Well observed!
Even rocking the Forza Pivots on them too. Unless he got them on sale at Corbetts they would have cost more than the skis! HahaHad a @GregK encounter yesterday at Killington. Rode the lift with a guy on a pair of 21 CT1.0's. he loved them and he knew of the thread on ski talk about them. He admitted he found the thread after buying the skis from the house on their $200 close out sale. Had them tuned first and never looked back. I had mine but keep them in the car to preserve the bottoms from pebbles at the lift.
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If you absolutely can't say goodbye to winter, then after Killington closes there is always NJ. https://www.bigsnowamericandream.com/Had a @GregK encounter yesterday at Killington. Rode the lift with a guy on a pair of 21 CT1.0's. he loved them and he knew of the thread on ski talk about them. He admitted he found the thread after buying the skis from the house on their $200 close out sale. Had them tuned first and never looked back. I had mine but keep them in the car to preserve the bottoms from pebbles at the lift.
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Should feel the same but 3cm longer than your Dictator 3s!
8ish cm! I only have the 180cm D3!Should feel the same but 3cm longer than your Dictator 3s!
Couldn’t see if it was the 183cm or 188cm but figured you had the 180cm Dictator. The 188cm should be much more stable then!8ish cm! I only have the 180cm D3!
Though I love the 180 for tight terrain, I have been wanting a longer one for open bowls. Always had that going over the handle bars feeling in wide open fast terrain.
LOL I was seriously considering a 191 as the local shop was selling it w/ bindings for 40% off. Talked myself out of it since my CT3 184s were still going strong. That and the rumor mill was that the FWT riders were using a non air-tip version.Got insane pricing so decided to give the 184cm Sender Free 110 a try next year compared to the 184cm 21 CT 3.0. Got Blue Attack 17s to put on them but might swap to the green/black Attack 16s instead off my Wildcats. Black bindings look too boring on them and want a splash of colour besides black on them. Have red/black Attack 13s but wanted the heavier, metal heel 16 or 17 on them.
Corbetts threw in a ton of free stuff with them too and even brought my scale in to compare weights of their stock. Took the heaviest pair at 2230gr each which is a bit above their spec of 2200gr.
Almost the exact same rocker length, dimensions(only 0.5mm narrower underfoot and tail and 0.5mm wider tip) so should be very similar turn radius. The flex is a bit softer at the extreme tip/tail and stiffer underfoot than the CT 3.0. Stiffer tip/tail and overall Vs the Blackops 118 and seem pretty damp when slapped down on the carpet.
Anxious to try them out next season!
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Sidewall height highlighting the tip and underfoot flex difference.
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For me it would be the longest ones I'd want to try. (But afraid they'll be too much like the Sender Ti.)LOL I was seriously considering a 191 as the local shop was selling it w/ bindings for 40% off. Talked myself out of it since my CT3 184s were still going strong. That and the rumor mill was that the FWT riders were using a non air-tip version.
Been reading your praises about the Peak 104. Would be interested to try one out and also the 110 once they get that one refined.For me it would be the longest ones I'd want to try. (But afraid they'll be too much like the Sender Ti.)
Guess I will, probably, at early demo days next season.
But as near as I can tell from just reading about them so far (mostly Blister), they don't seem as interesting as the longest Blanks, which for me are already owned, mountain tested - and tops, except for the Black Ops 118 and Pettitors, which are wider and thus for a bit different spot in the quiver.
Maybe Peak will improve their 110 for next season's batch, and it will finally be fully in the running also - dunno.
(Reduced to off season holding patterns, sorry.)
The 190cm Wildcats are lighter and less damp than the 190cm CT 3.0 and because of their 27m radius, require a decent amount of speed to be fun carving on groomers. Because of their large tip/tail splay and the fact that Moment skis don’t like their edges sharp past the camber rocker points, they are surfier when flat but don’t have as much effective edge or grip when on edge Vs the CT 3.0.How do you find the wildcats compared to the CTs?
The 191cm would be maybe a HAIR “less ski” than the 190cm 21 CT 3.0 but it would be close and I wouldn’t be surprised if the slightly softer tip/tail of the Sender 110 along with the added rubber improves its suspension a bit over the CT 3.0. The 184cm versions should be very similar to each other with the longer length a step up in stability.LOL I was seriously considering a 191 as the local shop was selling it w/ bindings for 40% off. Talked myself out of it since my CT3 184s were still going strong. That and the rumor mill was that the FWT riders were using a non air-tip version.
The Sender Free 110 is much heavier than the standard Sender line and just a hair under the Squad weight in the 191cm. So the 191cm Sender Free will feel closer to the Sender Squad than it will to the Blackops 118 in suspension and a big step above the much lighter 194cm Sender 106Ti.For me it would be the longest ones I'd want to try. (But afraid they'll be too much like the Sender Ti.)
Guess I will, probably, at early demo days next season.
But as near as I can tell from just reading about them so far (mostly Blister), they don't seem as interesting as the longest Blanks, which for me are already owned, mountain tested - and tops, except for the Black Ops 118 and Pettitors, which are wider and thus for a bit different spot in the quiver.
Maybe Peak will improve their 110 for next season's batch, and it will finally be fully in the running also - dunno.
(Reduced to off season holding patterns, sorry.)
Like any ski, the Sender Squad, Free 110 or Blackops 118 will get more easier to initiate turns but the Rossignols and it sounds like the Pettitor have a very long range where their min sidecut stays very constant.That more forward mount for the 110 Sender Free may match what the Rossi head of hardgoods said on the Blister podcast about the Squad:
move the Squad mount forward a few centimeters, and you get a more "turny" ski, in a good way - hopefully no down side.
And since the Squad ski is longer than the 118 (as is the longest new 110), moved forward it retains the fore-aft stability still
for a much larger skier (which he was). He's saying he and those in his group like him, often preferred a more forward mount for the Squad also -
and that may have had a lot to do with the more forward mount point of the new 110, I hope. So this is promising.
But Blister so far has not made the "turny" ski connection, or association, or even notice, in their own reviews;
so not sure of the success of the 110 in this regard, potentially having the incredible both gnarly and playful Sean Pettit "turniness" I love
in the moved forward Pettitor and Black Ops 118 (workable for less than large skiers, in this case), and apparently in the Squad also.
The Blank, on the other hand, I've found to be a "bird in the hand," instead of a "bird in the bush" in the case of the longest 110.
Jee Whiz, it works - no flaws or lapses so far (as is the failing with the Peak 110). It uses a relatively shorter turn radius
to get a more playful effect/option, albeit not a full Sean Pettit like turn.
Hope more of you get to try it.