Poster: A snowHead
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I was looking through the recent basi newsletter and saw the 10/11 stockli offer, and i was thinking about the laser cross pro as a perfect ski to do my isia on, trouble is the distributor can supply them either flat or with only the salomon kz12 smartrak binding. Does anyone have any experience with this binding? I hated the tyrolia railflex bindings systems, but like the freeflex bindings and sp13 plate, is the smartrak similar, or is it more for lower end skiing use? As this ski will be mainly used for piste performance, are there any recommendations on what plate to use, or will it be best just to use the salomon plate (im guessing the ski is designed in conjunction with it)? unfortunately my budget doesnt extend to vist plates/bindings........
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Depends what smart track they are putting on the ski there are many types! best thing to do is to look at the salomon skis and compare the plates, it will give u an idea on where the plate sits in the range.
Personally not very familiar with the stockli range but if the ski is 80+ under foot I wouldn't bother with a plate, Personally think you get alot more feeling through the ski!
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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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Its the "smartrak control fast" plate, had a look at the salomon website and it seems that it is middle/lower end, cant understand why stockli have it on their gs/sl skis in the 2011 catalogue........the ski is 70mm underfoot, will mounting flat make that much difference to piste performance?
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skifluff, the 'mounting flat' advantage has far less to do with the waist of the ski and everything to do with how much time you will spend on edge vs. on the flat of the skis.
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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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skifluff, Perosonally find when on narrower skis that you need the riser to save from booting out! 70mm I would be looking for some sort of plate! The smart track isn't bad by any means, very easy to adjust and lets the ski flex beneath it! think you can get plates for vist bindings... although can't see this being a very cheap option!
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I had the Smarttrack on both my SL and GS race skis. Did not like them much, plenty of flex very surprised its an option on a WC ski!. I now have VIST WC plates and bindings They are not cheap though! I am getting rid of my SL ski at the end of May. It has VIST Speedlock Race with a 15mm riser. I was going to get rid of the ski and binding for £260, cant really do your exams on it though.
They are a very nice choice of ski, I did have pair snap on me but the service was great and they were replaced soon enough.
If you will consider any other makes you can get a good deal from Head for example. A WC GS ski is £362 with the top Freeflex binding. (PM if you would like a contact, price is based on L2, higher level = better discount)
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