looking forward to getting on the 88. I skied the 78 yesterday in the 176 at Blue yesterday. The conditions were pretty good. The 78 in the 176 is an amazing ski. I have the plate system. I would really have to ski the griff' back to back to really compare but it is very responsive, quck, smoooooth, and just fun to ski. I played around on a green run that was in really nice conditon in skiing very slow ( a fun drill JC taught us) the objective is to ski as slow as possible but keeping the movement smooth and fluent. Then started on some slow easy turns- varying radius, There wasn't enought pitch to really crank it up for big GS turns but skiing short radius turns along the edge were a blast, the ski really engages well: it has HUGE sweetspot. You could easily go from very tight zipper-line like turns to medium turns, the tail doesn't lock you in but you could really feel the entire ski underfoot. One of the race runs opened and it has a hard pack base with the typical blue granular surface onthe steep section. I took it in there to play around and looked for sections where the snow varied. I skied it over scraped off hard-packed into soft, loose granular piles, again, the ski really handled it well, did not get deflected and really had incredible edgehold. It inspired confidence and since I am not a good hardpack skier, I had a lot of confidence in the ski and skied much more agressively than I normally do. I loved it. i look forward to getting this in a few inches of fresh to see how it handles it. I am curious to see if the tail hookup in the snow or if you can slide them when needed. My guess it will do just fine. Very impressed with this ski. VERY.
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