I wanted to resurrect this thread because the topic of my experience with the Santa Ana 93s came up at the ski expo this past weekend. My season got cut early last year, so I didn’t have a chance to get back to playing with my skis after starting this thread beyond checking them visually with a true bar. I am hoping to figure things out with them early this season (I do also plan to get them tuned to ensure there is nothing weird with that) otherwise I will likely just sell them or mount with demo bindings to mimic what I tried to begin with. Ski season is too short to deal with annoying problems like this for too long before cutting my losses!
Anyway, at the ski expo I went to the Nordica booth to discuss the fact that I had loved the demo I did of the Santa Ana 93 last season, but hated the skis I bought and mounted with regular bindings. I’m not sure exactly what I was expecting them to say about it, but I was mostly wondering if they might have any information on how they mount their demo bindings and whether I could possibly be at a different spot onnthe ski with my bindings etc.
Well, long story short, the rep realized quite quickly that he remembered me and
@lisamamot from the demo day we did last season. And he remembered that I was super enthusiastic about the Santa Ana 93 and 98 and demoed them more than once throughout the day etc. He seemed to genuinely care that I was describing a bad experience once I actually bought a pair and wants to figure out why. We discussed his thoughts on it, but didn’t get much past what we’ve all discussed here. He didn’t believe that the demo binding would have me forward of where I would be on my ski if they are mounted correctly. He wants me to come test out the demos again at Sunday River’s upcoming demo day in early December to see if those still feel good, and to bring my skis to compare the mounting point. He wasn’t sure if he would be the rep at this year’s demo day or not so he also gave me his card to let him know what happens if he isn’t there and said we would make it right.
We’ll see what happens. I was impressed that he remembered our interaction (as I hadn’t recognized him as the rep who had been there until he said it) and seemed to very much care about the outcome. That made me feel really good about Nordica who I do genuinely like as a brand for these aorta of reasons along with their major emphasis on women’s product technology.