Titan Argos Review?

[jbotti]

Ron, as best I can tell you have been to steamboat and skied the Argos is some big snow. Where is the review? Of course you may have sold them already as I noticed your comments on boots and I am two pairs behind. Last I remember you were still on Atomic CS 130's so you must have gone to the S11 and now the Kryptons.

If you did ski the Argos I would love to hear your comments.

[Philpug]

Ron, as best I can tell you have been to steamboat and skied the Argos is some big snow. Where is the review? Of course you may have sold them already as I noticed your comments on boots and I am two pairs behind. Last I remember you were still on Atomic CS 130's so you must have gone to the S11 and now the Kryptons.

If you did ski the Argos I would love to hear your comments.

Both Ron and I skied his Argos in Steamboat. I will not answer for him but as far as my feelings on the ski... Having a Blizzard background, I owned some Titan Nines, 2 pr. of Mag SL's, Magnum 8.7's and an unmounted (and skied) pair of Magnum 8.1's. My wife has Viva 7.6's and Eos 's. At Stratton last year, I skied the Cronos which, with an 88 waist, I expected it to be the spiritual successor to the Nine which had an 86 waist, not the case. Where the Nine felt like a big GS ski, the Cronos was soft and floppy with more soft snow tendencies. I was very unimpressed the way the ski handled the crud that I tested it in. When I posted my reviews on Epic stating so, I was told that the ARgos was more like my old Nine. After skiing the Argos on Steamboat, I was still disappointed, this ski felt like a big Cronos and still nothing like my old Nine. The ski felt lifeless and dead, in this 100-105 range I think there are much better choices out there. My 8.7 is more the successor to the Nine than either of these skis.

My wife, a solid but conservative 7 level skier loves her Eos's (a woman's Cronos), I an not going to rock the boat with her and I will just let her enjoy them.

[Ron]

I will? echo Phil's comments. I skied it and tried to like it but it just didn't do anything for me. I felt it lacked zip, energy and feedback. It's a freight train in broken and I skied it in some powder and groomed. Maybe a big guy may like it but anyone who skis with finesse and is looking for a ski with feedback and energy, look elsewhere. I will say that I did find my favorite wide ski by far, the Icelantic Nomad. I would strongly recommend that you give these skis a try. I will write more on them but I skied the Nomad at 140-105-130 in a 168 in everything from groomed to over 2 feet of powder and absolutely loved them. They were my go to boards and will be for this season. I can't think of a ski I have enjoyed as much! (besides my Icelantic Shamans )

[jbotti]

Well, that's disappointing. I was thinking these mught be perfect for me.

Phil, what do you like in the 100-105 waist range?

Ron, I would like to try the shamans one day. They seem like a blast.

[Ron]

gotta try the nomads as well.

[Gary]

Geez...sure is a pretty picture Ron...

Should be a centerfold shot for Ski Mag....nice going!

Here it is ....going to what would appear to have all the making of a great soft snow ski was a total disaster....at least for a soft two footed ski soldier....

Maybe a heavier person in the 225 plus range mighy get a little more rein respect from those Argos.....dims don't make the ski and that's for sure.

JB....you certainly have to jump on a pair of Icelantics....I purchased the Pilgrims , 127 90 117 in a 169 length....and also feel it along with my SS is one of my all time favorite skis. Absolutlely remarkable in so many ways.

Best,
G

[Ron]

I just don't know about the perfect fit for the Argos other than a much bigger skier but it wasn't super stiff. I think most of here really like a livelier ski with good "foot-boot-ski-snow" feedback. The argos just doesn't have it.

[jbotti]

Thanks.

I rode the Head Mojo 94 today. I like it alot. I got these new and ultra cheap from some guy on TGR. I was quite impressed by the ski in off piste conditions, but they were very difficult today with mostly heavy duty wind buff and a few spots of softer broekn up snow. It's a nice ski. and it handled these coditions quite well.? I rode it down the mountain on my favorite GS type carving run. It ws late in the day and I had been on Fischer Progressors most of the day doing the same run. Wow these skis are defintely not from the GS mold!! They were pretty soft at those speeds and the small amount of chop that had accumualted on the groomed terrain was creating some instability at GS speeds. Taken down a notch or two, they carve great.

It's a good thing I have more than one pair of skis!!

I will post a full review when I ski it a few more days and in the right conditions.

[Philpug]

Well, that's disappointing. I was thinking these mught be perfect for me.

Phil, what do you like in the 100-105 waist range?

Ron, I would like to try the shamans one day. They seem like a blast.

I honestly haven't skied enough skis in this range. The Blizzards, some Hart Prototypes, K2, Seth Elan 999 ( the last two, 99 underfoot)? and I really cannot recall any others. The best... so far... are some Harts that were produced by NeverSummer, the same company that produces Icelantic. I skied some that were produced by the company that produces Libery and IMHO they are awful.

I will report back in a little over a month with my findings from the 09-10 on snow testing. I will be getting on more there.