Yesterday I drove up to Flagstaff early to have the shop mount my Z10ti bindings to my new Birdies. In a half hour or less I was on my way to Snowbowl for a glorious bluebird day on the skis.
I fell in love. These skis are phenomenal for me. So very easy to ski, quick for a 90-waist, and simply effortless fun.
At 149 length the Birdies are perfect. I could have purchased a 156, but opted for the shorter version, and am quite pleased with that decision. The Salomon Z10ti is a nice binding; one that I have not used in my most recent ski acquisitions, however did have several pairs in the past with these bindings. Again, I am very happy with that choice as well.
The Birdie is truly a light ski. I have demoed three versions of the Head Joy line in recent years wanting to feel the lightness that they are so popularly known to advertise. And each one was as promised, very light indeed.
However, I found them all to be too light, if that makes any sense. The Joy skis seemed to notice every divot , bump, and change in texture, which annoyed me enough to not keep the demos out for more than three runs each. The Captis Birdie encountering these same conditions did not buck or startle me. They hold a great edge too. I could ski these as if I were my Renoun Z-77s (157) carving big wide or short fast turns.
The Captis Birdie has captured my heart and will be my Go-To ski from now on.
I fell in love. These skis are phenomenal for me. So very easy to ski, quick for a 90-waist, and simply effortless fun.
At 149 length the Birdies are perfect. I could have purchased a 156, but opted for the shorter version, and am quite pleased with that decision. The Salomon Z10ti is a nice binding; one that I have not used in my most recent ski acquisitions, however did have several pairs in the past with these bindings. Again, I am very happy with that choice as well.
The Birdie is truly a light ski. I have demoed three versions of the Head Joy line in recent years wanting to feel the lightness that they are so popularly known to advertise. And each one was as promised, very light indeed.
However, I found them all to be too light, if that makes any sense. The Joy skis seemed to notice every divot , bump, and change in texture, which annoyed me enough to not keep the demos out for more than three runs each. The Captis Birdie encountering these same conditions did not buck or startle me. They hold a great edge too. I could ski these as if I were my Renoun Z-77s (157) carving big wide or short fast turns.
The Captis Birdie has captured my heart and will be my Go-To ski from now on.