realskiers

Hi JB,

Glad to hear your back on snow.

I'm actually not to surprised by your results. Modern design & detail improvements have been substantial in the last 4 years. I was mentally comparing the older 180cm Fischer Scenio S500 (118-68-100mm, 17m TR) to my 178cm Dynastar Contact 11 (122-72-102mm, 16m TR) and the change in performance was much higher than the specification would indicate. Any ski introduced in the last 12 months is going to be way better than any 3 year old product regardless of how advanced the older product was just a few years ago.

Head has much more rapid product cycles than Fischer and just about everyone else right now, part of this can be contributed to sandwich construction which is simple to tool-up for compared to cap construction models.

My Worldcup RC (112-66-97mm 16m TR) still has a place in my quiver mostly because I don't always want the characteristics of a ski with a big tip & small turning radius. As Gary and Ron will verify, I tend to ski at Mach Snell anytime the lack-of-crowds allow. Broad tipped skis with sub 16m TR are a little nervous on longer radius turns at higher speeds, IMO. However Gary had no problem keeping up or pulling away on his Monster 82's while I was on the Contact 11's.

I think the Supershape & Monster 82 is a killer quiver at this point.

Cheers,

Michael