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Has anyone rode next years salomon's lords?

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KravtZ
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these skis seem real sick i love salmon skis supposed to ride good all around and they have a mini rocker to i think. anyone ride them? how r they? how do they carve? ride pow? i no i saw a review for another 09 salomon ski that was pretty bad so i was wonderin bout these cause i want to get them for next year
Apr 23 2008 12:25PM
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rockymountainmilitia
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good ski. wood core. stiff. no noticeable rocker. but lots of sidecut so its quick edge to edge. Fot a more pronounced rockered all mountain ski go with the czar. for a charging, responsive ski for choppy days the lord is sick. liked it in the park too. stiff tail.
Apr 23 2008 12:34PM
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KravtZ
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anyone no how much its gunna cost? i have a feeling its gunna run 5-6 hundred
Apr 23 2008 12:43PM
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Maximumsushi
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They replaced the foil with two skis, the Czar and the Lord. The Lord is more of a carving ski first, meant for ripping turns on piste. The Czar is more of an all mountain ski. The ski claims to have a "Rocker Shape" but from looking at it, the tips are definitely not rockered. Nothing that I could tell anyway.

Apr 23 2008 2:06PM
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matttt
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So are these replacing the foils? Any idea of the turn radius?
Apr 23 2008 3:16PM
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ryanwar6
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it is an extremely minimal rocker. It is really more like the seth mini rocker in that if you were to put the pair of skis base to base it would just be flat, not actually curve up. I am fairly sure it shows the rocker a bit more if you were to put some weight on the cambered part of the ski.
Apr 23 2008 3:18PM
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edd1e
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I tried them out a couple of weeks ago in France, in a 182. In powder they float really well (6 inches of fresh) but get a bit deflected in the chopped up snow. On groomers they wanna rip gs turns and thats about it. To be honest I would have expected better short turn performance as its still fairly narrow underfoot. The scott crusade is a much better choice though they are both not really twins.

Apr 24 2008 5:16AM
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J*money
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the lord is a decent ski.  it has a rocker yet it skis like a normal ski and doesnt seem to influence the perofrmane too much in groomers. for deep pow it may be slightly better than a skis with no rocker.  i skied the lords on groomers park crud and lil powder.  they are a decent all around skis.  supposedly from what i heard there construcion is not really a twin an it is only added for aestetics- that aside it skied moderate to good... im eager to ski the czar- wider and better contruction and more pow
Apr 24 2008 2:43PM
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