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Ramp KaPow Skis vs Praxis protests
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Anyone have any first hand info on either of these? They would be my first pow skis.
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I'd go for praxis. The ramp skis tend to be tanks, but I haven't heard a single complaint about praxis. Generally everyone who skis praxis raves about their skis.
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The protest is the most fun ski I've ever ridden. Super quick and pivoty while being stable. It'll make huge high speed turns just as easily as a quick slarve to change direction change in the trees. The tip rocker is very long but a low rate of rise so it planes really well and doesn't push back like some steeper rocker profiles.
It has a ton of pop and feels light in the air for it's size. The construction is top notch too. I have around 40 days on them and they still look great. Praxis makes a damn good ski.
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former employee of praxis speaking..
Praxis is a very small company out of lake Tahoe run by Kevin and Keith O'meara. They build bomber skis as far as big mountain pow skis are concerned. I have had my protests now for 3 years and they are holding up extremely well. A very burly ski that is also fun to play around on as they are surprisingly light for there 120 under foot and 196 length.
while I was there Keith and kevin Focused a lot on cleanliness in the pressing process to ensure a superior strength in the ski. Any little bit of oil or dirt can lead to a "weak" spot in the ski.
There park ski game on the other hand could use a couple more dampening layer on the edges to help with delam, but according to keith, the park ski game is really because to make a handmade ski literally costs the company 300 dollars, so there is no profit margin to be made in park skis for the company
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id just like to put it out there that 128mm underfoot for a first pow ski is a little extreme. why not get something like a JJ or jeffery 114, destroys the pow and ripps all mountain too. not a day of the year i wouldn't use my jjs. if you have a quiver, like one for park, one for all mountain(110mm), one for pow go for it, but those are very wide and really wouldn't be much fun in anything but over a foot of untouched.
the Kapow is more understandable if you are not getting 189s
but why not get something like a ON3P jeffery 114 or Armada JJ or line opus. they will slay just as hare but with more versatility all mountain and more all around fun
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