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Reviewer
Age 32
190lb
5'10
PSIA Ed Staff
like it all but lives for tree skiing.
Ski
183cm Amarda TST
Dimensions (mm): 120-133-103-124
Radius 16.8 meter
First let me see that this ski has been intriguing to me. 100mmish waist which is just about as wide as I cna go with out hurting my knees on hardpack. bigfat tip and lots of tip taper. The really turny sidecut had me worried about its performance in weird snow but more on that later.
Groomers - If you can think of this ski as basically a 170cm normal full cambered ski that is actually quite stiff and has a ton of sidecut. this ski rails turns on groomers, its not a GS skis but does nice arch to arch mini GS turns even on steep groomer very well. The edge hold is superb assuming edge to edge, even on really hard groomer. With that said if you are not a precise and slide sideways into an edge set this ski will feel awful and bounce around quite a bit, but for the accomplished expert there is ton of grip here, some pop at the end, and it will finish a turn really well due to it tight sidecut.
Once the groomer get cut up though, the ski if on edge will still do the work needed but running flat or not pressuring the tips will cause tons of vibrations. This ski is lively and not damp.
Bumps - pretty freaking good, even on hardpack bumps. The ski is stiff but never overbearing and the sidecut is not as catchy as you would imagine. If anything I would say its stranglely uncatchy. Gsing and smashing bumps even soft ones not what this ski was made for. Dancing over them and popping some doubles seem to work best. FUN FUN, more fun the softer it is, but workable in even really hard bumps.
Powder - best 100mmish skis I have ever skied in powder. You remember how I have been saying how its 170cm full cambered ski? Now its a 183cm and has tons of tip rocker. The tip doesnt sink, its floats better than its waist width would ever let you believe. Its nimble and quick but doesnt like doing longer turns or going really fast. I guess the sidecut does have some limitation. For the powder tree skiing we do here at Stowe its pretty great. Last year at the gathering I am pretty sure this is all skied for the stowe day with @Qcanoe had his pair out as well. Its ski that will ski deep powder with out ever feeling like liability when things get skied out. I think a lot of people will like this ski in powder and could see the design working really well for touring as well.
Crud - well the tight sidecut had to rear its ugly head somewhere, it workable at slower speed but not point it and smash it ski like a straighter metal laminate flat tail skis like Enforcer, Q lab, or Bonafide would be.
Age 32
190lb
5'10
PSIA Ed Staff
like it all but lives for tree skiing.
Ski
183cm Amarda TST
Dimensions (mm): 120-133-103-124
Radius 16.8 meter
First let me see that this ski has been intriguing to me. 100mmish waist which is just about as wide as I cna go with out hurting my knees on hardpack. bigfat tip and lots of tip taper. The really turny sidecut had me worried about its performance in weird snow but more on that later.
Groomers - If you can think of this ski as basically a 170cm normal full cambered ski that is actually quite stiff and has a ton of sidecut. this ski rails turns on groomers, its not a GS skis but does nice arch to arch mini GS turns even on steep groomer very well. The edge hold is superb assuming edge to edge, even on really hard groomer. With that said if you are not a precise and slide sideways into an edge set this ski will feel awful and bounce around quite a bit, but for the accomplished expert there is ton of grip here, some pop at the end, and it will finish a turn really well due to it tight sidecut.
Once the groomer get cut up though, the ski if on edge will still do the work needed but running flat or not pressuring the tips will cause tons of vibrations. This ski is lively and not damp.
Bumps - pretty freaking good, even on hardpack bumps. The ski is stiff but never overbearing and the sidecut is not as catchy as you would imagine. If anything I would say its stranglely uncatchy. Gsing and smashing bumps even soft ones not what this ski was made for. Dancing over them and popping some doubles seem to work best. FUN FUN, more fun the softer it is, but workable in even really hard bumps.
Powder - best 100mmish skis I have ever skied in powder. You remember how I have been saying how its 170cm full cambered ski? Now its a 183cm and has tons of tip rocker. The tip doesnt sink, its floats better than its waist width would ever let you believe. Its nimble and quick but doesnt like doing longer turns or going really fast. I guess the sidecut does have some limitation. For the powder tree skiing we do here at Stowe its pretty great. Last year at the gathering I am pretty sure this is all skied for the stowe day with @Qcanoe had his pair out as well. Its ski that will ski deep powder with out ever feeling like liability when things get skied out. I think a lot of people will like this ski in powder and could see the design working really well for touring as well.
Crud - well the tight sidecut had to rear its ugly head somewhere, it workable at slower speed but not point it and smash it ski like a straighter metal laminate flat tail skis like Enforcer, Q lab, or Bonafide would be.