On Snow Demo @ Loveland

[PowDiva85]

Ok! So, ski season has officially started here in CO and our shop went to demo days at loveland. Wanted to give you all some feed back on what was liked/disliked. Conditions were hard packed snow but not icy at all. Both days were gorgeous!

So, the top 3 skis that all my employees seemed to like were:
1. Kastle MX 78
2. Volkl Aura
3. Rossignol BC Pro 110

I have to say I was really suprised that these were the consensus because we have a wide range of skier abilities. Not every one is an expert.

The Kastle held and amazing edge and was fun and snappy with out being too demanding. I took 3 runs on it because I did not want to give it back!!

The Aura worked well for everyone even in the 163, nobody found it difficult to ski on groomers even those more timid skiers.

The Rossignol BC pro 110 beat out the Kiku as everyone's favorite of the rockered skis. It was nimble and light. Easy to ski and definitely skied short. After trying both legnths I think I would go with the 176. They felt really solid at speed on the hardpacl.

The new Dynastar Eden was absolutely amazing as well. Definitely not the best bump ski out of the bunch but very solid and energetic feeling while cruising. Seemed to have a lot more umph to it than the legend powder. Some of the more light/timid skiers found it a bit much to handle so probably a ski angled twoards a bit beefier/more agressive skier.

The Volkl fuego with the new biologic technology got mixed reviews from the bunch. I found it fun to ski as long as you kept it pointed straight down the fall line. If you tried to make more sweeping turns the tails would not hold. It also seemed to ski better if you were sitting in the back seat.

The Volkl kiku seemed to be very heavy and slow reacting compared to the BC pro 110. It felt like I had two huge planks strapped to my feet and it was not quick turning, now I was skiing it in the 170 but even the 176 BC pro seemed more agile.

Was anyone else out there? Or has anyone else had their demos yet? What are your thoughts?