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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I'm sure I've seen a similar thing before, using cables to pull the ski tip up, Rossi maybe? It did seem to create a reasonable change in camber, but surely the skis must be as floppy and limp as yesterday's pasta to be able to easily do so, especially just pulling a switch with wimpy human power?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I am trying to work out how pulling the switch back forces the ski tip down.
But, maybe it's not so crazy. Assume rocker is skis "natural" position. It's going to behave like any similar rockered ski.
So you then force the tip down. Surely that's going to be at least better than the rockered position on piste, even if it's not as good as a non rockered ski?
All that said, you do have to tip your hat at the marketing department don't you? (And imagine the looks on the engineers' faces...  )
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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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Scomber, I totally disagree. I hired a pair of these last week to try them - first in the "rocker" position - they sailed though powder and sliced through rough crud. The second day I tried them in the "normal" position on hard piste and they skiied just like my Rossi race skis. I liked them so much I've just bought a pair !
That was after trying a couple of other supposedly all mountain skis (Rossignol E88 and a Nordica) that I could not get to grips with - they felt as if I was skiing on a pair of 4" x 2" planks they were so unresponsive.
So (as some say about the BBRs) don't knock them until you have tried them !
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I had a look at some of these early this season... didn't try them though. The 'switch' de-rockers the ski by creating a stiff point along the rocking point at the tip.
Seems to make sense and according the bloke on them and deerman they seem to work.... but so did the Atomics with the massive cut in the tip and tail stuffed with silicone.... don't see them too much now and that was 2 seasons ago!
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I can see how this would work and in the same way that Tigershark 10ft switch tightens the tail. Clever idea.
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deerman, did you try them on piste in "rocker" mode?
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Can see how it might work but it's a limited market - essentially it's not a ski for the quiver junkie/mug or anyone who wants serious rocker and then among the potential user base there's the further turn off of "gimmick".
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I guess it's Fischer's version of Elan's amphibios technology. To get both versions with those you just put the skis onto the 'wrong' feet.
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under a new name, Yes - spent the first day in rocker mode, both on and off piste. The piste was soft lumpy, as the piste machines did not venture out until the snow stopped. The skis worked fine - but as I discovered the next day when I used both modes, they are not as precise in rocker mode. Where my Rossi's needed to be pushed through the lumps, these sliced through very easily.
I've been looking for a more versatile ski to replace my Radical X's, and these were the first skis that I've been really happy with from the word go. I can ski the radicals in powder, it's just hard work - these had me grinning like a child when I started off using them.
I have to say that I would have been happy to buy them either as rocker skis, or as normal skis as each mode works well - the chance to have both in the same ski was a bonus.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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deerman, which model?
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Masque, Hybrid 7
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You know it makes sense.
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deerman, you went for the narrow ones then and still found them ok off-piste . . . impressive
Though the number of piste based skis in Fischer's product line is crazy, 29 not including the real race skis  Product overload is getting silly . . . though it does mean good discounts in the Summer.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Masque, Remember, I used to ski powder in 210 slalom skis ! So modern wide skis are something else again.
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