 Poster: A snowHead
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My current quiver is as follows :
Movement Jam 182cm : 82 under foot
Majesty Superior : 178cm : 120 under foot
(I've also got a pair of Coreupt Dirty b'stard but they don't come into this discussion)
I bought the Jams in 182cm length (traditional camber), at the time I was expecting to do far more piste than off-piste so went for the slightly longer ski. On piste, I love them. Occasional forays into the side, they are pretty good. However, I've been skiing more off-piste and am finding the extra length a bit of a handful sometimes.
The Majesty Superior are 178 but as they are twin tipped and rockered tip and tail they are effectively shorter. I've only really skied them in lovely lovely pow and a couple of short piste stretches to get back to the hotel or to join up the off-piste. They aren't the most comfortable things on the piste and are quite hard work.
What I'm wondering is, is it worth getting something in between the Jam and the Superior, or will the Superior be good enough in most off-piste conditions? Am I pigeon-holing the Superior as too much of a powder ski when it's maybe more capable all mountain, just with a powder bias?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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If it's 120 underfoot it will never be an injected piste race gate weapon but should still be useable in soft snow. Problem with pistes at least in Europe is they can be hard depending on overnight conditions and subsequently with traffic become scraped neither of wich makes them particularly joyous on a wide rockered ski. I'd also remember that off-piste almost certainly rarely means fluffy untracked pow. My personal bias but I'd consider something in the 105-110 range with a punchy nose, no idea on length I just get the biggest in any range. Maybe scale it down to 95-105 if you're a real lightweight. e.g I'd look at stuff like the Movement Trust, Blizzzard Cochise, Faction equivalent
NB Named skis are just those I've skied or are similar to those I've skied recently rather than a flat out endorsement.
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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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Well, seeing as you've got em, why not try them out in some less friendly conditions? Seems like they should be fine in any sort of 3d snow, but probably have a bit of a short camber length for them to be nice to use in harder, steeper stuff.
Anyway, isn't the answer to these sort of questions supposed to be "buy another pair of skis"? Lots of nice ~105mm tip-rockered flattish-tail things out there. Even if you change your mind later, you'll be supporting the second hand ski market when you sell em on 
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[Cynic mode/.].....
Get some 195 GS boards, learn to ski em everywhere!
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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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gatecrasher, Someone taking my name in vain? However I do have two pairs of 186 WC GS for sale or rent that would fit the bill and submarine in anything over 4cm of unpisted
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Cynic, 
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My personal bias but I'd consider something in the 105-110 range with a punchy nose, no idea on length I just get the biggest in any range.
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Atm whenever I plan on being offpiste the majority of the day I reach for my 118mm skis - but they're very damp and have a cambered section underfoot (rocker tip and tail), so actually do very well in pretty much all non-groomed conditions. However, I've steadily been bumping up my Sports Pursuit credit, and the next time Voelkl come on I'm gonna grab a pair of the Katanas (or Blizzard Cochise if they come up), I reckon they will be great as a 'bad snow offpiste ski' - deep but frozen solid crud and chop, etc.
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[Cynic mode/.].....
Get some 195 GS boards, learn to ski em everywhere!
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You could equally say get a pair of 202 L138's and learn to ski them everywhere...
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I think I'll just try and use the Majesty in more marginal conditions and see how they perform. I think they maybe are more capable than I'm expecting them to be
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Get some Majesty 'Dirty Bears' - the Superiors are a pure back country ski not designed for piste so it's not a surprise they flap around a bit.
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