realskiers

My assumption.

This is an extension of the Intelligence fibers and Chip technology Head bought from K2 and has been using in skis and racquets for at least 10 years now. The difference is that they appear to have added the fibers to the tail of the ski while in the past it was only the front of the ski.? Maybe they've added a capacitor or otherwise changed the chips processing/filtering of the electrical pulses, but I think its pretty well accepted that the technology works (maybe too much, since Chip skis tend to be very damp relative to their non-chip equals).

Hey Jim,
Living proof that ski design is rocket science (pardon the obvious pun ). Capacitors in skis, who would have thought?

Already, I can't wait for the '11 January Elk Mountain demo day to do a KERS ski, but, it does not appear that the new SS will be available from Head next year per JB. John stated previously that the new SS is a more demanding ski, I hope to experience it.

Of interest from a skiing standpoint is that most of us ski with too much weight/pressure on the tails. That's a personal observation of both my skiing and what I see when riding chairs, so, please, no challenges on data source. Will a stiffer tail be enjoyed by the skiing public who sit back when in difficulty?  JB's trying to tell us to "watch out" on the new SS as it's a more demanding ski than the SS we know and love (if you are an eastern carver like me).

I took a ski racing clinic at my local mountain this winter, and, one concept that was stressed is the need to pressure the tips by moving the hips both to the inside and very much out over the tips during a turn. Ron calls this fore-againal. HH describes it a little different but the concept is the same. The feeling is very much like diving into a turn, using the pull of gravity without fighting it. It takes a while to be comfortable with this technique on groomed stuff, and, very difficult to use when pushing the envelope on more difficult terrain.

To digress a little, the sole benefit of the end of ski season is my VISA bills are much less painful to pay!