Well - they got a lot of press here, the owner joins in etc.Not saying that Renoun are a bad ski or paying this site or anything like that, but i don’t see this happening to Nordica, K2 or the likes
Yes, I read pug, gentian, blister, new schoolers, free skier, and any place else I can find reviews and info on skis I am interested in.I can understand why some folks could get a sense of "unreality" or maybe "bias?" of some sort from the Pugski Renoun reviews, at least until they get a chance to try them for themselves: gad, these sound so good it sort of seems too good to be true, such a breakthrough for a hitherto unknown ski brand.
These Pugski reviews of the Renoun skis have been unusual, and fairly uniformly otherworldly, you'll have to admit. It made my head spin. Hard to get a handle on, or a reality check, maybe, it can easily seem like here. The backdrop is we are bombarded daily with "breakthroughs" in eyecare and better ways to peel a hard-boiled egg. One must be careful, after all.
And yet, it sure seems these skis are for real, for at least many skiers. Maybe for me, who knows?
I also agree with Monique, and notice a kind of maybe inevitable conformity/commonality on Pugski too - maybe that's common to most group endeavors. Not so big on the fatter skis, for instance.
Just my impression, but I think in the case of most if not all ski websites/reviews, "preferences" and "different approaches or methods" would be good ways of saying what "biases" says a bit negatively. The contrast(s) between, say, Blistergear and Pugski are real, to me useful, and a matter of preference, I guess. (For me, you could add at least Yellow Gentian to that equation.)
To me, without going into details, the two combined are more complete than either alone.
We're on page 3....we can handle a little thread drift at this point....
We're on page 3....we can handle a little thread drift at this point....
Skied the 174cm yesterday... entirely different experience. No more tails breaking loose, I could pressure the ski to vary the arc at will, good rebound energy, quick edge to edge. They came from Renoun with a 1/3 tune. Skied them at boot center and 1* and 2* back, settled on 1* back. Hard to believe they are slightly longer version of the same skis, no similarities on the snow. I never got the Armadas out of the truck. Conditions were heavy wet snow with hard ice underneath, I can't wait to try them in other conditions - keepers for sure.Finally had a chance to get on them last night. Wet snow following a 45+ degree day. First impression - meh, no energy, like cruising down the interstate in an old Caddy. They work well at slow speed, wants to break loose at high speed. When I tighten up the arc mid-crave the tails don't hold and start skidding. If I maintain the arc they do ok until the speed increases.
They do quite well in tracked-up crud and are very stable at speed if the turn radius is limited to big GS.
I think I may have got them too short - after discussing with Renoun, got the 165cm (me 180lb, 55yo). I do have adjustable bindings (Marker Schizo) but not sure which way would improve them (I tried to adjust on the hill, but the cheap plastic screwdriver broke). Anyone try them with the bindings forward?
I'm going to do a head-to-head, hopefully next week, with my Armada Invictus. The Armada gets a little flappy at speed but has good energy and is fun. I was so relaxed on the Z90 that I was actually looking down at the skis while carving at 25+mph... and nothing bad happened. They certainly are VERY different from other skis, not sure yet if better...
Oh yeah I forgot to mention Renoun's customer service is second to none. Response is unbelievable, one email and I got the new skis within a week. If they ever make a Z90 like ski with a early rise tip I'll have to try it too.
I think so.
