 Poster: A snowHead
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In the market for a "Fat" ski and have seen a pair of the above skis for sale @ £150 flat. I would appreciate other Snowheads thoughts on this!! I am an advanced skier that is a trend follower hence the desire to ski fat skis!!! It is purely for off-piste skiing as I am getting a bit long in the tooth for continuing to wrestle my slalom carvers through the deep stuff!! Thoughts please!!
Clem
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Sound Skis? Dimensions look a bit like the (old) Gotama - I'm sure there will be some reviews on TGR. At that price seems a decent deal.
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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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I've mounted a couple of pairs of Helix & a few other Liberty models & they seem very well made. IIRC the Helix were a £400+ ski so £150 is a bargain.
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But remember most U.S reviewers might not have the same exposure to our sort of snow. For example a ski that gets rave reviews for Whistler might not have the hard pack performance that skiers in the alpes needs.
What they call crud is chopped up fresh snow, IMV... and their version of ice might differ somewhat as well... so altho TGR might have a wealth of info and reviewers...you might need to temper that with your usage...
Having said all that...and re-read the OP.... off -piste, should be just the ticket
http://www.ski-review.com/content/view/704/30/
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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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Many thanks!! I skied this years Gotama 3 weeks ago in Stubai. An excellent ski and thoroughly enjoyed the experience! I had heard that there were parrallels to be drawn between the two skis.
Spyderjon,
What is the preffered binding and prices to buy and mount? I appreciate there is a wide spectrum of both but I would be looking at the cheapest binding that would be considered up to the job!!
Clem
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clem156, I only go for all metal chassis bindings for durability/no flex etc, with the extra weight not noticeable. I sell Vist (which I'd be pleased to quote you for) but the higher end Look/Rossi's, Tyrolia's & Sallies are all good although I spend a lot of time re-adjusting Sallie toe wings/toe heights so I personally wouldn't have them. The new(ish) Marker Jester/Griffons have been getting excellent reports. If you want the option of a bit of skinning but still with top end downhill performance then go for the Marker Duke/Baron (if you can find them as they're pretty much sold out), although they're on the heavy side for normal use. If you're after a bargain I'd check out ebay at this time of the year but watch the brake width & you'll also need to budget £25 for them to be mounted. Last week a customer of mine asked me to mount some Mojo 15's (v.good BTW) that he'd got for a great price but by the time he'd bought wider brakes & paid for the mount he could have had Vist's from me for less 
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Liberty are doing their "own" bindings for next season which are rebadged vists..............
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spyderjon,
Spyderjon can you PM me some prices for bindings alone?
Clem
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clem156, PM sent
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