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I had a 185cm NRGY 100 mounted with alpine binding, and own a 177 with Tech binding for touring.
There is a surprising amount of float in either size, its also is very slippery and slarvly. I found them to be very good in trees. I did not get rid of the 185 for the lack of ability in the trees, I got rid of its because its was simply to soft to charge on broken groomer and though wet heavy snow in wide open spots. In wide open broken lighter crud they are really fun and pretty easy to go where you want. If you are looking for a tree ski and only a tree ski, its really good, there are better choices but the NRGY is really good.
Since the 177 has short turn radius and is easier to throw around the couple times I had them on the ski hill, they were actually a little more fun the shorter sidecut meant they did not need to be as stiff to charge over crud. They have proven to be great touring on consolidated bases with either wind buff, up to a a couple feet of powder, as well a great tool for corn skiing and skiing the steeps of mount washington. IMO Sidecut can be a liability in variable off piste terrain especially in crust, slabs, and upside down snow. Despite in fairly narrow width the NRGY does quite well in variable snow like that. For instance my 183cm TST which is far better powder ski due to its more rocker and much fatter tip, is far worse in weird crusty snow then my NRGY 185 was or currently my NRGY 177 is.
What I really would love to try is an NRGY 100 185cm with the Capo construction. Sadly nordica seems to making skis softer. Still have yet to try the enforcers though but have a ton of time on a lot of skis in this size class.
There is a surprising amount of float in either size, its also is very slippery and slarvly. I found them to be very good in trees. I did not get rid of the 185 for the lack of ability in the trees, I got rid of its because its was simply to soft to charge on broken groomer and though wet heavy snow in wide open spots. In wide open broken lighter crud they are really fun and pretty easy to go where you want. If you are looking for a tree ski and only a tree ski, its really good, there are better choices but the NRGY is really good.
Since the 177 has short turn radius and is easier to throw around the couple times I had them on the ski hill, they were actually a little more fun the shorter sidecut meant they did not need to be as stiff to charge over crud. They have proven to be great touring on consolidated bases with either wind buff, up to a a couple feet of powder, as well a great tool for corn skiing and skiing the steeps of mount washington. IMO Sidecut can be a liability in variable off piste terrain especially in crust, slabs, and upside down snow. Despite in fairly narrow width the NRGY does quite well in variable snow like that. For instance my 183cm TST which is far better powder ski due to its more rocker and much fatter tip, is far worse in weird crusty snow then my NRGY 185 was or currently my NRGY 177 is.
What I really would love to try is an NRGY 100 185cm with the Capo construction. Sadly nordica seems to making skis softer. Still have yet to try the enforcers though but have a ton of time on a lot of skis in this size class.
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