skiers like Marmite, don't they? 
