A quick addendum.
On a whim, I skied the Dynastar 6th Sense Slicer.? Only a 98 mm waist, but not a good ski for me or the conditions. Felt like a tank, not manueverable or alive at all.? Skied the Elan Waveflex 82 xti and this was a great little ski, and the emphasis on little in the sense that it didn't feel at all like an 82 mm waist.? Really a lively, easy ski.? A bit of an eye opener.
And by the way, I'm sure we've all heard the adage "we tend to ski where we are looking" and that when skiing in trees you want to look for gaps in the trees rather than looking at the trees.? Well, I was watching Lynn making some turns and admiring her style and, sure enough, I completely blind sided her and skied right into her.? HOW EMBARRASSING, and we were both moving along at a pretty respectable clip.? Fortunately, she wasn't seriously hurt.? Unfortunately, I didn't even fall down, and that just made me feel even worse.
She heard people on the lift commenting on what a big hit that was.? Sorry Lynn.
RealSkiers description of the Waveflex 82 xti.
Elan scores a big hit!
"Relaxing high performance?no vices?broad performance envelope," pretty well sums it up. Stable, quick, predictable and relatively non-demanding, while delivering serious high performance.
Close to being the the "Holy Grail" as a Big Mountain Carver 1-ski-quiver well worth considering.
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