 Poster: A snowHead
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Summary: This is the first Faction ski I have ever skied that I'm not 100% in love with.
Me: 185lbs (12 stone?), 6'1", reasonable skier skill wise, likes to ski as fast as a ski will let me. Everyday skis = 3.Zeros 191cm & 13s 194cm. nb I don't regularly ski reverse camber / full rocker skis.
Ski: Faction Royale 191cm 150 / 122 / 140 Zero camber underfoot, rockered (early rise) tips and tails. (also in 183cm & 175cm)
Conditions: some powder, chop, slush, bumps and groomers.
The 191cm is a big ski even with it's rockered tips & tails.
Pros:
I found these skis the most fun in bumps. Not too stiff and a ton of pop!
Easy to rail on piste, I'm not sure what it's sidecut is but it sure cuts a set of rails on the groomerz.
Unsinkable in powder.
Tails push you out of your turn.
Cons:
Hard to get right over the tips. I like skis where you can power up the tips as much as you like, I just couldn't apply enough pressure to the tips of these skis - which isn't really the way they are designed to be skied.
Drops an edge at mach loony. And I mean really f-a-s-t.
Comments:
I'm not really a tree skier, I like the alpine with big snowy bowls that I can show off my lack of turning skills. This ski wants to turn, it wants to play, it wants to jib and slarve and make you look like a pro. Faction now make 3 lengths of this ski and I've just found the one Faction ski that I don't think I would buy - unless it came with a free week of heli skiing - but only in the tree line, and even then I would buy the 183cm.
The 183cm to me feels like a different beast. Again, it doesn't always suit the way I ski but it's far more manageable than it's big brother and now comes in 175cm for the ladies 
This ski is perfect for bigger guys who want a front and backside jib ski or a sick tree ski. Smaller guys, get the smaller skis.
Sad day for me, happy day for my wallet.
I forgot to get a pic of the skis, with Faction skis even snowboarders are trying to catch a ride:
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| parlor wrote: |
| Me: 185lbs (12 stone?), 6'1", |
13 stone 3 lbs. North America is making you fat 
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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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Boom! Wow, I hit 13 stone huh? It's OK, it's all muscle.
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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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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fr0sty, you won't get an early tip rise out of me. I'm comfortable with my 13 stone of man flesh. (The 175s look like blades )
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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| parlor wrote: |
| I'm comfortable with my 13 stone of man flesh.) |
Are you refering to the guy behind you in the picture?
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| stuarth wrote: |
| parlor wrote: |
| I'm comfortable with my 13 stone of man flesh.) |
Are you refering to the guy behind you in the picture? |
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Clearly. I don't just give rides to any old snowboarders...
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