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Whitedot - The One (180cm)
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Here is the marketing blurb -
Quote:
The One has been designed as an all-mountain speed machine that carves like a demon. It will ride the deepest powder or roughest of crud. The ample side cut and torsional rigidity rips the walls of the pipe, whilst also allowing you to shred the mountain safe in the knowledge that you are super stable at speed.
With its 175mm long tip and tail, 119/89/113mm dimensions and relatively stiff construction, the One is a truly versatile ski for all terrain and
conditions.
The tail is huge meaning they ski pretty short for a 180. I'll just reflect in line with the above.
For a 'mid-fat'?! they ski very well on groomed runs. Once you get them on edge they just want to ride it out. I found myself catching my inside tip quite a lot first off but adjusted my skiing appropriately to avoid this, they were probably just beating me up for my bad skiing. They weren't so keen to run tight carved turns at high speeds but I don't think that's what they are made for. Much better than the (07/08 175) ARVs here.
Short turns are effortless in soft snow but when it gets particularly hard or scraped (man made snow) they start to scare me a little but remain fairly capable. To be honest, the snow I was skiing wouldn't be handled very well by most skis.
Having such a long tail makes them feel really effortless and balanced in the air. They feel a lot more stable than my old ARVs for some reason, can't put my finger on why.
In the little powder I got I found they didn't float as well as expected with the long tip. The tip would surf in a couple inches of light/dry snow but anything more I was underneath. Due to their soft flex the
Armada
's have the edge in the pow.
I'll be skiing them more through the season but those are my initial thoughts.
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arv
, will you be delaying your name change to "The One" ?
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?
Frosty the Snowman
, I need a new name
Was thinking
Frosty the Showman
. What do you reckon?
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with a transition via 'the snowhead formerly know as...'
where are they mounted? hasn't there been some debate about the bet mounting point on these...or am i thinking about some Black crows..
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papasmurf
, Black Crows did have a long mounting discussion but I have not seen the same thing for these. Shouldn't have missed out the detail, they are mounted at the 'FR' mark. Don't have the skis to hand to measure.
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I managed to get on a pair of White Dot "The One"s last season....review
here
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