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Hi Hive Mind:
Strangely I must not be operating the search correctly because much to my surprise I cannot find a direct compare between these two favorites. If so, please direct me to it and delete this thread.
I bought the Laser AX 175 (the first year they did Turtle Shell, I mounted PRDs on them) after demoing in Sun Valley where due to work circumstances I found myself skiing there a lot. I thought (and still do) they were the best one ski quiver for that mountain. Now I moved to Tahoe and I don’t ski them much; mainly as groomer skis (I’ve moved to a set of Jskis Masterblasters as my daily driver when it hasn’t been snowing much, and in general I ski more spring bumps here vs groomers).
They are terrific groomer skis but when used for that purpose I really prefer something with more side cut; growing up on tiny mid Atlantic mountains and doing SL in college I just find that 157-160ish cheater SLs are what I really like to use for serious hardpack and I still find myself taking out my ancient SkiLogik Ullr’s Chariots on groomers as much as the Stocklis (they are a tighter sidecut). So I was planning to sell the Laser AX (and some recent Delta Airlines damage to the bindings made me bring them back front of mind).
I still have some cheater SLs I take out once in a blue moon but was thinking to replace the Laser AX with a set of Whiteouts..a littler turnier, a wider tip, etc. Take advantage of the sale!
So now I complicated my life. I took the Stocklis out the last few days at Alpine (since it’s basically groomer time until lunch at least) and realized I had allowed myself to forget just how good they are….going Warp 11 and hitting little push piles and occasional ruts they are super forgiving and super stable, they still bump very well, and they will basically do anything I ask of them without complaint. So pretty good skis. And I can relax on them a lot more than cheater SLs.
So my question for those on the blossom train….if I trade the Lasers for the Whiteouts……what am I giving up? I will get a little more sidecut, and (if I understand the reviews right) maybe a tiny bit more groomer performance. But nothing’s free in this life….
Also, incidentally, has anyone mounted the WhiteOuts with PRDs? The Speedlocks look lovely but the $$$ wow.
Other stuff in the Quiver:
Atomic Redster S9 160cm
Jskis Masterblaster 181cm
Skilogik Ullr‘s Chariot TT 175 CM (rock skis)
Blizzard Rustler 11 180CM
Praxis Protests 187 cm
Strangely I must not be operating the search correctly because much to my surprise I cannot find a direct compare between these two favorites. If so, please direct me to it and delete this thread.
I bought the Laser AX 175 (the first year they did Turtle Shell, I mounted PRDs on them) after demoing in Sun Valley where due to work circumstances I found myself skiing there a lot. I thought (and still do) they were the best one ski quiver for that mountain. Now I moved to Tahoe and I don’t ski them much; mainly as groomer skis (I’ve moved to a set of Jskis Masterblasters as my daily driver when it hasn’t been snowing much, and in general I ski more spring bumps here vs groomers).
They are terrific groomer skis but when used for that purpose I really prefer something with more side cut; growing up on tiny mid Atlantic mountains and doing SL in college I just find that 157-160ish cheater SLs are what I really like to use for serious hardpack and I still find myself taking out my ancient SkiLogik Ullr’s Chariots on groomers as much as the Stocklis (they are a tighter sidecut). So I was planning to sell the Laser AX (and some recent Delta Airlines damage to the bindings made me bring them back front of mind).
I still have some cheater SLs I take out once in a blue moon but was thinking to replace the Laser AX with a set of Whiteouts..a littler turnier, a wider tip, etc. Take advantage of the sale!
So now I complicated my life. I took the Stocklis out the last few days at Alpine (since it’s basically groomer time until lunch at least) and realized I had allowed myself to forget just how good they are….going Warp 11 and hitting little push piles and occasional ruts they are super forgiving and super stable, they still bump very well, and they will basically do anything I ask of them without complaint. So pretty good skis. And I can relax on them a lot more than cheater SLs.
So my question for those on the blossom train….if I trade the Lasers for the Whiteouts……what am I giving up? I will get a little more sidecut, and (if I understand the reviews right) maybe a tiny bit more groomer performance. But nothing’s free in this life….
Also, incidentally, has anyone mounted the WhiteOuts with PRDs? The Speedlocks look lovely but the $$$ wow.
Other stuff in the Quiver:
Atomic Redster S9 160cm
Jskis Masterblaster 181cm
Skilogik Ullr‘s Chariot TT 175 CM (rock skis)
Blizzard Rustler 11 180CM
Praxis Protests 187 cm