 Poster: A snowHead
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Anybody got any experience of this ski and would be prepared to share some thoughts about it?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Hit up parlor for the full skinny but I've skied on the old 13s as a rock ski, which I believe became the 3-zero and have to say they are totally bomber.
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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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yep - they seem to survive in the hands of parlor so no questions about durability. faction look like really sweet skis
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Tinyman, fatbob has an old pair of my 13s which are now the 191cm 3.Zero.
I've owned and loved two pairs of the above. I also have a pair of new 13s which are a very different ski.
I've skied this years 191cm & last years 183cm, for reference:
The 3.Zeros are probably the most versatile ski I have ever been on, clearly it's not designed for hard pack or piste but they are such outrageous fun on piste it's hard not to ski them everyday. The sidecut is absolutely spot on, they're happy to carve and love to straightline and they just feel solid on steeps. The amount of float is awesome, 6" feels like 3', but you still sink enough in to the snow. Honestly they feel like cheat skis, they react to whatever is given to them.
The 191 is quite a lot of ski, it wants to be bent quite hard. The 183 on the other hand is pretty forgiving in that respect.
What do you want to know? I love them and will always keep a pair in my quiver, I've had them as my tele sticks and this year fitted with Dynafits.
Rungsp has a pair too, which his son skidog has stolen.
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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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He has too...the booger.
Bomber quality.
Good (suprisingly good) on piste.
Top stuff in the deep, though a little fussy on where they are mounted (maybe it is just me though). I have rental bindings on mine so can move the binding position forwards/backwards until they are spot on for me.
Skidog is a better skier and consequently less fussy...he just takes them out as they are and loves them.....I wonder if I will ever get to ski them again in fact?
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| parlor wrote: |
The 191 is quite a lot of ski, it wants to be bent quite hard. The 183 on the other hand is pretty forgiving in that respect.
What do you want to know? I love them and will always keep a pair in my quiver, I've had them as my tele sticks and this year fitted with Dynafits. |
I heard from the guys at Faction this afternoon and they're making shorter 3Zero for release next winter. It's going to be around the 165/167 length which would make it perfect for a bloke my size. I'm really looking forward to trying this ski so I'm keeping my cash in the bank until next season when it appears. I just wanted to be sure that 'those in the know' agree with what I've heard about them.
I know that they will be a bit softer than the full length 3Zero's but I still think that they will be what I'm riding on adventure days next winter 
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Just how small are you Tinyman?
The 175cm is a full twin and very very manageable.
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| parlor wrote: |
Just how small are you Tinyman?
The 175cm is a full twin and very very manageable. |
I'm 157cm or 5'2" in old money. 
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