Replying to New All Mountain Ski (less than 100mm)
I'm thinking about a new ski to complete the narrow end of a 2 ski quiver (less than 100mm). My other ski is a 186 Jeffrey 108.
Skier Info:
Height - 6' 2"
Weight - 180
Location - New England (this ski will mostly be seeing firm snow and ice). 40% groomers, 40% trees, 20% park
Skier type: Advanced, generally ski fast unless I'm hunting sidehits, find myself spending less and less time in the park and more and more time in the trees and searching for natural features. I don't spend much time skiing switch but I do appreciate being able to land switch
I'm looking for an all mountain ski with a freestyle feel. I want a ski that can arc turns on ice, provide plenty of pop for boosting off natural features / side hits, pivot easily in trees, remain stable at high speed, and land switch / take the occasional park lap. In short, a chargey twin with solid edge hold and carving capability.
Skis I've used in the past include:
Armada AR6: Really enjoyed this ski. For those who don't remember, the AR6 is a full camber, fairly stiff, slopestyle-type park ski. Stiff enough to be a decent carver, really fun for popping off stuff all over the mountain. Felt at home in the park, or in firm all mountain conditions. This was my daily driver for many years.
Faction Candide 2.0: I found this ski to be fun, but not confidence-inspiring. It felt snappy coming out of turns, and was easy to flex for butters / ollies. At lower speeds, I really enjoyed this ski, but it felt easy to find the speed limit and to overpower it.
Fischer Ranger 108TI: A confident charger / carver on both soft and hard snow (I actually liked it better on hard snow). It was my favorite ski I've had for laying over and ripping GS turns. I ended up selling it because I wanted a looser feeling ski for soft snow, and it lacked playfulness for jumping and jibbing around the mountain.
ON3P Jeffrey 108: This ski replaced my Ranger 108TI. I only got a couple days on it before the shutdown last year. 3 things stick out: pop was amazing - it wants to launch off everything, super stompy feel on landings, and it plows through chop. Performance in firmer conditions is still a bit of a question mark for me. I didn't get much of a chance to test that.
Skis I'm interested in:
ON3P Jeffrey 96
Armada ARV96 TI
K2 Poacher
Fischer Ranger 94 FR
ON3P Woodsman 96
JSkis Masterblaster
Looking forward to getting some opinions on the above skis, or any others that sound like they'd be a good fit. I'm also willing to go below 90mm waist width. Closer to 90mm would be better than closer to 100mm. I realize the bottom 3 are only partial twins and are much more directional than the top 3, so I'm interested how they do in terms of playfulness, especially small spins and switch landings.
**This thread was edited on Sep 28th 2020 at 8:42:51am
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