2022 Liberty Teaser

[Philpug]

We had a chance to get on some of the 2022 Liberty skis. Evolvs now have VMT 3.0...which is three strips of Vertical Metal Technology. The all-new Origin and Genesis 101, a resort powder playful ski, and the Genesis 96 now have VMT 1.0, which -- as you guessed it -- has one strip of VMT. Reviews forthcoming.

 

[Jwrags]

What a motley crew...the skiers not the skis

 

[Tom K.]

Man those graphics remind me of my Enforcers!

 

[Philpug]

Man those graphics remind me of my Enforcers!

These have much more punch than your Enforcers.

 

[Dwight]

Nice graphics on @Tricia's skis. At first, I did think you were all on Enforcers.

 

[Ron]

all of the graphics on the Origins pop and are vivid, very colorful in a good way. It must be the low light conditions we had, these look nothing like an enforcer. The graphics on Trish's Genesis 96 are especially sharp. The new Evolv graphics features a width specific color way (light gray, red and blue) with nice clean graphics. Classy.

 

[Dougb]

I personally think the 2020 graphics are the best.

 

[Ron]

I think the Evolvs are the best yet.

 

[Andy Mink]

Very colorful without being "bro". Nice looking skis.

 

[Joby Graham]

Edgewerks is our go-to for ski tuning and waxing when we're in Steamboat.

 

[pcjer]

It's there a review out on the Origin? Couldn't find it tried. Very interested how it compares to previous versions with the VMT in it.

 

[Philpug]

With 12"-18" coming to Tahoe this week... I am looking forward to get out on the new 101.

 

[Philpug]

I skied the Liberty Origin 101 at Steamboat earlier when the first pics were taken and with the out of the box tune, they were not ready for prime time and skied sub par. I cannot and will not review a ski based on a lack of a poor tune and we also should not have even skied the skis in the state they were.

I was able to have the skis spend some time at Smoothrides and now they were ready to be skied. The conditions I got to ski the new Origin 101 were ideal for the ski, 4" over some refrozen variable condtions. There are two Liberty's that would have been good for today, the Evolv 100 and the Origin 101, two skis that were designed for two different skiers for these condtions, yes there will be a Cage Match in the fall.

The Origin 101 was fun and playful with it's VMT 1.0 (meaning there is one vertical metal sheet in the ski). The ski was light and poppy even when the condtions got adverse. This is a ski that errs more to a finesse skier than a charger. Expect a full review come the fall.

 

[EmperorMA]

I am very much looking forward to your review of the new Liberty Origin 101. The 100ish width has always been a rather glaring gap in that product series and I'm hoping they get a good blend of keeping the playful and fun style of the Origin while getting a bit more guts and bite from the VMT 1.0. True 1SQ territory, if you will.

 

[Analisa]

Ooh! We've also gotta talk about their Origin & Genesis Backcountry versions. I've helped a lot of progressing women build PNW touring setups and the 100-something, forgiving, touring appropriate skis get mad expensive outside the Blaze 106 - like the Mystics, Traces, Backlands, Waybacks. If they're as competitively priced as they are with the existing Origin/Genesis line, I'll expect to see a lot of these pop up at the trailhead come next winter.

 

[MNskier]

Tease me some more... I finally got a couple days in on my 2021 evolv 100s at Winter Park in the April snows and really liked them. Man that's a easy ski to cruise around on all day. So quiet and smooth. Is there really a significant difference with the new version? Mine have demo bindings and now that I know I like them I might upgrade to vmt 3.0 and some Look turntables. Which seems silly now that I type it but what the heck you only live once. But then again I haven't tried the Mantra M6 or 102s for that matter, and I'd really to try those Fischer 102s in pink... So many skis, so little time...