Did you ever tune these skis or check the edges? I say this as Moment skis need to be detuned/smoothed from the camber contact point up on both the tips and tails vs the widest taper point on most skis. Lay them with the brakes up on a flat floor and put a piece of tape where the tips/tails leave the ground and smooth from there up.
Also check to make sure the base bevel is consistent in the camber section at 1 degree. Sides are factory set underfoot at 1 degree.
Just wanted to make sure you’re not getting rid of skis that just aren’t properly tuned. Having them sharp above the contact points will make them feel longer and more “grabby”. If you’re over 175lbs or so you should be on the 190cm.
Message me if you have any questions! Just ran my 190s on soft, cruddy groomers on a 500’ vert hill this week and they were great. I’m 175lbs and turning 51 so I’m old too! Lol
Cheers, Greg.
Thanks for the update and advice. Truly appreciated. The tune on these is actually pretty good and that was testing and drilling w/ these on relative hard-pack. For such a big ski they are SUPER nimble to degree I never expected. Fwd, switch, air... they did it all very well. Super stable. I would LOVE these skis if I could get out west more. The trees and mtn bike trails where I mostly ski here in Norhtern VT & NH are just too tight for my personal comfort zone at the speeds of a 190/118 ski w/ this level of stability. RIP... ME!!!
I generally prefer to ski short... my Bones are 180's and my Mantras 177. I have the Volkl Kuros 185 and Line Sick Day 110's in 185 but those are super soft. I just traded a set of J Skis The Metal, for The Vacations for the same reasons. The Metals were just too stable, solid, heavy and fast for my style which is becoming more and more about finessing a shorter turn radius.
Doing drills on these and in the trees these Moments just have too much speed for my tastes. Yes my Bones have blinding speed too but at 180, I handle it. During my last trip out to Pow Mow..... the 190's would have been the ticket w/ wide open endless fields and tons of daylight between the trees. That just doesn't happen often enough and when out there my lungs end up giving out waaaay before my legs! The "Terror Factor"w/ these 190's was set just a bit too high for my tastes. Humbly... as we age it takes longer to heal so ten years ago I would have been all over these but alas..... these skis scare the crap out of me!