Three instances, all "discovered" this weekend:
Inherited a "new" Stormrider 95, same ski and binding system I am on now, but a different tune. One run down, and I knew the skis were bad; that it's not how I like my skis tuned.
My dad got on a Stormrider 95 (brand new to him, as it was the new model) and immediately on groomed snow could tell the ski needed a tune.
My daughter was on skis for 5 days out of the wrapper. They were race skis, just detuned tips and tails and a little wax. She is 7 years old. They just got a fresh tune, and her coach said that she was "amazed"
At how well he was skiing the skis, rather than them skiing her.
Analysis? Spend the money on a good tune. It matters.
Inherited a "new" Stormrider 95, same ski and binding system I am on now, but a different tune. One run down, and I knew the skis were bad; that it's not how I like my skis tuned.
My dad got on a Stormrider 95 (brand new to him, as it was the new model) and immediately on groomed snow could tell the ski needed a tune.
My daughter was on skis for 5 days out of the wrapper. They were race skis, just detuned tips and tails and a little wax. She is 7 years old. They just got a fresh tune, and her coach said that she was "amazed"
At how well he was skiing the skis, rather than them skiing her.
Analysis? Spend the money on a good tune. It matters.