Message #7627

[Philpug]

Having been in the industry off and on for close to 20 years, I will say that the current reverse camber skis are not ready yet. Everything out there right now is trial and error design, there are 10/20's 20/10's Reverse camber, reverse sidecut and every combination in between. This whole segment is for such a narrow market that really doesn't deserve much investment for R&D because the sales aren't there and the designs aren't "trickle down" technology. Look back into the mid 90's when "shape" skis came out, how many manufacturers rushed poor designed and untested product to the market, we are seeing the same thing here.

I am as much as an early adaptor as anyone but, unless you are getting 10-15+ days of 1'+ of snow, I would rather have a traditional design ski on the 100+ range that I can ski in the rest of the conditions and still enjoy. These skis are still unproven and cannot be said that they are the end all of great skis.