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Reminds me of what is happening with car manufacturers as for appeasing to the masses. Try to find cars with a manual shifter in todays world. Getting harder to do.
More intermediates want that ski because better skiers are on it.
Ski manufacturers detune it to make the masses happier. Put it out with the same name and graphics.
Better skiers grumble and move on to another ski.
The Monster 83 X was to be used in rental/premium rental fleets. And no it wasn't that bad of a ski, I skied it and it was a fine ski for what it was designed for.Head did have the Monster X and the Monster Ti, both with the same shape and topsheet, but apparently the X was so bad even intermediates didn't like it.
You mean like the 2006 Toyota RAV4? 14 inches longer than the 2005 version. The 2005 was fun to drive. The 2006 RAV4 was more like the older Highlander.What confuses me is when a manufacturer does make a change to a ski from one year to the next which entirely changes the ski's characteristics, but still calls it the same name.
My wife is die-hard manual transmission. '99 Audi A4 still going strong (We should start a Audi manual transmission thread )My Audi has a 6 speed manual V6. That combo hasn't been available for a while now. I'm holding onto it as long as possible.
If I'm flying down the mountain at warp schnell I want a longer radius, but I'm one of the few. I guess for the many, a no-hold-barred speed demon means a ski that cruises at speeds for which a 23 m radius is just fine.
IMO, using turning radius as a metric for ski purchasing is overrated. As soon as you flex a ski it is no longer on the radius that is printed on the ski. Even if you put a ski on edge without flexing, how long are you staying on that 20m arc or 25m arc?
What a 20m turning radius vs 25m is best for is determining on the ski shop sales floor which ski is likely to be more turny than the other. Of course ski longitudinal stiffness and torsional stiffness are just as big or bigger factors in ease of turning.
So that's the latest Carbon, Kevlar, Blinky Lighty, Pro Link latest gimmick?Dark Matter Damping,
Not much difference between 23 and 25. Big difference between 25 and 45 or 50 or 70.IMO, using turning radius as a metric for ski purchasing is overrated. As soon as you flex a ski it is no longer on the radius that is printed on the ski. Even if you put a ski on edge without flexing, how long are you staying on that 20m arc or 25m arc?
What a 20m turning radius vs 25m is best for is determining on the ski shop sales floor which ski is likely to be more turny than the other. Of course ski longitudinal stiffness and torsional stiffness are just as big or bigger factors in ease of turning.