jbotti wrote:The Kastle MX 88 is more user friendly than the Monster 88, softer and easier to ski. I don't think there are a ton of great alternatives out there. I will get to ski on the Blossom Crosswind in December. I expect it to be like a wider version of the White Out. If so, it could be another solid, wider PMTS ski.
jbotti wrote:With the right partner/s (for marketing and dist) they should make substantial inroads into the upper end US market (and by upper end I don't mean expensive, I mean the market for US consumers that actually know a good ski from a bad one).
alpinebaseline wrote:I did ski the Movement Icon 95 a few years ago and really enjoyed it.
I can't see any mention of it on the forum so I somewhat disregarded buying.
14m turn radius (136-95-123), standard camber, with some tip rocker.
Would welcome anyone's thoughts from a PMTS perspective?
AnI wrote:alpinebaseline wrote:I did ski the Movement Icon 95 a few years ago and really enjoyed it.
I can't see any mention of it on the forum so I somewhat disregarded buying.
14m turn radius (136-95-123), standard camber, with some tip rocker.
Would welcome anyone's thoughts from a PMTS perspective?
Harb Ski Systems used to carry Movement skis for at least one season some 10 years ago. I still have green Movement Jam from that time, and kept these skis in a good working order. Movement Jam were praised as very good midfat PMTS skis. I asked ones why HSS stopped carrying them, and the reason was that Movement did not show themselves as a reliable business partner. There were, and still are, very few dealers of Movement skis in the U.S., which explains why there is so little information about these skis. I have no information how good their newer generations of skis, though. But they definitely have the history of being an official PMTS ski, along with Head.
HeluvaSkier wrote:VIST plates tend to feel heavy/clunky to me. I've owned and skied several over the years and while they can be good on race skis, they don't have qualities that are particularly ideal for all mountain skiing, and IMO, they are quite behind more modern race plate designs such as those from Marker, Atomic and Head/Fischer. The Speed Lock system is cool (I've skied them quite a lot), but I think for most skiers out there, a PRD setup is a better option. If a skier were a confirmed expert-level / black level PMTS skier and they were hell-bent to ski on a plated setup on a Blossom all mountain ski, I still wouldn't recommend VIST...
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