No, Lynn's Progressor 8's were after season special, she hasn't even taken the plastic off, but she had clearly outgrown the Head Every Thangs and the P8's were positively recommended from lots of places (especially Terryl's). It's getting hard to find a versatile (like the old Head iC160) ski with a low 70's waist for a light skier that will also handle east coast trees and hard groomed slopes. Complicated, in her case, but the fact that even with her skills she prefers to ski a bit slower and that makes bending many hard snow skis more difficult.
Hey Jim -- I think the P-8s will suit just perfectly. There is no metal in the layup, so they are not overly stiff laterally, but this also makes them light. For such a light, agile ski, they have remarkable stability and fantastic edge grip. Terryl found that with the railflex bindings at +1.5, they were rather unruly at speed. But with the bindings back at center, the ski calmed right down and was super smooth and quiet. If they are anything like my P-9s, they may have a rather lively feel and transmit a bit more vibration from the snow than Lynn may be used to, coming from a Head ski.....we will see. Once I got used to that (all my other skis were more damp) and focused on the skis other positive attributes (there are a lot) then I didn't notice it after a while. Lynn should ask Terryl or Gary about how the P-8s are in that regard.
Can't wait to hear her first report after a few days out on them.
Cheers,
Svend
PS -- make sure when she gets them tuned, that the shop keeps the edge bevels at 1 deg. base / 3 deg. side. That is factory tune, and works brilliantly on this ski.
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