Hi,
I skied my new snake BCs for the first time yesterday. I was teaching most of the day, and then after classes, I did some runs to play around. They are the widest skis I've ever used and they have a 22.5m radius. 88mm underfoot. Given the short runs I'm on here, it takes awhile to add them up to one "real" mountain run.
First, they attract a lot of attention, especially on the lifts. The topsheet looks and feels like snakeskin and the colors are rather bright. The cobra head is pretty sharp. So lots of questions about them, where'd I get them, and how do you say the name. ( shtoe-klee the oe is between an Uh and an O, like the sound in the French: coeur.Not O as in "stoke-lee") Now, as for the performance.
I did a few easy runs just tipping and seeing how strongly they pulled or initiated turns, and they are a bit slower than the shorter and quicker T50 Volkl 5 stars I have, but when I got on the steeper stuff and went faster, they just held beautifully. I did a 30 foot jump and they were very stable to land on, and didn't shimmy at speed when flat.
I did try them on our bump run. The bumps were pretty frozen and very short, and close together. It was tricky getting them to turn quickly, but I suspect that's partly me getting used to the length and width of them. (it couldn't have anything to do with my technique of course
).
So far, I really like them, alot. Mind you, I haven't had a chance to use them where they are really designed to be used: in the powder, or glades and such. But I'm looking forward to that.
I'll have to tell you the story of how I got them sometime...that was a nightmare. But they are coiled in their snake basket ready to go again.
I'll try out the Laser SC in the next day or two...as soon as it stops raining here
We've had two days of sub zero (C) temps in the last week, and now it's raining again! Who says there isn't such a thing as global warming happening and climate change. I feel for the operators. We have such a short season here, that when it rains and our school groups cancel, it makes it very tight on the margin for them.
I'll report on the SC soon.
regards,
Icanski[/i]