realskiers

No dounbt , I agree on starting thngs with the feet.

On getting in the back seat on Rockered skis, I notice this often looking at others on them at resorts. Some of this is just the way some people ski. But one of the things that I hated about the DP Lotus 138's was the fact that the skis naturally put me further in the back seat, and one could easiy ski from that position. As well, in chop, I find rockered tips get deflected. The deflection tends to put me futher back. There is not that firm feeling up front that I can push my weight into. Some of this may just be user error. I am not saying that one can't ski rockered tips in chop while being forward, only that the the tip deflection has a tendency to put one back some. The other way to say it is that I have to really work to stay forward on them in chop, and staying forward is not confidence inspiring becuse of the deflection and displacement.

I continue to weigh the pros and cons of fat vs. thinner and rockered vs traditional in powder and chop. Whereas 2-3 months ago I was convinced that fatter and rockered was better, right now I really see that whenever you alter the design, you may gain some in one area (like float) but you will surely lose in another area. This I think has been Phil's point on rockered skis. At the end of the day, float above a reasonable level is very overrated. Especially for resort skiing, where bottomless lasts for an hour or two at best, and the rest of the day one is skiing bumps, chop and crud, where the ability to tip and manuever is infinitely more important than float.

All of these are my recent thoughts and clearly they may not be in sync with what others are experiencing.