 Poster: A snowHead
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I am just back a week ago from the BOSB. What a great week, even if the weather was challenging ' '
Anyway, I had the opportunity to test a range of Kneissl skis courtesy of Mr Kneissl himself, Tim. I tried the Red Stars first and absolutely loved them. Tim then gave me a pair of Blue Stars, but these just didn't work for me at all. Then I finally tried the Black Stars and knew I was using a great ski. While the Red are more suited to piste skiing, I want something more akin to all mountain and for this, the Black Star's are perfect.
I had been skiing on my own K2 Apache's for the last couple of years, but after two days with the Black Star's (I really didn't want to give them back ' '), when I tried my K2's again at the end of the week, I realised they had to go.......
So, for anyone looking at new skis, do look at the Kneissl range. And of course, Tim offers a very generous discount to Snowhead's as well ''
So, thank you Tim for all your help and I hear Santa will be delivering my new skis. I do hope they fit on the sledge .... ' '
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I too found the Black Stars to be an excellent ski. I’ve taken a punt on ordering some from a German online shop that I’d never heard of before – www.skitreff.de – anybody else had any experience of this outfit?
Kneissl ski’s seem quite hard to find across Europe at the moment. I suspect that they haven’t produced any ski’s for over a year now (they went into administration almost 2 years ago). There were some even cheaper on ebay.de but they looked to be supplied with the cheapest of cheap rental bindings.
In fact I took a double punt and ordered a 2nd set for young Dubstep who’s doing a season in St Anton.
Lets just hope that they turn up!
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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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I too, tried out some Kneissl skis on the PSB. The first were the Kneissl Rock Star, marketed as a freeride/all mountain ski. In the chopped up, tracked out, snow off piste they were pretty good, and they coped well in powder below knee height. I struggled getting the them to work once the snow depth hit knee depth and quickly gave up trying. The latter was down to skiing ability and an earlier frustration from the morning. On piste they were very responsive and don't require much effort to get them edge to edge, skiing moguls was great fun. The Kneissl Rock Star quickly returned a smile to my face, so much so that I took them out for another blast the following morning. I'd love these skis as part of a quiver, and the snowHeads discount offer makes them a huge temptation.
I tried theKneissl White Star SL at the Hemel fridge on Sunday, when someone foolishly left them lying around. Probably not the best of places to test a thorough bred race ski. You don't so so much own these skis as they own you. It took a few runs down to reign them in and force them to go where I wanted. They are super responsive edge to edge and when your technique is spot on it's a buzz. They are, however, a little unforgiving and tend to throw their rider when technique isn't quite as it should be. That said, they had me grinning from ear to ear and I loved 'em.
Huge thanks to Tim Kneissl for making the skis available for testing at the PSB. If there hadn't been so much fluffy stuff around I'd have tested more of your range.
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| Zombie Si wrote: |
| I'd love these skis as part of a quiver, and the snowHeads discount offer makes them a huge temptation. |
To clarify, there is a 25% discount for snowHeads on Kneissl this Winter. super/mega-snowHeads get more off - check le Chaudron.
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For those with the Blacks, would you mind sharing your height/weight/ability and the length of the skis you have?
It has been years since I bought skis (renting now) and I am surprised at the short length of the skis recommended by the rental shop (I am 178cm, 75 kilos, advanced, and definitely not expert.
Greg
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OP So they should be!! from the price list previously shown
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