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stuckinphilly

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So, I'm paging through Ski Magazine's gear guide, as one does, and I'm shocked to see only one Kastle ski in the rankings. Not only that but it's not even that high in the ranking.
What do you think Pugski? Has Kastle fallen off? or are they just behind on their advertising payments?
 

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Probably just a dip in ad dollars from Kastle.
Cannot confirm or deny that.
I'll just have to ski my MX89's until they die....
As you should, they are awesome skis and have been Tester's Choice skis here going back to the MX88 and Kastle hasn't paid us ad dollar one not even provided us with skis to review. As far as to why they fell out of favor with them? Maybe you should ask them that and not us.
 

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Never could tell with the magazine reviews whether they didn't like them or didn't test them (or why), and that was before the magzaines went downhill.
 

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Probably just a dip in ad dollars from Kastle.

Stockli is the darling of the Pugs at this point.
Kastle is so two seasons ago.
Try to keep up, dude.

Stockli is hot but I'm still in the midst of a torrid love affair with all of my Kastles!!! I had a brief fling with a curvy SC last season but it didn't work out.
 

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When any ski goes from also ran to top of the chart with only a graphic change, it makes you wonder if NFL referees are doing the evaluating.
 

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My favorite were the seasons when the original Cochise was ski of the year, and the Soul 7 v 1.0 was the following year's love child. Call me cynical, but don't call me Shirley.
 

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Probably just a dip in ad dollars from Kastle.

Stockli is the darling of the Pugs at this point.
Kastle is so two seasons ago.
Try to keep up, dude.

In all seriousness, it does sound like Stockli is more of a darling than Kastle with Pugs at the moment.

Never been on a Stockli. But got me thinking, when I visited a shop end of last season that carried both, they generally seemed to prefer Stockli and talked up the SR95s to me. I was real tempted, but held off as I've never had a chance to try. It made me really want to demo a pair this season though to see what all the fuss is about.

I feel like the MX89s are as good as advertised. Worth the extra money.
 

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... and the MX 99 is one of, if not the best in its category.
 

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... and the MX 99 is one of, if not the best in its category.
And that is a catagory of one, the MX99. What other ski 98-100 that is fully cambered with a square tail? I do think the upcoming Augment 99 will be of a similar design.
 

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Still own a few pair of Kastle skis (all old school) and never was disappointed in any of them.
 

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Just looking through the reviews of our group, I see several Kälstle skis.
I got on 3 pair, one pair I took out twice because I had time and liked it so much.
 

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There are three brands of skis that our testers go out and buy for themselves....Kastle is one of them.
 

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