12/26/2011
Today I was able to put the skis through a work out although somewhat limited because of the limited ski conditions. We need some natural snow and some cold weather for snow making. That aside, the skis do exactly what I wanted them to do. It's a bit soft in the flex but torsion-ally fairly firm. Great for cranking out turn after turn. They hold extremely well on both hard pack and soft snow and hold the edge great.
The conditions this morning were what I would call frozen granular. By mid morning the trail softened up nicely and by 2:00-2:30 the conditions started to freeze up again. The skis worked great in both conditions. And the graphics were a hit!
Very happy with the skis and I think the size and wood combination is a real winner. The ski dimensions are 168cm length, ski core profile is 3-10-3 and ski dimensions are 124-72-108. The wood combination is 20inches of ash under foot, douglas fir down the middle, maple sidewalls, ash veneer for tip fill.
As I get more skiing time on these under more conditions I'll report back.
12/28/2011 -
Yesterday I skied both skis. The ski school ski (now known as the "dia de los muertos" skis) was awesome. Got to spend some time on them and really leaned into them, they never gave up. It's a keeper!
The all wood ski ("Wicked Wood"??) also was good. Didn't get to spend as much time as I would have liked skiing on them as I wanted. The first I crashed and burned, the heel wasn't adjusted for properly and I had too much play and as soon as I cranked my first hard turn I went down and ski took off. Once I go them adjusted all was fine. The radius is about just under 17m. Big difference from dia de los muertos skis. Also the Wicked Wood skis much firmer. It's all maple core with a 3-12-3 dims. Holds very nice so far.
Hopefully I'll get some more time on them this week and will report back.
Today I was able to put the skis through a work out although somewhat limited because of the limited ski conditions. We need some natural snow and some cold weather for snow making. That aside, the skis do exactly what I wanted them to do. It's a bit soft in the flex but torsion-ally fairly firm. Great for cranking out turn after turn. They hold extremely well on both hard pack and soft snow and hold the edge great.
The conditions this morning were what I would call frozen granular. By mid morning the trail softened up nicely and by 2:00-2:30 the conditions started to freeze up again. The skis worked great in both conditions. And the graphics were a hit!
Very happy with the skis and I think the size and wood combination is a real winner. The ski dimensions are 168cm length, ski core profile is 3-10-3 and ski dimensions are 124-72-108. The wood combination is 20inches of ash under foot, douglas fir down the middle, maple sidewalls, ash veneer for tip fill.
As I get more skiing time on these under more conditions I'll report back.
Tomorrow I'll be testing another pair. The skis are 178cm length, 3-12-3 maple core profile, ski dims are 130-86-116, sidewalls are alternating cherry and maple. This ski is what I call a green ski. It's an all wood ski, no fiber glass or epoxy. There are 2 layers of poplar. One layer below the core and one above. The top sheet is a teak veneer with a walnut stain. P-tex base. Some pics I took awhile ago, which are also posted on www.skibuilders.com :
12/28/2011 -
Yesterday I skied both skis. The ski school ski (now known as the "dia de los muertos" skis) was awesome. Got to spend some time on them and really leaned into them, they never gave up. It's a keeper!
The all wood ski ("Wicked Wood"??) also was good. Didn't get to spend as much time as I would have liked skiing on them as I wanted. The first I crashed and burned, the heel wasn't adjusted for properly and I had too much play and as soon as I cranked my first hard turn I went down and ski took off. Once I go them adjusted all was fine. The radius is about just under 17m. Big difference from dia de los muertos skis. Also the Wicked Wood skis much firmer. It's all maple core with a 3-12-3 dims. Holds very nice so far.
Hopefully I'll get some more time on them this week and will report back.
