2023 Sneak Peek Gear

[cantunamunch]

I see my confusion -

what's worse, is to me, GB is GreenBay, wisconsin.

I somehow suspected that.

the last time I shipped boots internationally, it was More than $100.

I imagine If skipress wants 'em,
skipress can buy 'em.

Indeed; I bet that if either one of us did ship them, he'd get stuck paying tariff and taxes much greater than anything we declare as the value of the boots. Exporting goods out of the US gets very weird, very fast.

 

[David Edwards]

New Bent Chetlers HERE

New Redster Q skis 75 mm and 84 mm View attachment 156575 View attachment 156576

Is this the Salomon S Force Bold with an Atomic name plate? That 15M turn radius makes me think its not as stiff.

 

[Philpug]

Is this the Salomon S Force Bold with an Atomic name plate? That 15M turn radius makes me think its not as stiff.

No, a different ski but the same goal.

 

[David Edwards]

No, a different ski but the same goal.

Thanks. Is this one of those stiff wide carving skis?

 

[skipress]

I somehow suspected that.



Indeed; I bet that if either one of us did ship them, he'd get stuck paying tariff and taxes much greater than anything we declare as the value of the boots. Exporting goods out of the US gets very weird, very fast.

Post brexit even worse into the UK. Used and low value might work but there's still the cost of shipping, duty [calculated on value of goods plus shipping] and our sales tax which is calculated on cost of goods+shipping+duty.

A few years back I was planning an feature on 'then and now' - set up with Scott to put the very first Garmont G 'race' boot next to the Scott iteration in a side by side test- then Scott killed the alpine stuff and it fell apart.

As this is what I'd think of as the first 'modern' ski boot, with obvious direct DNA to current models, more than anything else I am curious to put it side by side with a current RS. How close is a 40odd year old ski boot to it's great grandson?

I could also full tilt it with a Flexon comp, but benchmarking it a Lange/Rossi [and the now lamented S/max] is my daily driver so the baseline is better [never quite connected to FT/Raichle].

 

[cantunamunch]

So, what do the '23 race/technical bindings from Amer look like?

 

[skipress]

So, what do the '23 race/technical bindings from Amer look like?

I think Phil's posted them already [these in 'Salomon numbers']:

• The various x lab models with settings from welded to concrete here
• STH which is a 957 [or charitably a 997] with a C21 look
• The Strive which is here Strive ski talk

 

[cantunamunch]

I think Phil's posted them already [these in 'Salomon numbers']:

• The various x lab models with settings from welded to concrete here
• STH which is a 957 [or charitably a 997] with a C21 look
• The Strive which is here Strive ski talk

I did see the Solly Icon - what wasn't clear was whether lower-setting X-lab remains in the line, becomes Atomic only, or goes away in favour of those other platforms.

 

[skipress]

I did see the Solly Icon - what wasn't clear was whether lower-setting X-lab remains in the line, becomes Atomic only, or goes away in favour of those other platforms.

My Salomon workbook shows x20lab, x16lab, and x12lab, with a z10 also shown as 'piste' [guess I'd better be careful taking those Strives on to the groomers ]

 

[procos]

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Phil,

Not sure you demoed the new SR95’s but if so how do you compare them to the new Fischer Ranger 102’s? I owned the plaid SR95’s and the Pink Ranger 102 FR. I sold both and realize now it was a mistake. I bought the pink Ranger 102 back right before they released the new one, bad timing. Wish I would have waited an extra week so I could have bought the new one. Just wondering if you liked the new SR95 or new Ranger 102 better. And if you have a preference what did you like better.

 

[TahoeCharlie]

Philpug: just went through all 29 pages, did not see any picts of "new" head kore skies, just one pict of supershapes. Do you have any picts of Kore series? Also what is the construction difference between old and new AX?

 

[Kyle]

New Kore series:

https://static.evo.com/content/cms/gear-reviews/ski/2023_gearpreview/head/0a9a3274_edit.jpg

 

[Philpug]

Philpug: just went through all 29 pages, did not see any picts of "new" head kore skies, just one pict of supershapes. Do you have any picts of Kore series? Also what is the construction difference between old and new AX?

Kores are a topskin change. Dimension changes with the Stockli and I think a slight construction update. Reviews will come later.

 

[TahoeCharlie]

Kores are a topskin change. Dimension changes with the Stöckli and I think a slight construction update. Reviews will come later.

Kore "93" is not show in link by Kyle above. Any pict of "93", want to see graphics and "color"

 

[Jeronimo]

Did Roxa share their new 23 line up yet by chance?

 

[Philpug]

Did Roxa share their new 23 line up yet by chance?

They were there, it looked like mostly carry over

 

[Jeronimo]

They were there, it looked like mostly carry over

Happen to notice if they updated the colors or it all stay the same?

 

[Philpug]

Happen to notice if they updated the colors or it all stay the same?

Honestly I didn't other than there were a lot of greens and yellow.

I just looked through my pics again and didn't see any of them.

 

[Jeronimo]

Honestly I didn't other than there were a lot of greens and yellow.

I just looked through my pics again and didn't see any of them.

Thanks Phil, they seem to be in love with green and yellow lately. Not my favorite, but in line with Elan's graphic design as well. They had some really clean/classic colorways 3 years ago but have gotten kinda odd since then. Lots of Navy, Army Green, and Neon yellow highlights. Not my fav, but I have recently discovered they fit my feet like no other, so I'm locked in. Maybe I'll just start spray painting them

 

[cantunamunch]

I kinda like the Roxa greens - they match the Dynafit palette pretty well