realskiers

Liam, i n my opinion I can not agree with JB is saying about rockers or early rise skis not performing in crud and chopped snow.

My typical hard snow ski is a 168. My rocker ski is 178. even though when the skis are flat and tips are rising,  there's enough edge connected to the snow and enough sidecut to bring the skis around nicely. The shovels ride up and over the nasty stuff and the skis perform superbly for me. I do think it is important to note that they should be skied longer than your everyday carving board. AND yes, on edge when the ski is tipped on it's side, rocker shovels and tails do hook up....There is no shovel flopping on my Rossi S3's and I've been told it's non existent on the DPS....test will tell.

If  the words Terminal Velocity means being able to set a turn shape and speed on any steep and maintain that rhythm, turn shape and speed all the way to the bottom of the run...I like it and I preach the same thing...it's all about control and edge finesse.

G