I bought a pair of Scott Realm ladies twintip for my daughter (20, strong skier). Reason I went for those was (a) good value ex-rental deal from edge2edge (b) she claimed she didn't want a "challenging" ski - she is short (5'1") and light. Just been away to Val Thorens and, surprise surprise, although they perform OK on and off piste, they are pretty characterless. In her words, they do everything OK, but nothing especially well.
Of course, that does have its benefits as it gives me a chance to keep up sometimes (I use Salamon Streetracer 10 that carve as if on rails, on just about anything) but it does take some of the grin factor away.
So, I thought I might try to tune the edges better for carving, except I'm not sure what angle that might be, or if that would be a waste of time. Any suggestions please?
The Scott FAQ shows that their skis are milled 89° side and 0.75° base edge tuning - or in my language 1 and .75. That surprised me - I thought they used to be 2 and .5. FWIW, after chatting to Spyderjon a week or so I am setting my Missions at 3 and .5. Hopefully those more expert than I will pitch up with advice. Spyderjon would be your best man - but I think he may be skiing this week.
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?
Thanks, I set my Salomons at 2 and 1, which is what I think they are manufactured at. Never too sure if there is any benefit changing on an "average" ski, or if the manufacturer sets to the best for the car, but I don't suppose it can hurt trying 3 & 1. That sort-of translates into I've never tried, hence the question.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Ham, the benefits of changing the manufactured setting is imho marginal unless your racing or skiing ice. If your skis are currently "running on rails" I'm not sure that your going to get much more from them.
jbob .- Its the Streetracer 10's that run on rails. I have the same in 160 and they are a very good on piste carving ski. I 'wind up the windows' when i fully engage the edges at speed as the grip and bite and subsequent turn is powerful and hard to get your head around. I love mine.
Its the Scotts that lack the same characteuristics , and i dont think an edge grind is going to make a big difference. I am no expert , but its got to be more to do with construction techniques and materials, sidecut and binding position / mountings .
Sorry , thats no help really
rob
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
Just to add ,
They are a twin tip ski, so some allowance for park use will have been built in . They might be engineered 'softer' for use on the rails, and landing from jumps, fakey etc.
Might just be they are not an out and out carving ski ( I have a pair of Rossi scratch twins and they dont carve like a SR10 ) but a do it all park and piste ski. What are the magic numbers and the turn radius?
that might give an indication to the style of skiing they are designed for.
still not really helpfull. rob.
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