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moist_velvetI've always wondered, do the outsiders actually have that rocker profile?
jjdsteezeyes
airmightydudewalmart sells everything online
moist_velvetdamn, that'd feel weird with the rocker having such a sharp angle and the ski have a super short effective edge.
DominatorJacquesJust working to catch up with Amazon
Young_pattySki them and you’ll see why- the ski is super stiff so the extreme rocker keeps em relatively playful and at 112 underfoot the short effective edge is just to make em more nimble (someone can correct me if I’m wrong- I’ve only demo’d them once before)
That said I think the extreme-ness of the rocker is more of an advertisement thing, seeing rocker that hard you’ll immediately know that they’re surface- same with orange FKS’s and the square tips of Moment or ON3P
No.QuarterI've been skiing One Life's (same ski as the outsider) for like 6 years now, and I really think the abrupt rocker is what makes them work. I think a ski of similar stiffness and similar effective edge and cambered length but with a smoother rocker profile would not ski nearly as well, it seems to me that the abrupt transition really helps to cut into hardpack. They honestly feel like stable snowblades when you are on firm stuff, because of the super short effective edge but with a long radius and much more mass due to the length of ski above the snow. The only time they aren't nimble is when you are really having to whip them around for jump turns in tight chutes, but at the same time they are quite stable if you feel like just pointing straight in choppy shit.
God I fucking love these skis, mine are definitely showing their age with about as much repair material as original material on the bases, if I manage to kill them they are 100% becoming wall art and being replaced with another pair.
lil.Boyei like that they sell the as water skis
CalumSKIHave you not heard?
walmart is huge in the park ski industry
No.QuarterI've been skiing One Life's (same ski as the outsider) for like 6 years now, and I really think the abrupt rocker is what makes them work. I think a ski of similar stiffness and similar effective edge and cambered length but with a smoother rocker profile would not ski nearly as well, it seems to me that the abrupt transition really helps to cut into hardpack. They honestly feel like stable snowblades when you are on firm stuff, because of the super short effective edge but with a long radius and much more mass due to the length of ski above the snow. The only time they aren't nimble is when you are really having to whip them around for jump turns in tight chutes, but at the same time they are quite stable if you feel like just pointing straight in choppy shit.
God I fucking love these skis, mine are definitely showing their age with about as much repair material as original material on the bases, if I manage to kill them they are 100% becoming wall art and being replaced with another pair.
FruitBootProBro literally this. Rocker looks weird asf but actually works really well when combined with the stiffness.
To me they don't even feel like snowblades on groomers, just normal skis.
SuspiciousFishHow do they float in pow? Does the "kink" ever feel weird.
