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MSP + POW = ?

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drwclrk
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Friends,

My buddies and I are heading to Colorado this March. I've got a pair of '08 4frnt MSPs, but I'm not sure how they handle in deeper snow, as I'm a New Englander. Has anyone used them in softer snow before? Thoughts? I appreciate anything you've got.

(btw, I searchbarred, and didn't get much, a lot of it was about Matchstick...)

Thanks yo.
Oct 4 2010 8:42PM
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drwclrk
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anyone? bump
Oct 5 2010 10:56AM
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Session
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The ski's should be fine if YOU can ski pow.
Oct 5 2010 11:19AM
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You'll be fine.  It's an all around ski so they won't be anything incredible, but they aren't going to explode if they touch powder.
Oct 5 2010 4:24PM
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drwclrk
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but the fact that they are a relatively stiff ski wont hurt?
Oct 6 2010 11:14AM
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dan4060
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They are narrow for a modern pow ski, but who cares.  97(?)mm underfoot is still very wide, up until a few years ago it would have been considered a big mountain ski.  I lived in Tahoe for 5 years, left in 2004 to go to grad school.  My fat ski, which I skied almost everyday, even when it was icy, was a volkl explosive.  It was 95mm underfoot, which did not prevent me from hauling, making huge turns in pow.  My current fat ski is a 4frnt EHP, which is certainly better, but 95mm underfoot is fine for pow. 
Oct 6 2010 1:15PM
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drwclrk
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Thanks man, that's helpful.

Anyone have thoughts about mounting? Is the fact that they flex like 2x4's a problem?
Oct 6 2010 2:48PM
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