Great questions Perry and glad you're going to demo...here's my take..
When I first saw video's of skiers on rockered skis I noticed it looked like their skis had suspension and aborbed the off piste punishment. That's what got my initial interest but here's a quick list:
Absorbtion and suspension that takes the harsh hits out of broken terrain.
Climb action traction: In skiing crud and pow, I used to be concerned about tip dive or what chunk of snow was luking out there to knock me over...rocker tips, climb up and over all that.
The tail of the rocker allows for such an easy transition turn to turn sliping and sliding
And with the S3....I can carve these bad boys....and all the above.
Interesting we're starting to see some degree of rocker technology show up in frontside skis by Rossi and K2...I mean carving skis.
There are varying degrees of rise on the rockers...Ron has pretty much educated me on this...and having seen the different skis in the shops, owned the JJ's and the S3's, I've seen it first hand. The larger rockers with more rise and fatter widths are clearly more suited (for me) on big pow days above the knees. They still can be skied sidecountry or even frontside but I believe lose versatility and complianece for in certain conditions. After you demo you'll either like the feel or not depnenidng on your ski skills. I'll place my bet now...I think you're gonna love them!
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