Twin Tips.

[ski diva]

Anyone give them a try? What do you think?

According to a report by Snowsports Industries America (SIA), sales through January 2007 showed twintips soaring with 198% growth this season. Twintips now comprise 16% of all alpine ski equipment sales ($45 million out of $281 million), up from 12% last year. So it seems that more and more people are giving them a try.

What about you?

 

[Calgal]

I tried twin tips, the Salomon Mynx, a couple of weeks ago on a big snow day. I had chosen that day to do some demos, as I am in the market for some new skis.
I have to say that I had a ton of fun on those skis...they went through the powder and crud very easily, and turning was a breeze. They were very stable and gave me the confidence to try steeper terrain (my 16 yr old snowboarding son led me around for a while)! YIKES ....what was I thinking ( no, really it is a blast skiing with him, I will remember that day for a long time !!)
I am choosing not to buy the twin tips now, maybe next season. I want a ski which is suited to all mountain skiing, easy turning and can handle all kinds of conditions and terrain.
Next season I will try to demo some other twin tips and maybe that will be my end of season purchase.
For now I am buying the Fischer Vision 73 in a 152 cm length.... heard it is an awesome ski, and should be very well suited for the skiing that I get to do.

 

[volklgirl]

I always thought twins were just for thugs.

I guess I'm a thug cuz I just LOVE my Karmas!! :D :D

 

[ski now work later]

I have Volkl Kayas (81 waist) which I've been using to learn how to ski switch (backwards) and for jumps and boxes. I like them a lot for park type stuff, and can get around the hill but not with much edge control. Today I just received via FedEx a pair of absolutely gorgeous Solomon Scarlets, also twin tips. These are a powder ski (92 waist) with twin tips so I had them mounted 70% freeride and 30% park. I plan to bring them to Big Sky next February for powder days and park stuff. Bottom line is that I really like twin tips, though I hear that on very steep areas, the tails wash out.

 

[Gloria]

My skiis actually have a twin tip, not because they're twin tips, I think just to be cool. I have honestly never noticed it. I was talking with the girl at the ski shop the other day when I was looking for ttips for my youngster and she said most skiis are moving towards twin tips in general. Of course I could write book on the detail she went into but I think the jist of it is they slice through snow easier.

 

[lil mountain girl]

My skiis actually have a twin tip, not because they're twin tips, I think just to be cool. I have honestly never noticed it. I was talking with the girl at the ski shop the other day when I was looking for ttips for my youngster and she said most skiis are moving towards twin tips in general. Of course I could write book on the detail she went into but I think the jist of it is they slice through snow easier.

i've noticed this too! the other day i was in the local ski shop and when the manager suggested a twin tip looking ski, i told him "i'm not sure i want a twin tip" because the ski LOOKED like a twin tip ski.

he corrected me, saying that they actually weren't a real twin tip, the tails were just more rounded to "slice through snow" better!

so there you go . . . i guess some skis look like twintips, but they're really not!

hmmm . . . :D

 

[altagirl]

i've noticed this too! the other day i was in the local ski shop and when the manager suggested a twin tip looking ski, i told him "i'm not sure i want a twin tip" because the ski LOOKED like a twin tip ski.

he corrected me, saying that they actually weren't a real twin tip, the tails were just more rounded to "slice through snow" better!

so there you go . . . i guess some skis look like twintips, but they're really not!

hmmm . . . :D

Yeah - there's definitely a difference. I'd categorize it as park skis vs. twintips (or turned up tails). A real park ski is designed to be symmetrical, so when you're spinning, or skiing backwards, it's the same ski, front or rear. Others are normal skis with the tail turned up so if you occasionally ski backwards, your tails don't get stuck. This is nice if you're doing a bit of a "falling leaf" move to get through an entry or something. But the ski is designed for skiing, instead of being made to rotate evenly in the air.

I have twintips, but no park skis since the 1080s my husband and I shared years ago. Plus a nice big turned up tail means you leave a wake of loose snow to spray your friends with. ;) My husband loves to complain about my Gotamas!

 

[Quiver Queen]

I've got the twin-tip 1080's, very similar to the Mynx, and they're excellent all-mountain skis. In fact, they're my preferred ski out of the quiver.