oragejuice
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
So, my Auras are gone. I was incredibly unhappy with the way the topsheets were holding up, and sent them back. They were great sticks, don't get me wrong. But after skiing them for a season, I have a better idea of where I like to end up on the mountain, and what I need/want in a ski, which the Aura didn't fit anymore.
In the last couple of weeks, Bachelor has been getting FABULOUS dumps, and super spring sunshine days. We've seen every condition in the book, in the last month, and I've been looking for a better pair of boards that might work for it all. I've been on the K2 Obsethed, Rossignol S7 and S6 while skiing with a friend who's on the Rossi team, which has created a bias towards Rossignol... I'd never been on a pair, until recently, and I'm rather blown away. They're making rad skis. I'm about to have my own pair of 2010 Rossignol S6s, and I'm putting myself through a week+ of skiing my tiny foam-core park sticks to do it.
Sooo, the Obsethed is not my cup of tea. I felt like I should have liked it, because of the glowing review that skigrl27 gave it, but nooope. Not a fan, unless it's on soft corduroy.
These were the first pair in my demoing streak, and I'm glad they were, because I knew exactly what I didn't want next.
It's a super stable ski, absorbs the irregularities in the surface making for a smoother ride, but they're too soft. I was on a little bit of icy hardpack, and I did NOT like them then. Didn't 'bite' at all, just seemed to skid around. Blegh. I believe I described them as skiing on a noodly wet piece of wood.
Next, I jumped on the Rossignol S7 176, 146/115/123. and took them up into the hike accessed summit bowl, and dropped a small cornice, and let the monsters run. Wow. Rocker. Wow. The S7 is a funky looking ski. They still have traditional camber underfoot, so groomers don't suck, but when you're in pow, tip dive doesn't exist. I was ripping huge turns down a couple feet of fresh like it was nothing. They took some getting used to, super wide stance, and traverses were a little wierd, because of the rocker, but for powder days, these babies are rad.
FWIW, Roxy is making an S7 next year with their graphics, and Rossignol is making a womens BC pro 110, which is essentially another S7, but slightly smaller. I'll be getting a pair if I can afford them. I can't speak much to the basic carving ability of these, but skiing powder on them seriously made me smile.
Now, the S6.
This ski has me giggly every time I get on them. They are HUGE too. Biggest ski I've ever been on (I don't count the S7, because of the rocker). 174, 140/110/134. Bam. Apparently the waist is more like 112, they were just rounding? Whatever. Huge when compared to what I've been skiing. I'm skiing them at the furthest back mounting point too, traditional men's whatever. Wee! No over-the-handlebars-ing, no speed wobbles, they turn on a dime, and slice through everything. The bumps are even fun on these. Super poppy lively skis, but soft enough that they don't make my joints hurt the way the Auras were.
Wow, I just wrote a freakin' novel. Feel free to ask questions, I have a hard time getting all the info about skis into one post, ADD doesn't help.
In the last couple of weeks, Bachelor has been getting FABULOUS dumps, and super spring sunshine days. We've seen every condition in the book, in the last month, and I've been looking for a better pair of boards that might work for it all. I've been on the K2 Obsethed, Rossignol S7 and S6 while skiing with a friend who's on the Rossi team, which has created a bias towards Rossignol... I'd never been on a pair, until recently, and I'm rather blown away. They're making rad skis. I'm about to have my own pair of 2010 Rossignol S6s, and I'm putting myself through a week+ of skiing my tiny foam-core park sticks to do it.
Sooo, the Obsethed is not my cup of tea. I felt like I should have liked it, because of the glowing review that skigrl27 gave it, but nooope. Not a fan, unless it's on soft corduroy.
These were the first pair in my demoing streak, and I'm glad they were, because I knew exactly what I didn't want next.It's a super stable ski, absorbs the irregularities in the surface making for a smoother ride, but they're too soft. I was on a little bit of icy hardpack, and I did NOT like them then. Didn't 'bite' at all, just seemed to skid around. Blegh. I believe I described them as skiing on a noodly wet piece of wood.
Next, I jumped on the Rossignol S7 176, 146/115/123. and took them up into the hike accessed summit bowl, and dropped a small cornice, and let the monsters run. Wow. Rocker. Wow. The S7 is a funky looking ski. They still have traditional camber underfoot, so groomers don't suck, but when you're in pow, tip dive doesn't exist. I was ripping huge turns down a couple feet of fresh like it was nothing. They took some getting used to, super wide stance, and traverses were a little wierd, because of the rocker, but for powder days, these babies are rad.
FWIW, Roxy is making an S7 next year with their graphics, and Rossignol is making a womens BC pro 110, which is essentially another S7, but slightly smaller. I'll be getting a pair if I can afford them. I can't speak much to the basic carving ability of these, but skiing powder on them seriously made me smile.
Now, the S6.
This ski has me giggly every time I get on them. They are HUGE too. Biggest ski I've ever been on (I don't count the S7, because of the rocker). 174, 140/110/134. Bam. Apparently the waist is more like 112, they were just rounding? Whatever. Huge when compared to what I've been skiing. I'm skiing them at the furthest back mounting point too, traditional men's whatever. Wee! No over-the-handlebars-ing, no speed wobbles, they turn on a dime, and slice through everything. The bumps are even fun on these. Super poppy lively skis, but soft enough that they don't make my joints hurt the way the Auras were.Wow, I just wrote a freakin' novel. Feel free to ask questions, I have a hard time getting all the info about skis into one post, ADD doesn't help.
