^^^ Another vote for this analysis. The man speaks the truth. (I cannot speak for those skis.)
"Resort Powder" is different from Catskiing Powder, where you are paying for an untracked run every run.
I still have my soft clown feet Rossignol Super7 in 195cm for Cat skiing. They float so high and fast that I can lean way far forward and charge in untracked snow without fear of ever going over the handle bars. They pivot in tight trees. But at a resort, on the tracked up powder back to the chairlift, they just deflect off of every uneven surface and the wide width under foot hurts my inside ankle bones and knees and they are not that torsional stiff because of the width so they don't carve all that well. That is where a 100mm to 108mm "Resort Powder" ski really shines.
As you know I settled on the DPS Wailer 100RP in the Alchemist (carbon) construction in 184cm. I was told that the "RP" stands for "Resort Powder."
The other skis which I researched but did not demo were the Line Sick Day 104, the Moment Wildcat 108, and the Head Kore 105.
I had NEVER skied a DPS ski before I bought the DPS Wailer A100RP.
I pm'd one of the gear gurus on this forum and described what I was looking for in a ski, mentioned the skis that I was considering, and asked what other skis I should demo and he said:
"Demoing is overrated. Just do your research, pick a ski, and learn to ski it."
Given the ski and binding sale prices which have just started and which will likely continue through the Summer (with availability becoming more of an issue as the Summer progresses), you may want to do your research, talk to your crew, consider what others have said and will say here, sleep on it, and take a leap of faith and just buy it!
As the gear guru said, all skis in a particular category are good, just do your research and make a decision. You really can't go wrong.
Except for going too wide for a Resort Powder ski. But even then you will have scratched an itch and you will have it for Catskiing.
"Resort Powder" is different from Catskiing Powder, where you are paying for an untracked run every run.
I still have my soft clown feet Rossignol Super7 in 195cm for Cat skiing. They float so high and fast that I can lean way far forward and charge in untracked snow without fear of ever going over the handle bars. They pivot in tight trees. But at a resort, on the tracked up powder back to the chairlift, they just deflect off of every uneven surface and the wide width under foot hurts my inside ankle bones and knees and they are not that torsional stiff because of the width so they don't carve all that well. That is where a 100mm to 108mm "Resort Powder" ski really shines.
As you know I settled on the DPS Wailer 100RP in the Alchemist (carbon) construction in 184cm. I was told that the "RP" stands for "Resort Powder."
The other skis which I researched but did not demo were the Line Sick Day 104, the Moment Wildcat 108, and the Head Kore 105.
I had NEVER skied a DPS ski before I bought the DPS Wailer A100RP.
I pm'd one of the gear gurus on this forum and described what I was looking for in a ski, mentioned the skis that I was considering, and asked what other skis I should demo and he said:
"Demoing is overrated. Just do your research, pick a ski, and learn to ski it."
Given the ski and binding sale prices which have just started and which will likely continue through the Summer (with availability becoming more of an issue as the Summer progresses), you may want to do your research, talk to your crew, consider what others have said and will say here, sleep on it, and take a leap of faith and just buy it!
As the gear guru said, all skis in a particular category are good, just do your research and make a decision. You really can't go wrong.
Except for going too wide for a Resort Powder ski. But even then you will have scratched an itch and you will have it for Catskiing.
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