I think in broken snow these will be great. I really use sidecut alot in crud and chop. Used properly a wide ski with sidecut can be a great tool and be much easier on the legs than pushuing tails to tighten the turn. But I also agree that this is a design that I have not seen before and you are right that it could be funky. I also agree that they may not be easy skis to sell. The one thing we do have is Peter's review and according to Jim Peter has skied these himself and raves about them. I will probably wiat to demo in November. Thanks for the comments.
Of course if I can't wait and end up buying a pair without demoing and I end up not loving them, it won't be the first time for that either!! I think I will wait.
I think this is the question and you can answer it fior us. How do the shamans hold up in Pow, chop and Crud. These skis take a page from the Shamans with fat tips, lots of sidecut and a short TR. The 173 Shaman has the same TR as the 178 chariot. Max 501 on the PMTS forum raves about his shamans because he can use the sidecut in crud and chop and bumps off piste, and with the fat tips the ski floats as well in the fluffy stuff. If the Shamans ski well in 3d conditions so should the chariots.
Now I will say that I have had skis with carbon Fiber abd fiberglass. Both the lotus 138 and the PM Gear Lhasa Pow had some of both. In general I felt the ski were a little too light and lacked some ofthe bulldozer characteristics that I prefer in a bomber powder ski. ?The Lhasa Pow was IMO especially lacking in true torsional rigidity. That is by biggest concern with CF and Fiberglass skis that have no metal. Yeah, I best demo these!!
Ron walk us through your thoughts on the Shamans.
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