No. A friend that is bigger than me really hurt herself on those. So no go there. My Hero ST Ca's are done. Even for rock skis. I had them out the last weekend I skied and realized that they are soft. Not as soft as the MT Ca, but softer (torsionally) than my Ti's. Edge wasn't holding as well in the apex of the turn as the Ti's. My other choice that day was the SA 88's. And they weren't holding anything.
Oh, right. Conjecture: more rebound to help you into the next turn? Skis moving through the previous turn better to help you go over them into the new one?
I think this is not an uncommon experience. Zirbl's comment below is probably at least a partial explanation for why. I saw your course correction in response, but suspect his comment is valid, on a different plane.
No. Kidding. I've been saying this for years. Other brands are bad with their race and near-race ski designations but none approaches Fischer for sheer stubborn Germanic opacity. (Wait 'til you start trying to pick a high end Fischer nordic ski.If Fischer could figure out how to name a ski in a way that played nice with the working memory capabilities of mortals, would people buy more than the Rangers
) Pity the poor skier who comes into the shop looking for a "Fischer RC4."Right!
It was trying that very ski and another of its ilk on hardpack that made me seek out a FIS SL.
Sounds plausible. Probably also getting into accuracy vs precision. These do what they’re doing with high precision even if I’m accurately piloting them only 50% of the time. So when they do the thing you know what thing you did to make them do that. Less torsionally stable… higher accuracy in outcomes at the expense of pinpointing the cause.
Maybe you need sharper edges or a different angle on them. I love my ST Ti's on hardpacked. The ST Ca's NO.
No. Kidding. I've been saying this for years. Other brands are bad with their race and near-race ski designations but none approaches Fischer for sheer stubborn Germanic opacity. (Wait 'til you start trying to pick a high end Fischer nordic ski.
You’ve got the kastle’s for the rocks. Besides, Tony is the one that leads people into rocks.
Says the man who helped me buy a pair of “east coast powder skis” a couple years back. I think I’ve continuously had 2+ pairs of skis since being a member here. I had the Navigators in the car for last year’s NEG and these exact slalom skis at home. @DebbieSue on the other hand…
And there we have it. We are such a bunch of problem solvers! I love it!
Nice. See, all done. I would recommend she cut off the gate deflector on the pair she buys.
Meh. New SLs this year, race camp next year! You never know.
She fine. I made the mistake of taking to go with me to find a helmet. I got a helmet and goggles, she got a pair of Atomic 9S's...
That's my kind of friend!
So maybe it was, “am I the only one with just two pairs of skis here?” On Highline.
